Supplying ships and aircraft with Egyptian and foreign goods

In continuation of what was previously mentioned in the topic of supplying ships and aircraft, today we will talk about supplying ships with Egyptian-origin goods, and then we will follow up by talking about supplying with foreign-origin goods.

First: Supplying ships and aircraft with Egyptian - origin goods:  

This is done according to the following procedures:

1- The owner of the ship, the shipping agency or the concerned parties (licensed to supply ships) shall submit an application to the Ship Supply Department, in the original and a certified and stamped copy, including a statement of the items to be supplied to the ship, and specifying the name of the ship, the place and date of its berth, its shipping agency, its place of work, the date of departure, the name of the arriving port, a statement of the crew and passengers’ manifests, and the quantities of provisions and fuel materials arriving on board the ship or aircraft (and specifying whether the ship is operating at sea and is not a warship or military vessel or not, and whether it is necessary for the external voyage, attached to it the approval of the shipping agent for the supply).

2- Document review and verification of the license validity.

3- Requests are registered with the Ship Supply Department with a serial number in a special register for ship supply requests.

 4- The items are inspected and matched with the attached list and in the case of matching, review and confirmation that the quantities are suitable for the crew; they are marked at the entrance gate and sent with a customs representative to the ship or plane.

5- The contents of the catering request shall be delivered to the ship, signed by the captain, and stamped with the ship’s seal indicating receipt.

6- When the original order is returned after the items have been received and a copy of the order is returned from the entry gate after the goods have entered, the entries are paid after matching.

Second: Supplying ships and aircraft with foreign goods:

Here we differentiate between two cases:

The first case: Supplying foreign goods stored within the customs area (air or sea ports):-

The procedures in this first case are as follows:

1- The person concerned shall submit a catering request, attaching a statement of the items to be supplied to the ship or plane, to the customs committee present at the warehouse, in original and copy, where the committee shall inspect, deduct from the warehouse records, and send the goods to the means of transport (ship or plane) accompanied by a customs representative after collecting the due returns, and stamp them with the means of transport seal.

2- After receiving the goods by ship or plane and closing the warehouse (ship or plane warehouse) with customs clearance and returning the original order stamped with the means of transport seal to the warehouse, the customs committee in the warehouse shall preserve the original and pay its restrictions and send a copy of the order with a statement of the items attached to it to the Ship Supply Department at the sector to pay its restrictions.

3- It is noted that these procedures are carried out on all foreign goods, including cigarettes, provided that a complete inventory of these items is taken when they enter the warehouse and recorded in the warehouse’s computer by the customs committee present in the warehouse, taking into account the procedures for deposits.

The second case: Supplying foreign goods from outside the customs area:

Here there are differences among three assumptions:

First assumption: import dispatch requests for high seas vessels:

Its procedures are as follows:

 1- The person concerned or his representative submits the dispatch request documents to the competent employee, where the documents are reviewed and recorded in the dispatch request register for each customs office separately with a serial number at the beginning of each year.

2- The compass is indicated for the entry port to allow entry after review and matching.

 3- The competent port officer shall review the documents and verify the nature and ensure the integrity of the seals and the entry mark on the ship docked at the quay, accompanied by the representative whose name is mentioned on the delivery compass.

 4- After delivery to the ship, the dispatch request is signed by the captain and stamped with the ship’s seal indicating receipt, then the dispatch request is returned to the Ship Supply Department to settle the restrictions and sent to the central port to take action and return the dispatch request stub to the dispatch customs to settle its restrictions.

Second assumption: dispatch requests for ships operating in territorial waters:

The same previous procedures shall be followed in this regard, with the content being stored in one of the customs-authorized storages until the procedures are completed for it as a final import duty, as it does not meet the exemption conditions stipulated in the Customs Law and its executive regulations, as it will be installed or consumed by ships operating within the country (and not for use during their external voyages).

Third assumption: dispatch requests sent to ship catering storages or transit storages licensed to cater ships:

1- The same procedures mentioned above are followed, and entry is permitted for those included in dispatch requests sent to ship catering storages.

2- The ship supply department is responsible for keeping parallel books in which the incoming and outgoing quantities are recorded.

3- The Ship Supply Department conducts a partial and total inventory of the company’s stores.

Issued 10/9/2024

Prepared by: Gamal Mohamed Shoaib

Designed by: Lamis Mohamed Abdel-Salam