REQUEST FOR REFUND OF CONTAINER DEPOSIT
Request for the refund of container deposit and excess demurrage is made by the clearing agency on behalf of the importer in the form of application. The application letter typed with the letter-head paper of the clearing agency will be addressed to the shipping manager of the shipping company that brought the container.
The application letter will be accompanied with the following shipping company documents:
- Container card issued by the shipping company during release.
- Original bank teller with which payment was made.
- Original invoice issued by the shipping company.
- Original Proforma invoice in which the shipping company charges was raised.
- Original receipt of payment issued by the shipping company.
- Container condition report in which remark of the condition of the container was made during delivery of the laden container.
- Container condition report in which remarks of the condition of the container was made when the empty was returned back to the shipping company.
- A photocopy of the Bill of Lading of the container.
A set of photocopies of the above documents is made on which acknowledgement of the receipt of the refund documents will be made by the shipping company when it is submitted.
It takes twenty-one days and above for shipping company to process the application before refund is made.
The shipping company will issue a cheque in favour of the importer for the amount refunded.
When the deposit refund cheque is ready, the clearing agency will authorize one of its staffs to collect the cheque on behalf of the importer.
Once the refund cheque is collected, the transaction between the shipping company and the importer on that Bill of Laden with regard to that particular consignment is ended and closed