Shipping Agency Rades

Always On Across Tunisia

Aidi Shipping Agency is a shipping agency in Rades with agents inside the port. Rades is Tunisia’s main container and general cargo port, serving Tunis, and we attend vessels there 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Ship agency services at the port of Rades :

Our Rades port agents handle berth booking, pilotage and towage, customs and immigration formalities, port health clearance, cargo documentation, surveyors and the disbursement account. A competitive PDA is issued before arrival.

Crew change in Rades and Bizerte :

Crew change in Rades is straightforward, with Tunis Carthage airport around twenty minutes from the quay. We arrange sign-on and sign-off, seafarer visas, immigration clearance, hotels, transfers, medical assistance and repatriation. We cover crew change at Rades and Bizerte with the same team, so vessels calling both ports keep one point of contact. See our crew change and husbandry services.

Container and general cargo at Rades :

Rades handles the bulk of Tunisia’s container traffic alongside general and break bulk cargo. We attend liner and tramp calls, coordinate stevedores and surveyors, and arrange customs clearance, inland haulage and storage through our freight forwarding division.

Port agency and protective agency at Rades :

Where charterers have nominated their own agent we act as protecting agent at Rades, attending the vessel and protecting owners’ interests through the call. The port operates under the Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP).