Peru - Clearance
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Clearing into Peru is very expensive. See the Fees section for more details.
See comments from cruisers in the Related User Comments section about how complicated, time-consuming and expensive clearance is here.
Boats that have entered territorial waters (both Peru and Chile insist on 320 km – 200 miles), must proceed directly to an official Port of Entry.
The authorities must be advised in advance of a vessel’s arrival. Call TRAMAR (Transportes Maritima) on VHF Channel 16, day or night, as soon as you are within 32 km (20 miles) of the intended port of entry to announce that you have entered into their jurisdiction and to ask permission to proceed into the harbour.
Instructions will be given at that time. All communications with TRAMAR are in English. They will ask you the name of your agent, who is supposed to take care of your arrival and do all the paperwork.
Clearing in at Callao has now been much simplified for pleasure yachts due to work done by the Yacht Club Peruano, who can organise an agent (see Clearance Agents below). Go to Callao for more information.
Clearing in at any other port has been reported to be almost impossible.
Avoid arriving on the weekend to keep overtime costs down. Remain on the boat until you have received official clearance to leave.
It is necessary to employ an agent.
There are four offices to visit;
- Health Department (Sanidad Maritima)
- National Port Authority (civilian)
- Port Captain (Navy)
- Immigration and Customs (although this is not supposed to be required for pleasure yachts).
It is important to ensure you have a Health Booklet. You will be fined if you do not. Also, everyone is inoculated against Yellow fever (as recorded in the Health Booklet).
Shore passes will be issued, however, a proper visa should be requested if intending to travel inland.
On clearing out, Port Authority, Port Captain and Immigration must be visited. There will be a charge for the exit Zarpe.
En-Route Reporting Requirements – Twice Daily
These change frequently, but the latest information is as follows:-
Position reports (PR) are required twice daily at 08:00 and 20:00 and may be sent via radio or e-mail (you will probably not get an answer).
Additionally, a report must be sent:-
1) upon entering Peruvian waters (EPW)
2) documenting any stoppage at sea (DR)
3) a final report one hour before arrival at the final destination (FR).
The yacht should retain a log of reports sent as there is a stiff fine for non-compliance. All reports may be in English. The report should be e-mailed to costeracallao@marina.mil.pe or if no onboard e-mail is available, radio the closest port with the information.
Last updated: March 2018.
This Peruvian Navy web page includes a link to SINAD which is the national system for legal complaints (loosely translated). If skippers think they are being subjected to illegal conduct during clearance, they can leave feedback on this website.
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En Peru el deporte nautico va adquiriendo cada año mas interesados. Actualmente hay mas de 1000 yates solo en la capital del Peru. Es por ello que proximamente abrira sus puertas Marina
Marbella, con capacidad para amarrar 150 yates con eslora de hasta 120 pies, con un travelift de 200 toneladas. Asi que en dos años si visitas Lima usted tendra los mejores servicios.
Translation:
In Peru, the sport of sailing is increasing in popularity every year. Actually, there are more than 1000 yachts just in the capital of Peru. For this reason, the Marine Marbella will be opening its doors in two years time, with a capacity for 150 yachts, maximum LOA of 120ft and with a 200-ton travelift. So, if you visit Lima in 2 years time, there will be much better services.
ALERT. My US boat touring Panama – Callao – Chile has been confiscated by Customs here 5 weeks after entering while conforming to all formalities doing my own checkin. Customs says that with me they are starting to crack down on boats not hiring customs agents.
There are a number of visiting yachts in Callao in the same situation as me that are exposed to immediate confiscation.
Customs tells me they want my boat for cadet training. Nothing to negotiate. They charged me with smuggling (of the yacht, which is contraband) as a pretext for confiscation. After 5 weeks they finally let me make a statement and will not call my witness for another 3 weeks so to have as many delays as possible.
My lawyer just called the Yacht Club Peruano and was told that customs inspection is now required. The implication is that a customs agent needs to be hired costing about $800 without anything to declare. Add this to the $1,200 in sanitary fees.
Please update your website on this regard as currently, it says otherwise.
I called into Lima in late Feb. 2015 from Puerto Lucia Yacht Club Ecuador, motor sailing all the way – it was a rough trip against wind and current and nasty fogs. Nothing has changed with regards to the above comments. I was hoping to get Arica Chile, which we eventually did, in one shot.
However our alternator failed and the leech on the jib started to unravel plus we needed more fuel. The officials were just silly – miles of paperwork like Ecuador and ridiculous – 3 visits from the coast guards who photographed everything. The Sanitaria Maritime came for an “inspection” with wads of paperwork with a 4 men team complete with ear muffs and hard hats for inspecting a 36 foot sailing yacht for what?!.
Fortunately, I had a read about the yellow fever injections and had the health booklet. A Chilean yacht that made a forced entry into YCP was heavily fined for not having the yellow fever booklet/injections and the crew arrested and interrogated for over 15 hours for spying!! Outrageous costs indeed. There is no yellow fever on the coasts.
The agent we used was Jorge Gardella he tried $500 USD fee but settled for $200 USD. At the Yacht Club no one speaks English, nor at Tanamar and no one responded once to any of the so-called necessary VHF calls you are meant to twice a day when you enter Peruvian waters. The Yacht Club should lobby the government to stop treating yachts like bulk carriers.
The folk at the yacht club were OK. The restaurant was nice, there are new showers and the docking and re-fuelling man was exceptionally nice.
Michael Marshall
Sand and Foam
Legacy (40′) was at the Yacht club Peruano (YCP) in May 2014 coming from Puerto Lucia, Ecuador. We motor/sailed with 2 stops (Talara, Bayovar) without going ashore, just to let the weather cleared. We tried to contact Tramar twice a day without success. Clearing in Peru was done by Jorge Romero recommended by Gonzalo Ravago (the very nice, good Samaritan from the club).$100 per week ( buoy + launch services) at the present no facilities as they are remodelling for 6 months.
Internet at the office. Fuel $5.86/ gal ($2 more than the local station) water on plus.
Basics groceries next door with great panaderia ( bakery)
Cost of clearing in Peru is outrageous: $1 = 2.7 Soles
Sanitaria Maritima: 1724 Soles
Port authority $0
Migration 150 Soles ( for two)
APN $0
Total 1874 Soles or $694 but since we did not have a health booklet with all vaccinations including the yellow fever ( they insist on it) they charge a fine of 1350 Soles and also 160 Soles for vaccination ( that we did not have to take …) all is stupid paperwork bureaucracy
Total In and Out 3645 Soles or $1350 including $100 for agent. You do not have a cruising permit for the coast. We left after 2 weeks at this rolly anchorage for Arica Chile
Actualmente en Perú ay proyectos de construcción de Marinas para Yates .
http://gestion.pe/noticias-de-club-nautico-3836?href=nota_tag.
es una ayuda al navegante tener mas opciones de vicitar.