The news has been issued to Shipping Agents only an hour ago at writing time of this post. The Storage Fees have been increased from MUR 100 per month to MUR 100 per day. This new tariff will be applicable as from the 1st of February 2012 (i.e. tomorrow). So overall, storage will henceforth cost around USD 100 per arm per month or approximately 4 USD per day (ammunition storage costs included). We have attached the relevant paper below.
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Our interpretation of this change in tariff:
Mauritius to date has been a very stable country in terms of its politics and policies in general. It is very much unlikely that other increases will show up anywhere soon (only a guess though). Our interpretation of this is: It is more of a signal the Authorities had wanted to send for quite some time now. They had several times warned a few maritime security companies not to dump large number of weapons in the local armory and to leave these around for ages just because of the then cheap storage fees. As shipping agents in Mauritius, we also had several times relayed the message. This new pricing seems more to be a planned deterrent to such practices and an endeavor to make the arms rotation more even.We understand on the other hand though, that such a change will demand more rigorous planning on your side. As your shipping agent, will hence have to even further coordinate our actions together in the future to ensure that storage time is used optimally.
Once again, we will seek more details from the authorities regarding the implementation process of this announcement. So more news to follow soon on this topic.
As you dedicated shipping agent in Mauritius, we remain abreast of all changes that may affect your business and will keep you posted.
Download the paper received from the Authorities.
Yours truly,
The PAS (Mauritius) Team
Port Agency Services (Mauritius) Ltd
Shipping Agent in Mauritius
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