The Club has recently noted a surge in Customs fines for cargo shortages and over-landing in Turkish ports.
The process of a claim by Turkish Customs arising from short delivery is as follows:
a.When cargo is short-delivered, Customs will serve a notice on the vessel’s local agent declaring the commencement of the claim. It will be stated in the notice that the relevant cargo is short-delivered and that the Agent is granted three months from the date of the notice to explain the reason for shortage, or to present a Short Shipment Certificate. It may be possible for the Agent to obtain a three-month extension of time to respond thereafter. At the end of the second three-month extension it may also be possible for the Agent to obtain a final one-month extension.
See attached file: Cargo Shortage Fines – Turkey.pdf
短货罚款 – 土耳其
协会最近发现土耳其海关对在土耳其港口短卸和溢卸行为处以罚款的举措骤增。
土耳其海关就短量卸货主张罚款的程序如下：
a.一旦出现短量卸货情形，海关会向载货船舶的当地代理人送达一份通知书，告知罚款程序开始启动，说明短卸的相关货物并允许该船代在收到通知之后的三个月内解释短卸原因或提交一份短装证书。船代可能会获得继续延期三个月再作出答复的许可。延期期限届满之时，船代还有可能再次获得最后延期一个月的许可。
详细信息请参阅附件。
