Connecting Reunion to the world

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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当地办事处信息

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.