Commercial Vessel Arrival
Commercial vessels include Fishing, Cargo, Oil/Gas Tankers, Naval and Research vessels.
Reporting
The master or agents of any foreign inbound commercial vessel is required to report to Customs its intending arrival within 48 hours before arrival through the Advance Notice of Arrival Form and sent to any Customs port or emailed to commshipsreport@frca.org.fj.
Masters of foreign vessels may require the use of shipping agents to facilitate the clearance of vessels.
Ports of entry
The following are the approved customs sea port of entry:
- Suva
- Lautoka
- Levuka
- Savusavu
Documentation
The master or Agent of all foreign inbound commercial vessel are required to submit the following documents:
- Clearance from last port of call
- Inward Report C2
- Store List C11
- Crew List
- Passenger List C10
- Parcel List C4
- Crew Declaration List C12
- List of Dangerous Drugs
- List of Arms and Ammunition
- Manifest C3
- Declaration of Nett and unregistered tonnage and maximum draft on arrival
- Declaration of explosive on Board (Form D)
Boarding procedures
All foreign inbound commercial vessels are subject to boarding and search by Customs, Agriculture Quarantine and Health officials.
Minimum Size of Vessels
The Comptroller may order that no goods or class of goods shall be imported into or exported from the Fiji in any ship or class of ships of less than 100 tonnes net tonnage. (Section 21 of Customs Act)
Ship stores
Commercial vessels with gross tonnage exceeding 100 tons are eligible to apply for ship stores to Customs.
Application for ship stores C35 will be made to Customs for approval before loading.
Contact customshelp@frca.org.fj for more information.
Inward cargo report
The master or agent of the foreign inbound vessel is required to submit the inward cargo report if necessary within 24 hours of arrival.
Other places of reporting other than the approved port of entry:
Customs may in any particular case, permit any other place to be used temporarily as a place of unloading and loading, boarding stations and place for landing and embarkation of person.
