• There is no road Limitation for transportation of containers to/from port area.

2. Terminal Limitation

•  Non-working Days For 2012 (for Offices)
  • Kashmir Day (5th February)
  • Eid-e-Miladunnabi (P.B.U.H) (5th February)
  • Pakistan Day (23rd March)
  • Labour Day (1st May)
  • Independence Day (14th August)
  • Eidul-Ul-Fitr (19th,20th & 21st August) (R1) 
  • Allama Iqbal day (9th November)
  • Eid-Ul-Azha (26th,27th & 28th October) (R1)
  • Qaid-e-Azam Birthday (25th December)  
• Non-working Days For 2012 (for Port Operation)
  • Eidul-Ul-Fitr (19th or 20th August) (R1) (First day of EID Only)
  • Eid-Ul-Azha (26th October or 27th October) (R1) (First day of EID Only)

(R1) - subject to appearance of Moon.

3. Transshipment Restrictions

• No transshipment restriction and containers are required to be transshipped. T/P is obtained prior vessel arrival for smooth transshipment.

 4. Dangerous Cargo

• Imco CI:1 prior declaration to be made before berthing of vessel.
• Imco Cl:2-6, 8 and 9 will be discharge and drayed to DG shed by QICT for delivery.
• Class 7 will be discharged only after submission of NOC from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), consignee must make arrangements to take delivery container immediately after discharging.
• CY of Class 1-4 and 7 will be delivered to consignee from QICTL free period of 3 days from the date of discharge.
• CY of Class 5,6,8 and 9 will be delivered to consignee from QICTL free period of 7 days from the date of discharge.
• At Karachi Port (KICT/PICT) Imco Cl:1 & 7 need prior permisson, other Imco class 2~6 & 8-9 are acceptable to discharge.

5. Customs Requirements

Following data is required to be declared in Customs 24 hours prior to vessel arrival:

• Bill of Lading Number
• Full name of Shipper, Consignee and Notify Party along with contact number
• Container/Seal Number
• Number of Packages/Nature of Packing/Commodity
• Gross/Nett Weight
• Marks and Numbers
• Freight Amount / Status of Delivery
• For vessels calling at KICT, Loading Transshipment Ports details should reach our office at least 3-4 days prior arrival of vessel and shipper to provide full details along with Invoice and Packing/Commodity for submission to Paces (Custom Care System).
• In case of Dangerous Cargo beside above data IMCO Class, UN No. Packing group also to be declared and approval obtained prior to loading.
  

Effective from August 14, 2006, PACCS (CARE), the new custom requirement, would be extended to vessel calling QICT and PICT with. Together with KICT, custom requirement restate here under:

1. Commercial Invoices and Packing List must be placed inside the container at Origin by the shipper. In case of violation of regulations authorities may impose penalty against Importer (Consignee) at PKR25000.00 Per container.
2. Custom documents (manifest) must be submitted 18 hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL / PICTL for all cargoes which are loaded or Transshipped from Far East Ports. As such we require manifestation documents / B/Ls 48hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL.
3. Custom documents (manifest) must be submitted 12 hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL for all cargoes which are loaded or Transshipped from Colombo / Jebel Ali / Nhava Sheva. As such we require manifestation documents & B/Ls 24 hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL.
4. As per new rules Importer / Consignee must submit the Goods Declaration for filing in custom within 10 days after arrival.As such B/L image must show the complete address of Notify along with the Tel No. & Fax No. to timely send the arrival notices to consignee for immediate arrival information.
5. All copies B/Ls must show the H.S.Code No. for goods/commodities to be manifested in Custom which must be provided by the shipper in SI.
6. Please note following are the Pakistan Local Custom requirement at our end which are to be complied for all Import shipments into Pakistan 
    
   a) H.S.Code must be shown on description of B/L to declare correctly in Pakistan Custom manifest.
    
   b) Breakdown of net weight must be mentioned in B/L image enable correctly declare in Import Customs manifest.

In case of violation of above 2 & 3 new regulations authorities may impose penalty against Carrier/Agent container will not be discharged from the vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL kept ROB if above not adhered.

Also please note Original or Copies of Commercial Invoices & Packing list must be placed into the container.

Please note that the incidence of import units being discharged without seals or strip seals (only bullet seals are acceptable) is increasing and therefore  terminal can impose penalty of US$ 100 per seal which would be charged from the Carrier, following would be in place with immediate effect :-

• The Duty Officer would be informed of those units discharged without seals and signature would be taken by the vessel supervisor from the duty  officer of the vessel.
• We would affix new seal and an exception report would be sent to all shipping lines.
• Please note terminal can charge us up to US$ 100 for Rusty seals/ Strip & Without Seals per container 

As per attached Circular# 02  (Dated 14th April 2010) issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, following new rule has been implemented in Pakistan and accordingly Carriers can continue the business with Freight Forwarder ( NVO) and issue the Original Master B/L to local NVO ( Freight Forwarder) under the following conditions for all Export shipments Ex Pakistan to all destinations regardless of the commodity and freight term.

1) Shipper Column
     Name of Freight forwarder O/B Shipper name ( Exporter)
2) Consignee Column
     Name of corresponding counterpart of Freight Forwarder (NVO)
3) Notify Column
     Name of corresponding counterpart of Freight Forwarder (NVO)
4)For FCL/FCL , CY/CY business Original Master B/L will be issued to local Freight Forwarder and Cargo must be released at destination against
   presentation of Original MBL . Therefore Telex Release and Seaway B/L are not allowed at all under above mention 1,2 &3 clauses.
   For LCL shipments cargo will be released against presentation of duly endorsed House B/L by the Freight Forwarder ( NVO) at destinations.
5) Carrier can mention the following  on the body of MBL.
     i) Goods Description as usual
    ii) E-Form# with date as usual
   iii) Corresponding House B/L# issued against Carrier MBL
   iv) Actual Importer Name at destination
6) Carrier's Master BL will not be surrendered at Origin in Pakistan under no circumstances by the Freight Forwarder / Shipping Agent / Principal
instead it must be presented by the Overseas Freight Forwarder to Carrier for cargo delivery at destination.

FE CIRCULAR SBP