The vessels that enter into Puerto Nuevo must have a Shipping Agent accredited in the Republic of Colombia, with license of the DIMAR, duly authorized to operate in jurisdiction of the Santa Marta’s Port Captaincy and registered before Puerto Nuevo and the corresponding authorities.
When there are changes in the representation of a Ship during the permanence of the Ship at Puerto Nuevo, the new Shipping Agent shall be responsible before Puerto Nuevo for the payment of all services rendered to the Ship as from the notification of the change of agent.
The new Shipping Agent must serve notice to the Maritime Authority and to Puerto Nuevo of the change of representation of the Ship stating the date and hour as from which the change takes place, and submitting the supporting data that evidence the change.
Registration process for new shipping agencies
Any Shipping Agency that wishes to register for the first time to provide services in Puerto Nuevo, must send the following duly completed formats, attaching all the requested documents:
Application for Registration and Update of Shipping Agencies
Registration and Updating of Shipping Agencies Personnel
The information must be sent in magnetic media, to the Puerto Nuevo Operations department, at Km 10 Ciénaga-Santa Marta, following the instructions that appear in Annex 1 of the Shipping Agencies Registration and Update form.
If it is about updating a Shipping Agency or just personnel registration, the Shipping Agency must send an email to agenciasyop@grupoprodeco.com.co, requesting the updating or registration of personnel (depending on the case), attaching all the documents that are required.
In the case of updates, the documents that must be attached will be those that have lost their validity, that have had significant changes, or those requested by Puerto Nuevo, and for the personnel record, all the annexes stipulated in the Registration and Shipping Agencies Personnel Update.
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