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MSC has been helping customers to ship cargo to and from France since 1993. Today, with more than 20 services connecting to over 230 global routes, MSC FRANCE moves more than 800,000 TEU of cargo per year.

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LOCAL OFFICES INFORMATION

What is Demurrage & Detention?
Demurrage & Detention is the charge applicable, after the free time expires, for the use of the carrier’s full container.

At Import
The period of freetime starts as of the day of discharge from the vessel at terminal and ends the day of the empty container drop off.

At Export
The period of freetime starts as of the day of empty container release and ends the day of the commercial proforma date – ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) communicated during your booking – of selected vessel. If the loading vessel changes upon customer’s request, the application the application period begins when the empty equipment is picked-up and stops the day of loading on board vessel.

What is VGM?

Verified Gross Mass or VGM refers to the exact, verified weight of a packed container. For safety reasons, vessel operators can only load a container if its weight has been verified.

Government approval status

The French government has published since May 28th 2016 a decree with tolerance 5% inaccuracy allowed on two methods.

What to include in your VGM instructions

The following items are mandatory and must be in all VGM instructions :

Booking number or B/L number
The container number
The VGM in kg
The name of the responsible person in capital
letters, as electronic equivalent of the signature

How to submit your VGM instructions

myMSC.com
EDI (via INTTRA, GT NEXUS, Cargo Smart and any other)
Shipping instructions signed
Fax, email

Deadlines for sending your VGM instructions

VGM must be known to the ship-agent, at least 24 hours before physical closing of the vessel.
The VGM cut-off date will be mentioned on the booking confirmation. If the VGM is received later, the container will not be planned / loaded on the vessel.

Admin Fees and costs

If the VGM has to be handled manually by the local agent, a local fee of 100€ per container will be applied. This also applies for VGM info added in the electronic booking.
If the VGM is not received before VGM closing time, container will be put on hold and all related costs like demurrage, storage, moves, plugging… will be for the account of the shipper.
If the VGM declaration is wrong after loading on board, a penalty will occured of 500€ per container, extracost and collateral expenses will be invoiced.

Contact information

Email: FR147-vgm.france@msc.com
Tel: + (33) 2.32.74.68.00

PORT	TERMINAL 1	TERMINAL 2
LE HAVRE	TNMSC	TERMINAL DE L’ATLANTIQUE
FOS-SUR-MER	SEAYARD	EUROFOS
DUNKERQUE	TERMINAL DES FLANDRES
BREST	QR2 – MANUPORT
MONTOIR-DE-BRETAGNE	TMDC – TERMINAL MARCHANDISES DIVERSES ET CONTENEURS
ROUEN	TCMD
POINTE DES GALETS	TERMINAL PORT EST
LONGONI	LONGONI TERMINAL

As per IMDG code restrictions, MSC Policy and provisions in force.

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From the 9th January 2019, any organisation that has 50 or more employees must publish and report specific figures about their gender equality index in France.

The gender equality index is the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men's earnings.

The actual value for MSC France is 88/100.

For more information we invite you to visit (Ministère du Travail)

Le décret relatif aux modalités d'application et de calcul de l'Index d'Egalité femmes-hommes est paru au Journal Officiel le 09 Janvier 2019. L'index devra être calculé et publié chaque année par toutes les entreprises d'au moins 50 salariés.

L'index d'égalité entre les sexes est l'écart entre la moyenne des rémunérations des femmes et la moyenne des rémunérations des hommes, exprimé par rapport à celle des hommes.

La valeur actuelle de l'index pour MSC France est 88/100.

Pour plus d'information, nous vous invitons à lire: (Ministère du Travail)

Résultats par indicateur

	Indicateur calculable (1=oui, 0=non)	Valeur de l'indicateur	Points obtenus	Nombre de points maximum de l'indicateur	Nombre de points maximum des indicateurs calculables
1- Ecart de remuneration (en %)	1	6.3	33	40	40
2- Ecarts d'augmentations individuelles (en points de %)	1	3.1	20	20	20
3- Ecarts de promotions (en points de %)	1	2.6	15	15	15
4- Pourcentage de salariés augmentés au retour d'un congé maternité (%)	1	100	15	15	15
5- Nombre de salariés du sexe sous-représenté parmi les 10 plus hautes rémunérations	1	3	5	10	10
Total des indicateurs calculables			88		100
INDEX (sur 100 points)			88		100

Container Weighing (VGM)

All MSC local offices provide certified scales to record and verify container weight (verified gross mass or VGM) in line with Safety of Lives at Sea (SOLAS) regulations. VGM instructions are mandatory for all shipments for safety reasons and vessel operators can only load a container if its weight has been appropriately verified. Contact your local MSC team for more information and support.

Fumigation

Our team of in-house forestry experts enables us to provide dedicated cargo fumigation services for the seamless shipment of wood. As a specialist in log shipments, including a long track record of shipping wood to the Far East, we provide tailored support for all of our customers, including those with specific requirements due to the bark beetle infestation in Northern Europe.

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