Pandibra-McLintock Services Ltda. We wish to bring your attention to the actions of the Customs in the Port of Santos, introduced by the Chief Inspector Haroldo da Costa Amorim, in order that you can circularise your members. Although it is not an official document the Customs are asking for a copy of the cargo plan and check this against the containers manifested for Santos.
Any discrepancies can cause problems for the vessel.
For example, we have a recent case where the Bay Plan showed 10 containers for Santos which were not manifested and ordered these boxes to be landed ashore. It turns out that nine boxes are manifested for other Brazilian ports and one is for Montevideo, but due to some error in the preparing of the bay plan, they were shown as being for Santos. The same applies to empty containers. It is quite normal that container vessels passing through Santos do not carry a manifest of transit cargo on board. We strongly recommend that steps are taken to arrange that vessels with transit cargo on board carry the relevant manifests.