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Copyright @ 2003 Saigon Port
The Permit No. 127/GP-BVHTT
 

MARITIME DUES, FEES AND SEAPORTS SERVICE TARIFF
(Promulgated under Decision No.61/2003/QÑ-BTC
dated 25/4/2003 of the Ministry of Finance)

Condensed translation by Saigon Port

II. WHARFAGE

2.1 WHARFAGE APPLIED TO TRANSPORT MEANS

For vessel : At wharf: 0.0035 ; At buoy: 0.0014 ; At anchorage/bay: 0.0006 USD/GT-Hr for the period of the first 30 days, 0.0003 USD/GT-Hr from the 31 st day on. At crude oil exporting port sections (sans-wharf oil puping station): 0.0003 USD/GT-Hr for the period of the first 30 days, 0.0002 USD/GT-Hr from the 31 st day on.

- Deliberate occupation: of wharf: 0,006 USD/GT-Hr; of buoy: 0,002 USD/GRT-Hr
- Vessel anchoraged/berthed at several places in anchorage/bay area under the management of the same port authority: the rate/actual berthing time at each location shall be added together.
- Vessel berthed alongside another vessel at wharf: 0.0017 USD/GT-Hr.
- Passenger vessels with the minimum stable schedule of 4 voyages each month shall apply 40% of the rates as specified.
- Vessel takes berths at several places within a port: the rate/actual berthing time at each location shall be added together.
- Vessel berthed at petroleum-dedicated port for handling cargoes or receiving fuel/oil, water: 0.33 USD/m-Hr. Minimum: 90 USD/vessel for each time/berth.
- Vessel berthed at petroleum-dedicated port without handling cargoes or receiving fuel/oil, water: 0.4 USD/m-Hr. Minimum: 110 USD/vessel for each time/berth.
- Vessel berthed alongside another vessel at petroleum-dedicated port: 0.09 USD/m-Hr. Minimum: 25 USD for each berthing alongside.
- Whafage exempted: vessels wait for high tide at anchorage/bay area prior to entering the port.
- No cargo handling operation due to weather >1 day (24 consecutive hrs) or giving berth to another vessel under the order of the port authority: wharfage exempted for period of no cargo handling operation.

2.2 WHARFAGE APPLIED TO CARGO

Cargoes (including containers) being handled at wharf, buoy; cargo owner or the underauthorized shall be subject to wharfage at the following rates:
Handling at wharf:

- Cargoes: 0.20 USD/Ton
- 20' container: 1.8 USD/Cont.
- 40' container: 3.6 USD/Cont.
- Over 40' container: 4.5 USD/Cont.

Handling at buoy: 0.1 USD/Ton
Means of transportation:

- Refrigerating vehicles, crawler, grab, road roller, forklift, crane: 3 USD/Unit.
- Automobile of < 15 seats, £ 2.5 Ton: 1 USD/Unit.
- Other automobiles not indicated above: 2 USD/Unit
Liquid cargoes (liquid gas, gasoline, oil, liquid asphalt, .) handled by pumping from vessel onto tank truck: 1 USD/Ton.
Cargoes handled at petroleum-dedicated port: 1 USD/Ton.

2.3 WHARFAGE APPLIED TO PASSENGERS

Passenger entry OR exit passing through wharf/berth: 1 USD/person (exempted for children under 12 years old)
Vessel allowed to berth at an anchorage area uses other crafts to transport passengers to visit/tour the isles/islands: 1 USD/person (entry + exit inclusive).

3. OPENING, CLOSING HATCHES

Using ship's derricks :

Unit : USD/hold

Rates for one opening or closing

#

Type of Vessel

Open or close hatch covers placing on deck

Open or close hatch covers moving onto pier

1

Up to 5,000 GT

8

16

2

5,001 - 10,000 GT

14

28

3

Over 10,000 GT

20

40

Using port cranes : 150% of the above rates.

Vessel with 2 deck s (tween deck): 200% of the above rates.

4. GARBAGE COLLECTION
(Including costs of transport means for garbage disposal. Number of times for disposing waste/garbage as currently specified).

- Vessel carrying cargo: at wharf: 15 USD/Vessel; at buoy/in bay: 40 USD/Vessel for one time disposing of waste/garbage.
- Vessel < 200GT: at wharf: 4 USD/Vessel; at buoy/in bay: 8 USD/Vessel for one time disposing of waste/garbage
- Passenger vessel staying at wharf: 0.7 USD/person. Min: 100 USD/Time/Vessel; Max: 500 USD/Time/Vessel.
Passenger vessel staying at buoy/in bay (or at wharf + marine craft added to collect garbage): 130% of the above rates.
- Passenger vessel calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule of 4 voyages each month shall apply 60% of the rates as specified.
- Vessel carrying cargoes or passenger vessel using equipments to treat garbage before having disposal of waste/garbage: 50% of the rates as specified.
- Waste/garbage to be destroyed (burned, buried.) as requested by the shipowner or by quarantine authority: negotiable

III. HANDLING CHARGES

1. CHARGES FOR HANDLING CARGOES
1.1 CARGO LOADING/DISCHARGING CHARGES:

Cargo loading/discharging charges using ship's derricks.
Unit : USD/Ton

No

Handling Mode

Cargo Group

Ship hold -Wagon/ truck/barge, or vice versa

Ship hold / barge - Port storage shed/yard or vice versa

A

B

1

2

1

Cargo in bulk: mineral ores all types, cast iron, cement, cereals, fertilizer, salt, sugar; wood chips, gypsum, sulfur, stones, sand, coal, pulverized stone, clinker,.

1.60

2.30

2

Cargo in bags of textile/jute/paper/ hemp/nylon/rush; empty bottle in pallete of cartons covered by nylon; stone blocks.

2.20

2.90

3

Wood log; sawn timber in packages; assorted bamboos .

2.90

3.80

4

Machinery, equipment; cargoes in crates, cases; assorted steel & iron in bundles, packages, coils, plates, bars; non-ferrous metals in packages, coils.

3.10

4.10

5

Cargoes in packages like cotton, jute, hemp, reed, paper, textile, yarn, polyethylene.; garment; furnitures; miscellaneous items; rubber; tires and tubes; fire bricks, ceramic bricks; medical equipment.

3.20

4.30

6

Flooring woods; wooden items; handicrafts.; cargoes in crates, baskets.

3.50

4.60

7

Cargoes in bottles, jars of ceramics, glass; fragile cargoes; electronic parts; motor bikes.

3.70

4.90

8

Fresh fruits & flowers; live animals; frozen goods.

3.90

5.20

9

- Tyred vehicles (except refrigerating truck)

- Specialized vehicles in all kinds

40USD / unit

55 USD / unit

50 USD / unit

70 USD / unit

10

Charges for handling self-movable vehicles (except crawler) onto pier or into warehouse/yard: 25 USD/Unit (including fees for driver). In case, having used port equipment to move into warehouse/yard (due to vehicles, equipments with running tyres but engine not able to start): 40 USD/Unit

- Handling, shifting in the same hold: 50% the rates in column (1).
- Handling, shifting from one hold to another directly: 70% the rates in column (1); indirectly, through wharf: 120% the rates in column (1).
- Cargoes (including in bag) frozen or harden in blocks to be dug/broken loose before handling: 150% to the rates in column (1).
- Handling of dangerous cargoes:

Group A: 200% of the rates for explosives, flammable chemicals such as Nitrates, Nitrocompound, Alkalies, Methane, Magneium, Nitro cellulose and products come from these substances.
Group B: 150% of the rates for toxics, flammables such as Petro, Alcohol, Ether, Amonia, Lime powder, Dried pepper, Acids, Dyes, Gas, Insecticides, Calcium carbide, Anthracite
Group C: 130% of the rates for dusty, dirty and rotten cargoes, and dangerous cargoes not to be abovenamed in group A and B.

- Cargoes in bags, packages, drums spilled/broken to be collected, 150% of the rates to be applied for the actual quantity spilled/broken.
- Cargoes transited through Vietnam seaports : 85% of the rates.
- Cargoes having scaled, plus weighing charge: manually scaled: 1,0 USD/Ton; mechanically scaled: 0,4 USD/Ton
- For overlength or overweight cargoes, increases:

No

Cargo weight or length Increase

1

10T to <15T or 10M to <12M

30%

2

15T to <20T or 12M to <15M

50%

3

20T to <25T or 15M to <20M

100%

4

25T to <30T or >20M

200%

5

> 30 T

Negotiable

For overlength AND overweight cargo, only one highest increase applicable

- Rates to be decided by the director of port in cases: using port's crane for handling but min. rate to be equal handling charges using ship's derricks; handling at buoy/bay, handling light cargoes such as wood chips., steel scrap (packed or loose), glass chips., floating crane is required to use for handling.
- Handling in emergency case; cargoes being loaded from port storage onto ship by conveyor of the cargo owner, using port labours; equipment is required to hire from the outside for handling heavy cargoes: negotiable
- Vessel caused waiting time to the labours during handling operations, charges for waiting time at the rates for hiring skilled labour: 2.40 USD/person-hour.

1.2 STORAGE CHARGES

Mode of storage

Unit

Unit price

In warehouse

USD/Ton-Day

0.14

In open yard

USD/Ton-Day

0.07

Means assemblized (automobile, crawler, crane,.):
- Used
- Nnew




USD/Unit-Day
USD/Unit-Day




2.88
3.60

Duration : from the time the first ton of cargo is stored for each bill of lading.
Quantity : actual quantity stored in the warehouses, yards.

2. CHARGES FOR HANDLING CONTAINER 2.1 CONTAINER LOADING/DISCHARGING CHARGES

Container loading/discharging charges using ship's derricks
a)  Container loading/discharging charges applied for Area 1 :

Unit: USD/Container

#

Handling mode

Type of container

Ship Hold - Wagon/Truck/ Barge
or vice versa

Ship Hold/ Barge - Port Storage
or vice versa

A

B

1

2

1

≤ 20'
- Laden
- Empty


37
24


57
34

2

40'
- Laden
- Empty


55
36


85
50

3

> 40'
- Laden
- Empty


82
53


127
80

b. Container loading / discharging charges applied for Area 2 :

Unit : USD/Container

#

Handling mode

Type of container

Ship Hold - Wagon/Truck/ Barge or vice versa

Ship Hold/ Barge - Port Storage
or vice versa

A

B

1

2

1

≤ 20'
- Laden
- Empty


26
16


50
27

2

40'
- Laden
- Empty


40
23


76
40

3

> 40'
- Laden
- Empty


59
35


113
60

c. Container loading / discharging charges applied for Area 3 :

Unit : USD/Container

#

Handling mode

Type of container

Ship Hold - Wagon/Truck/ Barge or vice versa

Ship Hold/ Barge - Port Storage
or vice versa

A

B

1

2

1

≤ 20'
- Laden
- Empty


30
20


57
34

2

40'
- Laden
- Empty


45
29


85
50

3

> 40'
- Laden
- Empty


67
44


127
80

- Container handling rates above include wharfage for cargo, tallying charges.
- Handling, shifting in the same hold: 25 % of the rates in column (2).
- Handling from one hold to another (no through wharf): 55 % of the rates in column (2).
- Handling of transshipped container on same ship: 100% of the rates in column (2).
- Handling of transshipped container on different ships: 150% the rates in column (2):

Ship - Yard : 75% ; Yard - Ship : 75% of the above rates.

- Handling of container of dangerous goods: 150% of the rates.
- Lashing/unlashing on board: 1 USD/container.
- Large quantity ( ³ 15% of port throughput) + long term contract (implemented ³ 1 year): rebate max 5% for the actual quantity >15% throughput. Specific rebate level: negotiable.
- Rates to be decided by the director of port in cases: using port's crane for handling but min. rate to be equal handling charges using ship's derricks; handling at buoy/bay, floating crane is required to use for handling, handling container over-high, over-wide, or over-weigh: negotiable
- Vessel caused waiting time to the labours during handling operations, charges for waiting time at the rates for hiring skilled labour: 2.40 USD/person-hour.
- Handling in cases of salvation : negotiable.

2.2 STORAGE CHARGES

a) Conventional container :

Unit : USD/container-day

Type of container Type of container

Laden

Empty

20 feet or less

1.60

0.80

40 feet

2.40

1.20

> 40 feet

3.60

1.80

Quantity : actual quantity stored.
Duration : from the time the first container is stored at the port shed/yard
. Import container : from the 6 th . day on.
. Export container : from the 4 th . day on.
. Transshipment different ships, temporary import - re-export : from the 4 th . day on.

Other than the above cases, duration: actual dwell time of container at the port yard.

b) Reefer containers :

Type of container

USD/container-hour

20 feet

0.88

40 feet

1.28

Duration: from the time container is moved to the Port storage area. If port power is not used: duration shall be the same as for conventional containers.

Rates above include storage fee, electricity and reefer servicing costs.

IV. HIRE OF LABOUR, MEANS AND EQUIPMENT
4.1 HIRE OF LABOUR

Unit: USD/person-Hour

No.

Type of Labour

Hire Rate

1

Technical/Skilled labour

2.40

2

Unskilled labour

0.80

3

Diver

28.00

Labour working directly on dangerous cargoes: increase 50%


4.2 HIRE OF WHARF (not for cargo handling purpose):

0,065 USD/Meter-of-wharf-hour.

4.3 HIRE OF MEANS/EQUIPMENT (all supporting service costs inclusive)

Floating crane (towing not included) :
- Less than 50 T : 60 USD/Hour
- 50 T and more : 85 USD/Hour

Shore crane (Tower/jib crane excluded) :

- Less than 5T : 15 USD/Hour
- From 5T to less than 10T : 24 USD/Hour
- From 10T to less than 25T : 40 USD/Hour
- From 25T to less than 40T : 60 USD/Hour
- 40 T and more : negotiable.

Tower/jib crane :

- 5T : 24 USD/Hour
- 10T : 60 USD/Hour
- 16T : 72 USD/Hour
- More than 16T : 80 USD/Hour

Other means :

Canoe : 30 USD/Hour

Truck :

- Less than 50T : 10 USD/Hour
- From 5T to 10T : 15 USD/Hour
- Above 10T : 20 USD/Hour

Trailer (tractor head not included) :

- Less than 5T : 3 USD/Hour
- From 5T to 10T : 4 USD/Hour
- Above 10T : 5 USD/Hour

Container platform/chassis (tractor head not included) :

- 20 Feet or less : 5 USD/Hour
- 40 Feet or more : 10 USD/Hour

Tractor head : 15 USD/Hour

Forklift :

- Less than 5T : 15 USD/Hour
- From 5T to less than 10T : 23 USD/Hour
- From 10T to 30T : 45 USD/Hour
- Above 30T : 80 USD/Hour

Trimmer, dozer : 15 USD/Hour

Other tools/instruments :

- Air compressor for diver : 15 USD/Hour
- Grab less than 5T capacity : 2 USD/unit-Hour
- Grab of 5T capacity or more : 3 USD/unit-Hour
- Cable rope : 1 USD/rope-Hour
- Use of Port VHF radio : 1 USD/10 Minutes

Labour for fixing/mending package and cargo re-packing (tools supplied by ship/cargo owner):

Conventional cargo : 2 USD/Ton
Dangerous cargo : 3 USD/Ton

Fixing/mending package + to move a distance > 25 M or to stack > 2 M high: 30% increase.

Harden cargo in blocks, lumps to be dug/broken before packing/bagging or to select, classify, check and count or to bag into bags of 10kgs or less: increase 50% .

V. PROCEDURE FEES

1. Vessel < 500 GT : 20 USD / voyage
- Vessel from 500 to 1000 GT : 50 USD / voyage
- Vessel over 1000 GT : 100 USD / voyage

2. FEES FOR CERTIFICATION (SEA PROTEST) : 20 USD / each time

IMPLEMENTATION

This Decision is effective from May 15, 2003 .


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