DETAILED PROVISIONS
I. MARITIME SERVICE CHARGES:
1. TONNAGE DUES:
1.1 Vessel shall have to pay tonnage dues for each entry,
departure to/from seaports, crude oil exporting port sections
(sans-wharf oil puping stations), petroleum-dedicated ports
at the following rates:
Type
of vessel
|
Rates |
Vessel (except LASH):
- Entry
- Departure
|
0.058 USD/GT
0.058 USD/GT
|
LASH ( Mother
vessel )
- Entry
- Departure
Barges (when barges leave the mother vessel call at
for other port )
- Entry
- Departure
|
0.030 USD/GT
0.030 USD/GT
0.030 USD/GT
0.030 USD/GT
|
1.2 In case of multiple entries/departures
in one voyage to/from seaport within one maritime area under
the management of the same port authority, the tonnage dues
shall apply one time to such vessels as apecified at 1.1
1.3 70% of the rate in 1.1 shall apply for
vessel vessels calling at seaport with the purpose of getting
fuel, foods, fresh water, change of screw; without handling
cargo or receiving/releasing passengers.
1.4 Vessels transporting cargo, passengers
call at seaport in the same maritime area under the management
of the same port authority at more than 4 voyages each month,
50% of the rate for the same case shall apply for such vessels
from the 5th call onward within such a month.
1.5 50% of the rate in 1.1 shall apply for
vessels in transit to Cambodia.
1.6 Exemption of tonnage dues shall
apply for the following cases:
- Vessels entering/leaving for taking shelter
from the storms, for emergency health treament.
- Crafts carring passengers from the mother vessel anchoring
at the maritime area to go on shore or back the vessel.
- Barges of LASH vessel are in operations at the same port
as the mother vessel calling at.
1.7 Passenger vessels owned by organizations
or individuals calling at ports with fixed schedules shall
apply the rates of tonnage dues as follows:
- Vessels having the Gross Tonnage less than
300GT, calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule
of 10 voyages each month, shall apply 60% of the rate as
specified.
- Vessels having the Gross Tonnage between 300GT and 1,500GT,
calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule of 7 voyages
each month, shall apply 50% of the rate as specified.
- Vessels having the Gross Tonnage from 1,500GT and over,
calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule of 4 voyages
each month, shall apply 40% of the rate as specified.
1.8 Vessels entering/leaving ports in one
voyage with different rates of tonnage dues shall be entitled
to apply one lowest rate.
2. MARITIME SAFETY DUES:
2.1 Vessel shall have to pay maritime safety dues for each
entry/departure to/from seaports, petroleum-dedicated ports
at the following rates:
Type
of vessel
|
Areas 1 and
3
|
Rates |
Vessel (except LASH):
- Entry
- Departure
|
0.184 USD/GT
0.184 USD/GT
|
0.138 USD/GT
0.138 USD/GT
|
LASH ( Mother
vessel )
- Entry
- Departure
Barges (when barges leave the mother vessel call at
for other port )
- Entry
- Departure
|
0.068 USD/GT
0.068 USD/GT
0.10 USD/GT
0.10 USD/GT
|
0.054 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
|
2.2 Vessels entering/leaving seaports in the
same maritime area under the management of the same port
authority, the maritime safety dues shall apply one time
to such vessels as apecified at 2.1
2.3 Vessels transporting cargo, passengers
call at seaports in the same maritime area under the management
of the same port authority at more than 4 voyages each month,
70% of the rate for the same case shall apply for such vessels
from the 5th call onward within such a month.
2.4 50% of the rate in 2.1 shall apply to
the following cases:
- Vessels allowed to come in the maritime
area for fuel, fresh water, foods, to change crew, for emergency
health treatment
- Vessels entering/leaving to/from crude oil exporting port
sections (sans-wharf oil puping stations)
2.5 120% of the rate in 2.1 shall apply for
vessels in transit to Cambodia.
2.6 The maritime safety dues shall not apply
to the following cases:
- Crafts or canoes from passenger vessel
allowed to anchor in the maritime area carry/receive passengers
to/from the port.
2.7 Passenger vessels owned by organizations
or individuals calling at ports with fixed schedules shall
apply the rates of maritime safety dues as follows:
- Vessels having the Gross Tonnage less than
300GT, calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule
of 10 voyages each month, shall apply 60% of the rate as
specified.
- Vessels having the Gross Tonnage between 300GT and 1,500GT,
calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule of 7 voyages
each month, shall apply 50% of the rate as specified.
- Vessels having the Gross Tonnage from 1,500GT and over,
calling at ports with the minimum stable schedule of 4 voyages
each month, shall apply 40% of the rate as specified.
2.8 Vessels entering/leaving ports in one
voyage with different rates of tonnage dues shall be entitled
to apply one lowest rate.
3. PILOTAGE
Vessels entering/leaving seaport using pilot are subject
to pilotage fees at the following rates:
| No |
Distance of Pilotage
|
Unit Prices (USD/GT-Nautical
Miles)
|
Minimum Rates
(USD/Vessel/Each time)
|
1 |
Up to 10 miles
|
0,0034
|
150 |
2 |
Up to 30 miles
|
0,0028
|
170 |
3 |
Up to 60 miles
|
0,0021
|
200 |
4 |
> 60 miles
|
0,0018
|
220 |
3.1 Vessels < 200 GT (including fishing
boats) ordering pilot : 30 USD/Vessel for
each entering or leaving the port.
3.2 Passenger vessels owned by organizations
or individuals calling at ports with the minimum stable
schedule of 4 voyages each month shall apply 40% of the
rates as specified.
3.3 Pilotage fees applicable to specific
waterways:
| # |
PILOTAGE
WATERWAYS
|
Unit
Price ($/GRT- Mile) |
Min.
Rate
($/Vessel)
|
| |
|
For
each entering or leaving |
| 1 |
From Dinh An via Bassac river
channel
|
0.0032
|
270 |
| 2 |
At Dam Mon Port (Khanh Hoa),
Binh Tri and Hon Chong (Kien Giang) areas.
|
0.0040
|
180 |
| 3 |
Xuan Hai - Cua Lo channel
|
0.0045
|
150 |
| 4 |
Phu Quoc (Kien Giang) area
|
0.0072
|
180 |
| 5 |
Channel from Buoy "O"
to Nghi Son, Chan May, Dung Quat, and Vung Ang ports.
|
0.0045
|
200 |
3.4 For each movement in the Port: 0,015 $/GT.
Min: 30 $/vessel/each movement
3.5 Movement within the port area under the
port's request and payment for pilot fees: the rate of pilot
fees for domestic transport vessels shall apply.
3.6 Advance notice of 6 hrs. Changes/cancellation:
3 hrs. Late advice/cancellation: waiting charge at 10 USD/Person-Hour.
Waiting time shall be couted as follows:
- Pilot not yet departed from base: 1 Hour.
- Departed from base: from the time of departure until the
time of return to base.
- Pilot shall wait for the vessel 4 hours; beyond that:
order for pilot as cancelled. Cancellation in case of pilot
already got on board the vessel: shall charge as order for
pilotage waterways with the rates specified.
- Upon completion of pilotage, pilot retained on board by
the Master: the time of pilot retaining shall be counted
as pilotage time.
- In case pilot is obliged to stay on board: waiting charge:
3 USD/Person-Hour.
3.7 Vessels in navigation to test engine
or to correct compasses: shall apply 110% of the rate as
specified.
3.8 Vessels unable to navigate due to technical
malfunstion: shall apply 150% of the rate as specified for
the actual travel distance.
3.9 Ordering pilot on ad-hoc basis: shall
apply 110% of the rate as specified.
3.10 Pilot arrived at pilotage point in time
but the vessel unable to navigate due to in case of impossibility
(confirmed by Port Authority): Pilotage fees shall not apply.
3.11Vessels anchoring along the way to the
Port: pay extra on transport means for pilot (except channel
limited in night navigation).
3.12 Vessels arrived at pilotage point in
time as requested by the owner's representative and accepted
by Port Authority and Pilot, but having to wait for pilot:
pilot shall pay the vessel at 100 USD/Hour for the actual
time of waiting.
3.13 Vessels transporting cargo, passengers
call at seaports in the same maritime area under the management
of the same port authority at more than 4 voyages each month,
70% of the rate for the same case shall apply for such vessels
from the 5th call onward within such a month
4. CHARGES FOR TUG BOAT ASSISTANCE:
- £ 500HP : 0,31 $/HP/Hr.
- 501HP-1000HP : 155 $/Hr for the first
500HP + 0,23 $/HP/Hr for each
add’l HP.
- 1001HP-1500HP : 270 $/Hr for the first
1000HP + 0.14 $/HP/Hr for each add’l HP.
- 1501HP-2000HP : 340$/Hr for the first 1500HP + 0.05
$/HP/Hr for each add'l HP.
- ³ 2001HP : 400 $/Hr
Duration: tugboat leaves
its base & returns. Minimum: 1 Hr/each.
In case tugboat ordered outside the port area receiving
the vessels: charges negotiated between the tugboat owner
and the orderer, but not excess 50% of the rate
Tugboat arrived on time/vessel not yet arrived: 50% of the
rates/waiting time.
Vessel does not arrive or move, the tug has to return: 50%
of the rates/actual time.
Passenger vessels calling at ports with the minimum stable
schedule of 4 voyages each month shall apply 60% of the
rates as specified.
Number and horsepower of tugboat as stipulated by the Vietnam
National Maritime Bureau (Vinamarine)
Extra charges:
- Assistance in case of salvation: rate as
agreed upon between the entity providing and the entity
requesting the salvage
- Tugboats used for towing/pushing in case of vessel unable
to navigate: rate as agreed upon between the entity providing
and the entity requesting tugboat.
- Advance notice 2 hours. Late advice or cancellation: waiting
charge. Minimum: 1 Hr.
5. CHARGES FOR MOORING, UNMOORING
Unit price: USD/each
| No |
Type
of Vessel
|
Rates at Buoy
|
Rates
at Wharf
|
| 1 |
Under 500 GRT
|
36 |
11 |
| 2 |
From 501 up to 1000 GRT
|
58 |
18 |
3 |
From 1001 up to 4000 GRT
|
97 |
30 |
4 |
From 4001 up to 10000 GRT
|
135 |
40 |
5 |
From 10001 up to 15000 GRT
|
155 |
45 |
6 |
More than 15000 GRT
|
175 |
60 |
| Charges for mooring and unmooring apply
for mooring plus unmooring. For each mooring or unmooring
service separately, 1/2 of the above rates shall apply.
|
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 31st 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 31st 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
#
|
Type of
Vessel
|
Rates for one opening
or closing |
Open or close hatch
covers placing on deck
|
Open or close hatch
covers moving onto pier |
1
2
3 |
Up to 5,000 GT
5,001 - 10,000 GT
Over 10,000 GT
|
8
14
20 |
16
28
40 |
Using port cranes: 150% of the above rates.
Vessel with 2 decks (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 |
Ship
hold –Wagon/ truck/barge, or vice versa |
Ship
hold / barge – Port storage shed/yard or vice versa |
Cargo Group
|
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
- New |
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:
