The Suez Canal Authority has issued circular to announce that container ships coming from Port of New York and its southern ports heading to South East Asian ports (Port of Port Kelang and its eastern ports) shall be granted a reduction of 30% of the Suez Canal normal tolls.
Requirements
- Any company wishing to benefit from this circular has to submit a request before sailing through its shipping agency according to the attached form.
- The vessel must not call any port in between aforementioned two areas provided that vessel’s operator must forward a formal declaration about that.
- Submitting a certificate from the last port of origin stating the date of sailing and a certificate from the first port of arrival stating date of arrival within sixty days from the date of Canal transit.
- A statement submitted by vessel’s agency undertaking to pay the granted reduction in case of calling in between the aforementioned two areas, or failing to submit the documents during the period stated above.
This discount is open from March 7th to June 5th 2016. Renewal or extension of the offer is at the discretion of SCA.
