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Deliveries are made around the clock, every day of the week. A2Z Ship Stores supplies vessels at 55 ports across India, Sri Lanka and the U.A.E.

Chennai, IndiaCuddalore, IndiaDhamra, IndiaEnnore (Kamarajar), IndiaGangavaram, IndiaGopalpur, IndiaHaldia, IndiaKakinada, IndiaKaraikal, IndiaKattupalli, IndiaKolkata, IndiaKrishnapatnam, IndiaMachilipatnam, IndiaNagapattinam, IndiaParadip, IndiaPuducherry, IndiaTuticorin, IndiaVisakhapatnam, IndiaAlang, IndiaAzhikkal, IndiaBeypore, IndiaCochin, IndiaDahej, IndiaDighi, IndiaHazira, IndiaJNPT (Nhava Sheva), IndiaJaigarh, IndiaKandla, IndiaKarwar, IndiaKollam, IndiaMormugao, IndiaMumbai, IndiaMundra, IndiaNew Mangalore, IndiaPipavav, IndiaPorbandar, IndiaRatnagiri, IndiaSikka, IndiaVadinar, IndiaVizhinjam, IndiaColombo, Sri LankaGalle, Sri LankaHambantota, Sri LankaKankesanthurai, Sri LankaOluvil, Sri LankaTrincomalee, Sri LankaFujairah, U.A.EHamriyah, U.A.EJebel Ali, U.A.EKhalifa, U.A.EKhor Fakkan, U.A.EPort Rashid, U.A.ESaqr, U.A.EZayed, U.A.E

Clearance and access by country

India

  • Stores cannot be gated in before the vessel's agent has filed arrival documents through the Port Community System; the delivery window opens when customs entry is granted, not when the vessel berths.
  • Bonded and duty-free stores for a foreign-going vessel move against a stores shipping bill filed with Indian Customs. Plan on one to two working days, and longer where the call spans a public holiday.
  • Every person entering the terminal carries an ISPS pass. Driver and helper details go in ahead of the run, and the Major Ports verify them before the pass is issued.
  • Supply to a foreign-going vessel is zero-rated for GST against valid export documentation. A2Z issues that documentation with the invoice, so the exemption is evidenced rather than asserted.
  • Garbage and sludge landing is a separate, licensed activity: it must go to a Pollution Control Board authorised contractor against a signed MARPOL receipt, and is not covered by a stores delivery.

Sri Lanka

  • The local agent lodges the stores list with Sri Lanka Customs ahead of arrival. Late filing, not transport, is the usual reason a delivery slips.
  • Bonded and duty-free stores clear through the Customs Bond Division; allow a working day between approval and the delivery window.
  • Harbour passes are issued by Sri Lanka Ports Authority security. Delivery crew carry NIC or passport, and the details are submitted in advance.
  • Anchorage and OPL deliveries need a licensed supply boat and the Harbour Master's clearance. Both are booked ahead — neither can be arranged alongside the vessel.
  • Waste and sludge reception is booked separately through an SLPA-approved contractor.

U.A.E

  • The agent lodges the port call and stores manifest through the emirate's own trade portal. Each emirate runs its own system, so a vessel calling at two U.A.E ports files twice.
  • Bonded and duty-free stores move out of free-zone warehousing under customs seal. Allow one to two working days for the declaration.
  • ISPS gate passes require passport or Emirates ID details for every driver, submitted before the run rather than at the gate.
  • Anchorage and OPL deliveries are made by licensed supply boat and are subject to port control and, at the eastern ports, Coast Guard approval.
  • A2Z's U.A.E deliveries are made under its own Meydan Free Zone ship chandlers licence, with local approvals arranged per emirate.

See which vessels called at these ports this week: recent vessel calls. Ordering for a call in India from abroad: ship chandler in India.

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