The Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Local Shipping Agency Fees) Order, 2023

1. This may be cited as the Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Local Shipping Agency Fees) Order, 2023 and shall become effective fourteen days after publication. Application Interpretation Cap. 415

2. This Order applies to licensed shipping agents.

3. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires: “Act” means the Tanzania Shipping Agencies Act, “bill of lading” means a document issued by an ocean carrier, or its agent or master of a ship on behalf of the carrier, to the shipper as a contact of carriage of specified goods and confirms receipt for cargo accepted on board for transportation by the carrier and signifies title to goods by the holder upon its presentation, at the specified destination, to the carrier or its agent; “consignee” means a party to whom goods accepted for carriage on board a ship is addressed and that party is named as such in the bill of lading; “Corporation” means the Tanzania Shipping Agencies Corporation established under section 4 of the ct; and 1 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Local Shipping Agency Fees) GN. NO. 375 “delivery order” means a document issued by a shipping agent, on behalf of a carrier, to a named party approving a port approving a port terminal operator or dry port to undertake physical delivery of cargo under a specified bill of lading to the named party; “licensed shipping agent” means a company licensed to in provide shipping agency services for seaports accordance with the Act. “shipper” means a consignor of cargo named in the bill of lading as the party responsible for initiating a shipment, and who is responsible for payment of freight cost or forming an agreement with the carier on how the freight cost has tto be paid; “tariff” means a charge, price or levy corresponding with terms and conditions applied by a regulated service provider; Approved tariffs items be: PART II APPLICABLE TARIFFS

4. Approved local shipping agency tariffs shall (a) delivery order fee; (b) bill of lading fee; (c) amendment fee; and (d) other rates and charges as permitted in other relevant regulatory orders. Approved capped tariffs

5. The capped tariffs for the approved local shipping agency items shall be as set out in the Schedule to this Order. PART III GENERAL PROVISION Systems interface

6. A licensed shipping agent shall be required to: (a) Deploy and communications systems to facilitate the information relevant 2 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Local Shipping Agency Fees) GN. NO. 375 issuance of electronic delivery orders for the purposes of securing cargo and enhancing efficiency in the delivery process; (b) Establish connectivity of the agency’s systems with the electronic single window system and where necessary with systems operated by the port terminal and dry port to facilitate electronic transmission of delivery order. Expiry of delivery order

7. The Corporation shall prescribe the minimum period for the expiration of the delivery order issued by the shipping agent to the consignee in order to improve efficiency and secure the cargo clearance process. Repeal of Orders Nos. SMTRA/01/2010 and TASAC/01/2019

8. Order and TASAC/01/2019 on local shipping agency are hereby repealed. SMTRA/01/2010 No. ____ SCHEDULE ____ (Made under paragraph 5) APPROVED CAPPED TARIFFS Tariff Item Delivery Order fee Bill of Lading Fee Amendment Fee Unit Per Bill of Lading Per Bill of Lading Per Request Capped Tariff USD 15 (VAT exclusive) USD 38.14 (VAT exclusive) USD 59.32 (VAT exclusive) Dar es salaam KAIMU ABDI MKEYENGE 25th April, 2023 Director General 3