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Tariffs for General Cargo Handling



Fees for General Cargo Operations (Unloading, Shipping, Loading and Unloading):

Article 8: The general cargo handling tariffs are determined as per following table number 3-A:
 
Table no. 3-A : General cargo handling
Description of operation loading or discharging vessels (shipping agent) Lift on or lift off from or to quay (receiver)
Ref. Rate US $ / Ton Ref. Rate US $ / Ton
Other than listed below  N0 3.25 Q0 2.25
Reinforcement steel, coils, bridges steel, various sheets, other metals of all forms (except for steel), rock blocks. N1 3.5 Q1 3
Scrap metal (including compaction on deck vessel), tubes and pipes N2 4 Q2 3.5
Light cargo (tissue paper rolls, wool, cotton, straw, empty cartons, empty tins, felt, light fibers, empty barrels, tobacco…), coal, cables and huge electric rollers , heavy lifts/machines up to less than 10 tons. N3 8 Q3 6
Heavy lifts/machines from 10 up to below 30 tons, small boats N4 10 Q4 7
Heavy lifts/machines from 30 up to below 50 tons including stacking on quay in discharging and/or loading operations. N5 20 Q5 15
Heavy lifts/machines from 50 up to below 65 tons including stacking on quay in discharging and/or loading operations. N6 40 Q6 30
Heavy lifts/machines from 65 up to below 80 tons including stacking on quay in discharging and/or loading operations.  N7 60 Q7 50
Heavy lifts/machines from 80 up to below 100 tons including stacking on quay in discharging and/or loading operations. N8 80 Q8 60
Heavy lifts/machines from 100 tons and over including stacking on quay in discharging and/or loading operations. N9 100 Q9 80
 

Article 9: The following remarks are to be taken into consideration in application of article 8: If discharging or loading mentioned in above table (3-A) and table (3-B) are carried out by the vessel’s own gears a fee amounting to 35% (thirty five percent) of the tariffs mentioned in these tables will be collected with the following exceptions:
  1. 1. A fee amounting to 20% of table 3-A is collected for transshipment operations from ship to ship without passing by quays.
  2. 2. Are exempted discharged cargos by silos’ equipment.
  3. 3. Are exempted discharged cargos by vessels’ own suction pipes subject hiring a port crane. The hire of the crane is collected as per table no. 4.
  4. 4. A fee amounting to 10% of table 3-A is collected for discharging or loading liquids operations by vessels’ own suction pipes without use of port equipment.
  5. 5. Whenever a special tractor is used in handling scrap on quay, PQ1 (table no. 4) is applied as per work hours, instead of Q0  (applied previously  per weight).
  6. 6. Reference N3 is applied concerning discharging and loading hatch covers for general cargo vessel’s passing by quay. In such case the fee is collected once for discharging and another time for the loading operation.
  7. 7. Steel consignment reference N1 benefits from a deduction of 0.5$ per ton for quantities discharged by port equipments.
  8. 8. Export cargo (except Re-export) will benefit from a discount of 27% on handling fees in table 3-A.
  9. 9. Goods in bulk will benefit from a discount of 15% on N0 (various).
 
Article 10: The tariffs for yachts handling, lifting on and lifting off, as per the following table no.3-B:  
Table no. 3-B: Tariffs for Yachts Handling, Lifting on and Lifting Off
Yacht specifications Loading or discharging of vessels (shipping agent) Loading or discharging on quays (receiver)
Ref. Rate US $/Piece Ref. Rate US $/Piece
Length up to 26 ft N10 910 Q10 613
Length from above 26 ft up to 30 ft N11 1015 Q11 700
Length from above 30 ft up to 35 ft N12 1155 Q12 840
Length from above 35 ft up to 40 ft N13 1330 Q13 1015
Length from above 40 ft up to 45 ft N14 1593 Q14 1243
Length from above 45 ft up to 50 ft N15 1960 Q15 1610
Length from above 50 ft up to 55 ft N16 2485 Q16 2100
Length from above 55 ft up to 60 ft N17 3203 Q17 2800
 
Remarks: Concerning yachts of over 60 ft length, the fees of N18 will be calculated according to the fees of N17 plus 205$ per additional foot. The part of the foot is always considered a complete foot.
  • The yacht discharged directly from the ship to the water or on the truck is subject to the collection of only one N operation. As for the yacht that requires two manoeuvres to be discharged from the ship to water or on the truck (with passage on the quay or moving from a place to another on the deck of vessel) is subject to operation N + operation Q of the same category.
  • The yacht moving from one place to another inside the port, only one operation Q is applied. (for both manoeuvres).
  • In case loading or unloading operations, mentioned in table 3-B are performed by vessel self gear, a fee amounting to 35% (thirty five percent) of the tariff mentioned in this table will be collected, up to a maximum amount of 700$ for each yacht.

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