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THE MINISTRY OF
FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 61/2003/QD-BTC
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Hanoi, April 25, 2003
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE
TABLE OF MARITIME FEE AND CHARGE AS WELL AS SEAPORT SERVICE CHARGE RATES
THE
MINISTER OF FINANCE
Pursuant to the June
30, 1990 Maritime Code of Vietnam;
Pursuant to the August 28, 2001 Charge and Fee Ordinance No.
38/2001/PL-UBTVQH10;
Pursuant to the April 26, 2002 Pricing Ordinance No. 40/2002/PL-UBTVQH10;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002
defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the
ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the
tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002 detailing
the implementation of the Charge and Fee Ordinance;
At the proposals of the Ministry of Communications and Transport in Official
Dispatch No. 1665/GTVT-PC of April 24, 2003 and of the director of the
Enterprise Finance Department,
DECIDES:
Article
1.- To
promulgate together with this Decision the table of maritime charge and fee as
well as seaport service charge rates.
Article
2.-
The agencies assigned the task of organizing the
collection of maritime charges and fees shall have to organize the collection
thereof and be entitled to deduct a certain percentage (%) from the total
collected charge and fee amount before remitting it into the State budget
according the following regulations:
a/ Maritime port
authorities shall collect tonnage charge; charge for anchoring or mooring in
lagoons and bays, charge for use of piers, wharves, mooring buoys, which are
built with the State budget investment and managed by the port authorities; fee
for arrival at and departure from seaports; the fee for authentication (of
maritime protests) and shall be entitled to retain 35% of the total collected
charge and fee amount. Vietnam National Maritime Bureau shall be entitled to
regulate the retained fund for expenditure among the port authorities.
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c/ Maritime Pilotage
Companies shall be entitled to collect pilotage charge and implement the
financial regimes according to the current regulations.
The management of the
use of charge and fee amounts deducted according the provisions in Paragraphs
a, b and c of this Article shall comply with the Finance Ministry's guidance.
Article
3.- The
levels of charge for anchoring or mooring in lagoons and bays, charge for piers
and mooring buoys not invested by the State or invested by the State but later
transferred to seaport enterprises, and charge for maritime assurance of
exclusive fairways of the cost-accounting and financially autonomous
enterprises, as well as seaport service charge rates prescribed in this
Decision are those having already included value added tax.
Article
4.- This
Decision takes effect as from May 15, 2003; the provisions on maritime charges
and fees and seaport service charge rates in the Finance Ministry's Decisions
No. 48/2001/QD-BTC of May 28, 2001 and No. 129/2002/QD-BTC of October 8, 2002,
the Government Pricing Committee's Decision No. 85/2000/QD-BVGCP of November
10, 2000 and other regulations which are contrary to the provisions of this
Decision shall all be hereby annulled.
Article
5.- Organizations
and individuals liable to pay the maritime charges and fees and seaport service
charges; the agencies and organizations which collect the maritime charges and
fees as well as seaport service charges and the concerned units shall have to
implement this Decision.
FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Tran Van Ta
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A.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
I.
SUBJECTS OF APPLICATION
The table of maritime
charge and fee levels and seaport service charge rates (hereinafter referred to
as the charges and seaport service charges for short) shall be applicable to
the following subjects:
1. Ships engaged in
the transportation of cargoes (including containers) and/or passengers from
Vietnam to foreign countries or vice versa, transit-Vietnam transportation,
international relay transportation and transportation into or from export
processing zones (hereinafter referred collectively to as international
transportation), which actually enter, leave, pass, moor or anchor in maritime
zones or waters of Vietnamese seaports;
2. Charges and
seaport service charges for cargoes (including containers), which are exported
or imported, in transit or relay transportation, brought into or from export
processing zones shall be paid by their carriers (or those authorized by the
carriers);
3. Passengers
(including crew members and officers of passenger ships) entering Vietnam from foreign countries by sea or vice versa;
II.
CURRENCIES FOR CALCULATING CHARGES AND SEAPORT SERVICE CHARGES
Charges and seaport
service charges shall be collected in US dollar. The payment of charges and
seaport service charges shall comply with the Vietnamese State's current
regulations on foreign currency management. In cases where it is necessary to
convert US dollar into Vietnam dong, the conversion shall be made at the
average exchange rate on the interbank foreign currency market, announced by
the State Bank of Vietnam at the time of payment.
III.
UNITS FOR CALCULATING CHARGES AND SEAPORT SERVICE CHARGES AND
ROUND-UP METHOD
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1. The tonnage unit:
1.1. For dry carriers
(including container carriers): the tonnage for calculating charges and seaport
service charges is the maximum GT inscribed in certificates of the Registry
Office.
1.2. For liquid cargo
tankers: the tonnage for calculating charges and seaport service charges is
equal to 85% of the maximum GT inscribed in certificates of the Registry
Office, regardless of whether the ships have ballast water or separation water
tank or not.
1.3. For ships on
arrival or exit for passenger transportation, repair or dismantlement: the
tonnage for calculating charges and seaport service charges is equal to 50% of
the maximum GT inscribed in certificates of the Registry Office.
1.4. For ships
without GT inscription, the tonnage for calculating charges and seaport service
charges shall be converted as follows:
- Cargo ships: 1.5
ton of registered tonnage is equal to 1 GT.
- Tug boats, push
boats: 1 HP is equal to 0.5 GT.
- Barges: 1 ton of
registered tonnage is equal to 1 GT.
1.5. For ships being
a convoy of barges and tug boats (or push boats): the tonnage for calculating
charges and seaport service charges is the total GT of the entire convoy of
barges and tug boats (or push boats).
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3. The time units:
- For time unit being
day: a day is calculated with 24 hours; the odd part of 12 hours or less of a
day, it shall be calculated as 1/2 day, if the odd is over 12 hours, it shall
be rounded up to 1 day.
- For time unit being
hour: 1 hour is calculated equal to 60 minutes; the odd part of 30 minutes or
less shall be calculated as 1/2 hour, if the odd is over 30 minutes, it shall
be rounded up to 1 hour.
4. The cargo volume
(including packing) unit: shall be ton or cubic meter (m3); the odd part of under
0.5 ton or under 5 m3 shall not be counted, and of 0.5 ton or 5 m3 or more
shall be rounded up to 1 ton or 1 m3. For one single bill of lading, the
minimum volume for calculating charges and seaport service charges shall be 1
ton or 1 m3. For cargoes, of which each ton occupies 1.5 m3 or more, every 1.5
m3 shall be calculated as 1 ton.
5. The distance for
calculating charges and seaport service charges shall be nautical mile, the odd being
less than 1 nautical mile shall be rounded up to 1 nautical mile. The unit for
calculating ship pier charge is meter; the odd being less than one meter shall
be rounded up to 1 meter.
IV.
DIVISION OF SEAPORT REGIONS
- Region 1: All ports
lying from parallel 20 northward
- Region 2: All ports
lying from parallel 11.5 to parallel 20
- Region 3: All ports
lying from parallel 11.5 southward.
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A number of following
words and phrases in this Decision are construed as follows:
1. Warehouses and
storing yards mean
those within the port land areas and managed by the ports.
2. Export cargoes
(including containers) mean
cargoes having consignment places (departure) in Vietnam and reception places
(destination) in foreign countries.
3. Import cargoes
(including containers) mean
cargoes having consignment places (departure) in foreign countries and
reception places (destination) in Vietnam.
4. Transit cargoes
(including containers)
mean cargoes having consignment places (departure) and reception places
(destination) outside the Vietnamese territory, without calling in Vietnam or being unloaded at Vietnamese seaports or consigned into warehouses or storing
yards for further transportation.
5. Cargoes (including
containers) in relay transportation mean cargoes unloaded from ships, brought
into entrepot areas for a given duration, and subsequently loaded onto other
ships for transportation to other ports.
6. Ships include
sea-going ships, river ships and other types of ships, boats and means (regardless of
whether they are mounted with engines or not) operating at seas and in waters
contiguous to the Vietnamese seas.
7. Support tug boats mean those designed,
inscribed in registry book and registered for operation of providing service of
towing or supporting ships entering or leaving ports.
8. Construction ships
mean special-use ships for construction of hydraulic works.
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10. Dangerous goods mean goods hazardous
and dangerous to human being, ships and environment as prescribed by the
Vietnamese laws and relevant international agreements which Vietnam has signed or acceded to.
11. Carriers mean persons who use
ships under their ownership or chartered ships under other people's ownership
to transport cargoes and/or passengers.
12. Entrusted persons
mean
organizations or individuals authorized by goods owners or carriers to carry
out the transportation, loading, unloading, forwarding and preservation of
goods at ports.
13. Shipments: An arrival at a port
and a departure from such port by a ship shall be counted as one shipment.
B.
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
I.
MARITIME CHARGES AND SERVICE CHARGES
1. Tonnage charges:
1.1. Ships entering
and leaving seaports, crude oil export port divisions (sans-wharf oil pumping
stations) or special-use ports in service of petroleum activities shall have to
pay the tonnage charge at the following levels:
Types of ship
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A. Ships
(other than lash ships)
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Arrival:
0.058 USD/GT
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Departure:
0.058 USD/GT
B. Lash
ships
- Parent
ships
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Arrival
0.030 USD/GT
Departure
0.030 USD/GT
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Attached barges (when they are detached from parent ships to ports other than
ports of destination of parent ships)
Arrival
0.030 USD/GT
Departure
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1.2. A ship arriving
at and departing from many seaports within the same maritime zone under the
management by a port authority shall have to pay the tonnage charge only once
at the levels prescribed at Point 1.1 of this Section.
1.3. Ships arriving
at and departing from ports for filling fuel, taking foodstuff and fresh water,
changing crew members without loading and unloading cargoes, without taking and
discharging passengers shall be subject to the charge level equal to 70% of
that prescribed at Point 1.1 of this Section.
1.4. Ships carrying
cargoes or passengers into or out of ports within the same maritime zone under
the management by one port authority for more than 4 shipments in a month,
shall, from the 5th shipment onward in the same month, be subject to the charge
level equal to 50% of the level of the same case.
1.5. Ships in transit
to Cambodia shall be subject to the charge level equal to 50% of the charge
level prescribed at Point 1.1 of this Section.
1.6. In the following
cases, the tonnage charge shall not be collected:
- Ships entering or
leaving ports for storm shelter or medical emergency purpose;
- Motor boats of
parent passenger ships anchoring in lagoon or bay, which carry passengers into
or out of ports.
- Attached barges of
LASH operating at ports being destination ports of their parent ships.
1.7. For
organizations and individuals that have ships carrying tourists along fixed
routes and arriving at Vietnamese ports, the following tonnage charge levels
shall apply:
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- For ships of
between 300 GT and 1,500 GT, arriving at ports at the minimum frequency of 7
shipments/month/port, the charge level equal to 50% of the prescribed level
shall apply;
- For ships of 1,500
GT or over, arriving at ports at the minimum frequency of 4
shipments/month/port, the charge level equal to 40% of the prescribed level
shall apply.
1.8. Ships subject to
different charge levels upon each arrival or departure shall enjoy the lowest
charge level.
2. Maritime assurance
charge:
2.1. Ships entering
and leaving seaports or ports in exclusive service of petroleum activities
shall have to pay maritime assurance charge as follows:
Types of ship
Regions I and III
Region II
A. Ships
(other than LASH)
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Arrival
0.184 USD/GT
0.138 USD/GT
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Departure
0.184 USD/GT
0.138 USD/GT
B. Lash
ships
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- Parent
ships
Arrival
0.068 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
Departure
0.068 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
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(Charge
shall be collected from parent ships for only when they are detached
traveling on fairways
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Arrival
0.10 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
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Departure
0.10 USD/GT
0.054 USD/GT
2.2. A ship entering
and leaving many seaports within the same maritime zone under the management by
a port authority shall have to pay the maritime assurance charge once at the
charge levels prescribed at Point 2.1 of this Section.
2.3. Cargo or
passenger ships entering or leaving ports within the same maritime zone under
the management by one port authority for more than 4 shipments in a month,
shall, from the 5th shipment onward in the same month, be subject to the charge
level equal to 70% of the level of the same case.
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- Ships arriving at
the permitted maritime positions to take fuel, fresh water, foodstuff, change
crew members or give emergency medical treatment to patients.
- Ships entering or
leaving crude oil export port divisions (sans-wharf oil pumping stations).
2.5. Ships in transit
to Cambodia shall be subject to the charge level equal to 120% of that
prescribed at Point 2.1 of this Section.
2.6. The maritime
assurance charge shall not be collected in the following cases:
- Motor boats of
parent passenger ships anchoring in a maritime zone shall be allowed to
transship passengers into and out of ports.
2.7. For
organizations and individuals that have ships carrying tourists along fixed
routes and arriving at Vietnamese ports, the following maritime assurance
charge levels shall apply:
- For ships of under
300 GT, arriving at ports at the minimum frequency of 10 shipments/month/port,
the charge level equal to 60% of the prescribed level shall apply;
- For ships of
between 300 GT and 1,500 GT, arriving at ports at the minimum frequency of 7
shipments/month/port, the charge level equal to 50% of the prescribed level
shall apply;
- For ships of 1,500
GT or over, arriving at ports at the minimum frequency of 4 shipments/month/port,
the charge level equal to 40% of the prescribed level shall apply.
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3. Pilotage charge:
Ships entering and
leaving seaport with pilots shall have to pay the pilotage charge as follows:
No
Distance of pilotage
Charge level (USD/GT-HL)
Minimum charge level (USD/ship/time)
1
Up to 10
nautical miles
0.0034
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2
Up to 30
nautical miles
0.0028
170
3
Up to 60
nautical miles
0.0021
200
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0.0018
220
3.1. For ships of
under 200 GT (including fishing ships), the charge level of 30 USD/ship/time
shall apply.
3.2. For
organizations and individuals that have ships carrying tourists along fixed
routes and arriving at ports for at least 4 shipments/month/port, the charge
level equal to 40% of the above-prescribed level shall apply.
3.3. For a number of
routes, the following pilotage charge levels shall apply:
No
Routes under pilotage
Charge level (USD/GT-HL)
Minimum charge level(USD/ship/ time)
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Route
from Dinh An to Hau river's fairway
0.0032
270
2
At Dam
Mon port - Khanh Hoa, Binh Tri region, Hon Chong - Kien Giang province
0.0040
180
3
Xuan Hai
- Cua Lo fairway
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150
4
Phu Quoc
- Kien Giang area
0.0072
180
5
Route from
buoy zero to Nghi Son, Chan May, Dung Quat and Vung Ang ports
0.0045
200
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3.5. Ships of
organizations and individuals subject to this table of charge levels and
seaport service charge rates, when moving between piers within a seaport at
requests of such seaport's director and with the pilotage charge paid by such
seaport, shall be subject to the pilotage charge level for movements within
ports applicable to inland transport ships.
3.6. When asking for
pilots, ship owners shall have to notify such to pilots 6 hours in advance.
Case of schedule change or cancellation of request for pilots must be notified
to pilots 3 hours in advance. Past that time limit, ship owners shall have to
pay for the waiting time at the level of 10 USD/person-hour, the method of
counting the waiting time shall be as follows:
a/ For pilots having
not yet left the positions of departure: the awaiting time shall be counted as
1 hour.
b/ For pilots having
already left the positions of departure: the awaiting time shall be counted
from the departing time until the time they return to the initial positions.
c/ Pilots shall await
at embarkation places for no more than 4 hours; past that time limit, the
request for pilots shall be considered canceled. If pilots have been on board
but ship owners cancel their requests, they shall have to pay the pilotage
charge according to the routes requiring pilotage and at the prescribed levels.
d/ For pilots who
have completed their work and are retained by shipmasters, the awaiting time
payment shall be calculated according to the hours of retention.
e/ In cases where
shipmasters do not retain pilots, who still have to stay on board, the awaiting
payment level shall be 3 USD/hour.
3.7. For ships on
voyages for testing their machinery and equipment or adjusting their compasses,
the level equal to 110% of the prescribed one shall apply.
3.8. For ships unable
to operate due to technical breakdowns, the level equal to 150% of that
prescribed for actual distances shall apply.
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3.10. In cases where
pilots have arrived at their positions but ships cannot operate due to force
majeure circumstances (with certification of port authorities), the pilotage
charge shall not be collected.
3.11. For ships which
do not navigate straight to the ports of destination but ask for permission to
anchor en route (except for routes where night-time navigation is not
permitted), ship owners shall have to pay expenses for means additionally
arising in the reception and discharge of pilots.
3.12. In cases where
ships have punctually arrived at positions of waiting for pilots at the time
requested by ship owners and consented by port authorities and pilots, but
pilots have not shown up, thus keeping the ships hanging on, such pilots shall
have to pay to the ships a sum of 100 USD/waiting hour according to the actual
waiting hours.
3.13. Cargo or
passengers ships entering or leaving ports within the same maritime zone under
the management by one port authority for more than 4 shipments in a month, shall,
from the 5th shipment onward in the same month, be subject to the charge level
equal to 70% of the level of the similar case.
4. Tug boat service
charge rates:
4.1. Unit rates:
Capacity of support tug boats
Unit rates
- Of 500
HP or under
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- Of
between 501 HP and 1,000 HP:
+ For
the first 500 HP
155 USD/hour
+ For
each HP from the 501st HP onward
0.23 USD/HP-hour
- Of
between 1,001 HP and 1,500 HP:
+ For
the first 1,000 HP
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+ For
each HP from the 1,001st HP onward
0.14 USD/HP-hour
- Of
between 1,501 HP and 2,000 HP:
+ For
the first 1,500 HP
340 USD/hour
+ For
each HP from the 1,501st HP onward
0.05 USD/HP-hour
- Of
2,001 HP or over
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4.2. Time for
calculating tug boat service charges: From the time support tug boats leave
positions of departure in port areas, where ships enter for cargo handling, to
the time they return to the initial places or shift to other operations. The
minimum time for calculating tug boat service charges is one hour/time.
4.3. The directors of
units providing support tug boat services shall base themselves on market
prices and practical situation to increase or reduce unit service charge rates
by 10% as compared with those prescribed at Point 4.1 and announce the unit
rate for each type of existing tug boats.
The following cases
of increase or reduction shall be determined on the basis of unit rates
announced by the directors of the units providing support tug boat services:
4.3.1. For cases
where tug boats are available in port areas, where ships enter for cargo
handling, and must be mobilized from other places: Expenses for mobilizing tug
boats shall be determined on the basis of agreements between tug boat owners
and ship owners, but must not exceed 50% of unit rates prescribed for the
actual hours of mobilizing tug boats.
4.3.2. In cases where
tug boats have punctually arrived at ship reception positions at the time
requested by ship owners and consented by port authorities, but ships have not
yet arrived, thus keeping tug boats hanging on, the ship owners shall have to
pay charge rates equal to 50% of the prescribed unit rates for the actual
awaiting hours.
4.3.3. In cases where
tug boats have punctually arrived at ship reception positions at the time
requested by ship owners and consented by port authorities, but ships do
neither appear nor operate, thus making tug boats return to their places of
departure or shift to other operations, the ship owners shall have to pay
charge rates equal to 50% of the prescribed unit rates for the actual hours of
mobilizing tug boats.
4.3.4. In case of
time change or cancellation of request for tug boats, ship owners must notify
such to tug boat owners 2 hours in advance. Past that time limit, ship owners
must pay for awaiting time with the minimum awaiting time for calculating pay
is 1 hour.
4.3.5. For passenger
ships operating on fixed routes with a frequency of at least 4
shipments/month/port, the applicable tug boat service charge rate shall be
equal to 60% of the prescribed unit rates.
4.4. In the following
cases, service charge shall be determined at rates agreed upon by directors of
units providing tug boat service and ship owners:
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4.4.2. Where ships
are unable to operate and tug boats are used to push or tow.
4.4.3. Number and
capacity of tug boats comply with the regulations of Vietnam Maritime Bureau.
5. Rope-tying and
-untying service rates
5.1. Rope-tying and
-untying service unit rates (already included expense for equipment serving the
rope-tying and -untying)
Calculation unit:
USD/time
No.
Ship tonnage
Charge rates
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At buoys
at piers
1
Under
500 GT
36
11
2
Between
501 GT and 1,000 GT
58
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3
Between
1,001 GT and 4,000 GT
97
30
4
Between
4,001 GT and 10,000 GT
135
40
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155
45
6
15,001
GT or over
175
60
Rope-tying and
-untying service charge rates shall be calculated for one tying and untying
time; if tying and untying are separately calculated, service charge rates
shall be equal to 1/2 of the above rates.
5.2. In cases where
small ships or barges are tied up to larger ships for cargo transshipment, the
service charge rate for rope-tying and -untying at piers shall apply.
II.
CHARGES AND SERVICE CHARGE RATES AT PIERS
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1.1. Ships anchoring
and mooring in lagoons and bays shall have to pay charge therefor as follows:
- For the first 30
days, the applicable charge rate shall be 0.0006 USD/GT-hour
- For the 31st day
onwards, the applicable charge rate shall be 0.0003 USD/GT-hour
1.2. Ships anchoring
and mooring at crude oil export port divisions (sans-wharf oil pumping
stations), the charge for use of anchoring and mooring positions shall be
collected as follows:
- For the first 30
days, the applicable charge rate shall be 0.0003 USD/GT-hour
- For the 31st day
onwards, the applicable charge rate shall be 0.0002 USD/GT-hour
For ships anchoring
or mooring at many places within a lagoon or bay managed by one port authority,
charge shall be calculated according to actual time of anchoring or mooring in
each area, which shall be totalled up.
1.3. Organizations
and individuals that have ships carrying tourists along fixed routes with a
frequency of 4 shipments/month/port shall enjoy the charge rate equal to 40% of
that prescribed at Point 1.1 of this Section.
1.4. The charge for
anchoring and mooring in lagoons or bays shall be exempt for ships awaiting
high tide in port waters before arriving at Vietnamese ports.
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2.1. For means:
- Ships at piers
shall pay charge at the rate of 0.0035 USD/GT-hour
- Ships at mooring
buoys shall pay charge at the rate of 0.0014 USD/GT-hour.
a/ For ships calling
in many areas within a port, the charge shall be calculated according to the
actual time of calling in each area, which shall be totalled up.
b/ Organizations and
individuals that have ships carrying tourists along fixed routes with a
frequency of 4 shipments/month/port shall enjoy the charge rate equal to 40% of
the prescribed rate.
c/ In cases where
ships, which have been ordered to leave ports, still occupy piers or buoys,
they shall have to pay the charge at the following rates:
- Pier occupation:
0.006 USD/GT-hour
- Buoy occupation:
0.002 USD/GT-hour
d/ Calling ships
alongside other ships at piers shall have to pay the charge at the rate of
0.0017 USD/GT-hour.
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f/ Ships directly
arriving at piers in special-use ports in service of petroleum activities
without handling cargoes or taking fuel and water shall pay the charge at the
rate of 0.4 USD/m-hour, and the minimum rate for each pier-arriving time is 110
USD/ship.
g/ Ships calling
alongside other ships at special-use piers in service of petroleum activities
shall pay the charge at the rate of 0.09 USD/m-hour, and the minimum rate for
each alongside calling time is 25 USD/ship.
2.2. For cargoes
For cargoes
(including containers) carried through piers or buoys, cargo owners or
entrusted persons shall have to pay charge at the following rates:
a/ Handling cargoes
at piers:
- For cargo: 0.20
USD/ton.
- For 20-feet
containers: 1.8 USD/container
- For 40-feet
containers: 3.6 USD/container
- For over 40-feet
containers: 4.5 USD/container
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c/ Transport means:
- Refrigeration cars,
caterpillars, excavators, road rollers, fork-lift trucks and cranes: 3
USD/unit.
- Cars of 15 seats or
under, trucks of 2.5 tons or under: 1 USD/unit.
- Automobiles other
than the above-said types: 2 USD/unit.
d/ For liquid cargoes
(liquefied gas, petrol and oil, liquid asphalt,...), which are handled by
pumping from ships onto tank cars, the applicable charge rate is 1 USD/ton.
e/ For cargoes
transported through ports in exclusive service of petroleum activities, the
applicable charge rate is 1 USD/ton.
2.3. For passengers:
a/ Passengers passing
through piers (departing or arriving) shall have to pay charge at the following
rates:
- Entry: 1 USD/person
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(Under-12 children
shall be exempt)
b/ In cases where
ships anchoring in permitted anchoring areas use other waterway transport means
to carry passengers for visits to islands, the pier charge applicable to
passengers is 1 USD/person (for both arrival and departure).
3. Charge rates for
cargohold opening and closing service:
Ship owners who
request port workers to open and close cargoholds shall have to pay charge
therefor at the following rates:
3.1. In case of use
of ship cranes:
Calculation unit:
USD/time-hold
No.
Ship tonnage
Charge rate per opening or closing
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Closing or opening cargohold covers and
putting them on board
Closing or opening cargohold covers and
bring them on land
1
Under
5,000 GT
8
16
2
Between
5,001 GT and 10,000 GT
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Between
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20
40
3.2. In cases where
port cranes are used, the charge shall be equal to 150% of the charge rate at
Point 3.1.
3.3. For twin-deck
ships, the charge shall be calculated equal to 200% of the charge rate at Point
3.1.
4. Charge rate for
garbage discharge service
- The charge rates
have already covered expense for garbage-collecting and treating equipment.
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4.1. For cargo ships:
4.1.1. Garbage
discharge service rate:
- For ships calling
at piers: 15 USD/time-ship
- For ships calling
at buoys, in lagoon or bay: 40 USD/time-ship
4.1.2. Garbage
discharge service rates applicable to ships of under 200 GT:
- For ships calling
at piers: 4 USD/time-ship
- For ships calling
at buoys, in lagoon or bay: 8 USD/time-ship
4.2. For passenger ships:
4.2.1. Charge rate
for one garbage discharge time:
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for one garbage discharge time: 100 USD/time-ship
+ Maximum charge rate
for one garbage discharge time: 500 USD/time-ship
b/ For ships calling
at buoys, in lagoons or bays (or for those calling at piers but the garbage
discharge can only be made with the use of water means): Charge shall be equal
to 130% of the rate prescribed at Point 4.2.1.
4.2.2. In cases where
passenger ships operating on fixed routes with a minimum frequency of 4
shipments/month/port actually hire the garbage discharge, the garbage discharge
service charge shall be equal to 60% of the rate prescribed at Point 4.2.1.
4.3. For cargo or
passenger ships, which use garbage-treating equipment before discharging
garbage and actually hire the garbage discharge service, the garbage discharge
service charge shall be equal to 50% of the rate prescribed at Points 4.1 and
4.2.
4.4. In cases where
garbage, at the requests of ship owners or quarantine agencies, must be
destroyed (cremated or buried), the directors of units providing garbage
discharge service shall negotiate with customers on specific service charge
rates.
III.
SERVICE CHARGE RATES FOR HANDLING CARGOES AND CONTAINERS
1. Handling service
charge rates for cargoes:
1.1. Cargo-loading
and unloading service charge rates:
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Calculation unit:
USD/ton
No
Loading-unloading operation
Commodity groups
Cargohold - wagon, automobile, barge or
vice versa
Cargohold - barge - port storing yard or
vice versa
1
Bulk
cargoes: Assorted ores; pig-iron; unpacked cement; cereal, fertilizer, salt,
sugar, wood chips, plaster, sulfur, stone cubes, macadam, sand, coal, stone
powder, clinker,...
1.6
2.3
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Goods
contained in fabric bags, jute bags, paper bags, flux bags, plastic bags,
rush bags; empty bottles contained in carton pallets wrapped with nylon;
block stone,...
2.2
2.9
3
Log
timber, sawn timber for making bales, bamboo of
various
species,...
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3.8
4
Machinery,
equipment; goods contained in cases or boxes; iron and steel in bundles,
rolls, sheets or bars; non-ferrous metals in bales or rolls;
3.1
4.1
5
Goods in
bales, such as cotton, jute, flux, rush, paper, fabrics, fiber, plastic
granule...; garment; household utensils; sundries; rubber; inner pneumatic
tubes and tires; fire bricks, enameled tiles, medical instruments
3.2
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Plank
wood; wooden tools and handicrafts...; goods packed
in bamboo
baskets of all sizes;
3.5
4.6
7
Goods
contained in ceramic, porcelain or glass bottles and jars; fragile articles;
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4.9
8
Fresh
flowers and fruits; live animals; frozen goods
3.9
5.2
9
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Pneumatic tire cars (other than refrigeration cars)
40 USD/unit
50 USD/unit
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Special-use vehicles of all kinds
55 USD/unit
70 USD/unit
10
For
transport means (other than caterpillar) which can automatically move onto
piers or into warehouses or storing yards, the charge rate shall be 25
USD/means (already included driver-hiring expense). In cases where means,
cars and equipment, which are on wheels but not self-propelled (their engines
cannot start), are towed or lifted by towing heads or fork lifts of ports
into warehouses or storing yards, the charge rate shall be 40 USD/unit.
For goods not
specified in the above groups, the directors of the units dealing in or
exploiting seaports shall base themselves on the characteristics and nature of
such goods to classify them into equivalent groups.
1.1.2. Directors of
units dealing in or exploiting seaports may base themselves on market prices
and practical situation to increase or reduce by 10% the charge rates
prescribed at Point 1.1.1; and at the same time to promulgate the table of
loading and unloading service charge rates uniformly applicable to the subjects
of the application of this Decision.
1.1.3. The following
cases are determined on the basis of the charge rate tables promulgated by port
directors according to the provisions at Point 1.1.2:
a/ Charge rate for
service of loading and unloading and turning cargoes in the same cargo-hold
shall be equal to 50% of the charge rate for cargohold - wagon,
automobile, barge (or vice versa).
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c/ For goods
(including those in bags) already frosted or conglomerated into hard forms
which must be cracked by digging or hammering before they can be loaded,
unloaded, the charge rate shall be equal to 150% of the charge rate for
cargo-hold - wagon, automobile, barge (or vice versa).
d/ Loading, unloading
of dangerous goods:
+ Group A: For
loading, unloading of explosives and inflammable chemicals, such as Nitrates,
Nitrocompound, Alkalies, Methane, Magnesium, Nitrocellulose, Iliminite, Zekon
and their derivatives, the charge rate shall be equal to 200% of the charge
rate for unloading service;
+ Group B: For
loading, unloading of toxic and inflammable substances, such as petrol, oil,
alcohol, ether, ammonia, lime powder, dried chili, acids, gases, pesticide,
dyes, calcium carbide and anthracite, the charge rate shall be equal to 150% of
the charge rate for loading, unloading service;
+ Group C: For loading,
unloading of dusty, dirty or smelly goods, such as camphor oil, naphthalene,
paper pulp, cement, fertilizer, coal, ores, dried shrimp, fish sauce, animal
bones, assorted dried fishes and other dangerous goods not specified in Groups
A and B, the charge rate shall be equal to 150% of the charge rate for
unloading service;
e/ For goods packed
in bags, bales or boxes, which are broken and must be re-collected, the
loading, unloading service charge rate for the actually broken commodity volume
shall be equal to 150% of the charge rate for loading, unloading service;
f/ Foreign goods in
transit through Vietnamese seaports: the charge rate shall be equal to 85% of
the charge rate for loading, unloading service;
g/ For already
weighed goods, in addition to the loading, unloading service charge, a charge
shall also be paid for commodity volume actually weighed at the following rates
(already included expenses in service of the commodity weighing):
+ For hand-operated
balances, scales: 1.00 USD/ton.
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h/ Service charge
rate for loading, unloading too heavy or too long cargoes shall be increased as
follows:
No.
Weight or length of goods
Increase percentage
1
Of a
weight of between 10 and under 15 tons or of a length of between 10 and under
12 meters
30%
2
Of a
weight of between 15 and under 20 tons or of a length of between 12 and 15
meters
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Of a
weight of between 20 and under 25 tons or of a length of between 15 and 20
meters
100%
4
Of a
weight of between 25 and under 30 tons or of a length of over 20 meters
200%
5
For
those of a weight of 30 tons or over: Port directors shall prescribe charge
rate on the basis of agreements with their customers.
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1.1.4. Directors of
units dealing in or exploiting seaports shall base themselves on market prices
and practical situation to promulgate the loading, unloading service charge
rates to be uniformly applicable to the subjects of the application of this
Decision in the following cases:
a/ For the loading,
unloading of goods with ports' cranes, the charge rate must be at least equal
to the charge rate for service of loading, unloading with ship cranes.
b/ Charge rate for
loading, unloading services at buoys, lagoons and bays.
c/ Coefficient for
readjusting service charge rate for loading, unloading such light cargoes as
wood chips or such waste materials as iron scraps (in bales or unpacked),
broken bottle pieces, etc.
d/ Loading, unloading
with floating cranes;
1.1.5. Directors of
units dealing in or exploiting seaports shall reach agreements on specific
charge rates with customers in the following cases:
a/ Loading, unloading
in case of maritime rescue;
b/ Cases where
cargoes are moved from port warehouses or storing yards onto ships or cargoes
moved from ships into port warehouses or storing yards by conveyor bells of
cargo owners and ports' operators.
c/ Cases where port
equipment are incapable of loading, unloading too heavy or too long cargoes,
and the loading, unloading equipment must be hired from outside.
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1.2. Charge for port
warehousing and yard storage:
1.2.1. Charge rates
for port warehousing and yard storage:
No.
Types of service
Calculating unit
Charge rate
1
Warehousing
USD/ton-day
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Yard
storage
USD/ton-day
0.07
3
Ready-assembled
means (cars, caterpillars, cranes, etc.):
USD/unit-day
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Brand-new means
3.60
1.2.2. Time and
volume for calculating charge for warehousing and yard storage:
+ Time: shall be
counted from the first ton of cargoes of each bill of lading brought into
warehouses or storing yards.
+ Volume: shall be
the actual volume stored in warehouses or storing yards.
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2. Service charge
rates for handling containers
2.1. Charge rates for
service of loading, unloading containers
2.1.1. Charge rates
for service of loading, unloading containers with ship cranes:
a/ Table of
container-loading, unloading service charge rates applicable to Region 1:
Calculation unit:
USD/container
No.
Loading, unloading operation
Types of container
Ship cargohold -
Wagon, automobile, barge or vice versa
Ship cargohold,
barge - port warehouse and storing yard or
vice versa
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Those of
20 feet of under:
- With
goods therein
37
57
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2
Those of
40 feet:
- With
goods therein
55
85
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36
50
3
Those of
over 40 feet:
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- Empty
53
80
b/ Table of
container-loading, unloading service charge rates applicable to Region 2:
Calculation unit:
USD/container
No.
Loading, unloading operation
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Ship cargohold, barge - port warehouse and
storing yard or vice versa
1
Those of
20 feet or under:
- With
goods therein
26
50
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16
27
2
Those of
40 feet:
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- Empty
23
40
3
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- With
goods therein
59
113
- Empty
35
60
c/ Table of container-loading,
unloading service charge rates applicable to Region 3:
Calculation unit:
USD/container
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Loading, unloading operation
Types of container
Ship cargohold - Wagon, automobile, barge
or
vice versa
Ship cargohold, barge -
port warehouse and
storing yard or vice versa
1
Those of
20 feet or under:
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- Empty
20
34
2
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goods therein
45
85
- Empty
29
50
3
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67
127
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44
80
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2.1.3. Directors of
units dealing in or exploiting seaports may increase or reduce the charge rates
prescribed at Point 2.1.1 as follows:
a/ For containers
containing goods:
- For regions 1 and
2: by 10%
- For region 3: by
20%
b/ For empty
containers: by 15%
Basing themselves on
market prices, practical situation and allowed increase or reduction
percentages prescribed in Paragraphs a and b, directors of units dealing in or
exploiting seaports shall promulgate the table of loading, unloading service
charge rates uniformly applicable to the subjects governed by this Decision.
2.1.4. The cases
prescribed below are determined on the basis of the table of loading, unloading
service charge rates announced by the directors of the units dealing in or
exploiting seaports according to the provisions at Point 2.1.3:
a/ Charge rate for
service of loading, unloading and turning containers in the same cargohold
shall be equal to 25% of the charge rate for cargoholds – port warehouses and
storing yards or vice versa.
b/ Charge rate for
service of loading, unloading containers from one cargohold to another in the
same ship (without going through piers) shall be equal to 55% of the charge
rate for cargoholds – port warehouses and storing yards or vice versa.
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d/ Charge rate for
service of loading, unloading or moving passing containers (unloading from
ships onto yards and loading onto other ships) shall be equal to 150% of the
charge rate for cargoholds – port warehouses and storing yards or vice versa,
in which:
- Unloading from
ships onto port warehouses or storing yards: 75% of the above rate
- Loading from port
warehouses or storing yards onto ships: 75% of the above rate.
e/ Charge for
loading, unloading containers of dangerous goods shall be equal to 150% of the
loading, unloading service charge rate.
f/ In cases where
ship owners hire port workers to tie or untie containers on ships (except for
the opening and closure of latches), they shall have to pay 1 USD/container for
the number of actually tied containers.
g/ Cargo owners and
ship owners having containers to be loaded, unloaded in large number
(accounting for 15% of total number of containers going though ports) and
signing long-term contracts with ports (which are performed for of one year or
more) shall enjoy a maximum reduction of 5% of loading, unloading service
charge rate for the number of containers exceeding by 15% the number of
containers going through ports. Specific reduction level shall be provided for
by port directors on the basis of agreement with cargo owners and ship owners.
2.1.5. Directors of
units dealing in or exploiting seaports shall base themselves on market prices
and practical situation to promulgate the unloading service charge rates
uniformly applicable to the subjects governed by this Decision in the following
cases:
a/ Loading, unloading
of cargoes with ports' cranes, the minimum charge rate must be equal to the
service charge rate for unloading with ship cranes;
b/ Loading, unloading
at buoys or in lagoons or bays;
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d/ Loading, unloading
of too high, too wide or too heavy containers.
2.1.6. Ships which
keep workers waiting in the loading, unloading course shall have to bear a
waiting charge calculated according to the number of workers, waiting time and
charge rate for hiring technical workers prescribed in Section IV.
2.1.7. The directors
of the units dealing in or exploiting seaports shall prescribe specific charge
rates on the basis of agreement with their customers in case of loading,
unloading for maritime rescue purpose.
2.2. Charge for port
warehousing and yard storage:
2.2.1. Charge rates
for port warehousing and yard storage:
a/ For ordinary
containers:
Calculation unit:
USD/container-day
Types of container
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feet or under
1.6
0.8
Of 40
feet
2.4
1.2
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40 feet
3.6
1.8
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- Volume: according
to volume actually kept in port warehouses or storing yards.
- Time duration:
counted from the time when containers are brought into port warehouses or
storing yards
+ For import
containers (containers loaded from ships into port warehouses and storing
yards): it shall be counted from the sixth day on.
+ For export
containers (containers loaded from port warehouses and storing yards onto
ships): it shall be counted from the fourth day on.
+ For containers
loaded from ship to ship, temporary import-re-export containers: it shall be
counted from the fourth day on.
In cases other than
the above-said cases, the time duration for calculating charge for keeping in
container warehouses and storing yards shall be actual time duration of keeping
in port warehouses and storing yards.
b/ Refrigeration
containers:
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Charge rate (USD/container-hour)
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1.28
- Time duration for
calculating charge for refrigeration container warehousing and yard storage: is
the time they actually use electricity of ports. Where refrigeration containers
do not use electricity of ports, the time duration for calculating charge for
keeping them shall be the time duration for keeping ordinary containers.
- The above charge
rates prescribed for refrigeration container warehousing and yard storage are
those having already included warehousing or yard storage charge, electricity
charge and refrigeration cost.
2.2.2. The directors
of the units dealing in or exploiting seaports may base themselves on market
prices and practical situation to increase or reduce by 20% the charge rates
prescribed at Point 2.2.1; and at the same time announce the table of
warehousing and yard storage charge rates uniformly applicable to the subjects
of application of this Decision.
IV.
LABOR HIRING, MEANS AND EQUIPMENT RENT RATES
1. Labor hiring:
Calculation unit:
USD/laborer-hour
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Types of labor
Hiring rate
1
Professional
technical workers
2.4
2
Ordinary
service laborers
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For laborers doing
jobs in direct contact with dangerous goods (explosive, radioactive,
inflammable,...), the above hiring rates shall be increased by 50%.
2. Pier rent rate (not for
cargo-handling purpose): 0.065 USD/m-pier-hour.
3. Means and
equipment rent rate (already
included service charges):
3.3.1. Cranes of all
kinds:
a/ Floating cranes
(without tug boats):
- Those of under 50
tons: 60 USD/hour.
- Those of 50 tons or
above: 85 USD/hour.
b/ Land cranes (other
than derrick ):
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- Those of between 5
tons and under 10 tons: 24 USD/hour.
- Those of between 10
tons and under 25 tons: 40 USD/hour.
- Those of between 25
tons and under 40 tons: 60 USD/hour.
- Those of 40 tons or
above: Port directors shall prescribe charge rate therefor on the basis of
agreement with customers.
c/ Derricks:
- Those of 5 tons: 24
USD/hour.
- Those of 10 tons:
60 USD/hour.
- Those of 16 tons:
72 USD/hour.
- Those of over 16
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a/ Motor boats: 30
USD/hour.
b/ Trucks:
- Those of under 5
tons: 10 USD/hour.
- Those of between 5
tons and 10 tons: 15 USD/hour.
- Those of over 10
tons: 20 USD/hour.
c/ Trailers
(excluding truck tractors):
- Those of under 5
tons: 3 USD/hour.
- Those of between 5
tons and 10 tons: 4 USD/hour.
- Those of over 10
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- Those of 20 feet or
under: 5 USD/hour.
- Those of 40 feet or
over: 10 USD/hour.
e/ Truck tractors: 15
USD/hour.
f/ Fork-lift trucks:
- Those of under 5
tons: 15 USD/hour.
- Those of between 5
tons and under 10 tons: 23 USD/hour.
- Those of between 10
tons and 30 tons: 45 USD/hour.
- Those of over 30
tons: 80 USD/hour.
g/ Graders,
bulldozers: 15 USD/hour.
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- Air compressor for
divers: 15 USD/hour.
- Bucket cranes of
under 5 tons: 2 USD/hour-unit.
- Bucket cranes of 5
tons or over: 3 USD/hour-unit.
- Cable: 1 USD/cable-hour.
- VHF devices of
ports: 1 USD/10 minutes.
4. Remuneration for
repairing packing and re-packaging goods (sewing and patching tools are
supplied by ship owners or cargo owners):
4.1. Ordinary goods:
2 USD/ton.
4.2. Dangerous goods:
3 USD/ton.
4.3. If goods,
besides having their packing sewed and repaired, must be moved for over 25
meters or piled up at over 2 meters, the above remuneration rate shall be
increased by 30%.
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5. The directors of the
units dealing in or exploiting seaports may base themselves on market prices
and practical situation to increase or reduce by 15% the remuneration rates
prescribed at Points 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Section; and at the same time
promulgate the labor hiring and means and equipment rent rates uniformly
applicable to the subjects governed by this Decision.
6. For means and
equipment not yet specified in this Section IV, the rent rates shall be
determined on the basis of agreement between parties.
V.
SEAPORT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FEE
1. Ships entering and
leaving Vietnamese seaports shall have to carry out the State management
procedures according to the provisions of Vietnamese law and pay the seaport
arrival and departure fee as follows:
- For ships of a
tonnage of under 500 GT: 20 USD/shipment.
- For ships of a
tonnage of between 500 GT and 1,000 GT: 50 USD/shipment.
- For ships of a
tonnage of over 1,000 GT: 100 USD/shipment.
2. Authentication fee
(for maritime protests): 20 USD/time.
C.
ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION
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Tables of seaport
service charge rates promulgated by the directors of the units dealing in or
exploiting seaports and providing seaport services must be reported to the
Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Communications and Transport and Vietnam
Maritime Bureau.
The above-said charge
rate tables must be stable for at least one year. Particularly for services
governed by this Decision but not yet prescribed herein, Vietnam Maritime
Bureau's opinions must be obtained before they are provided.
2. Contracts on
charges and seaport service charge rates signed before May 15, 2003 and
terminate on May 15, 2003 or afterwards shall be handled as follows:
- For work volume
completed before May 15, 2003, the charges and seaport service charge rates
inscribed in the signed contracts shall apply.
- For work volume
completed on May 15, 2003 or afterwards, the charges and seaport service charge
rates prescribed in this Decision shall apply.
3. In case of
disputes over application subjects, organizations and individuals tasked to pay
charges and seaport service charges must have dossiers and documents to prove.
If they have no dossier or document to prove, they shall have to pay them
according to the table of maritime fee and charge levels and seaport service
charge rates prescribed in this Decision.-
FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Tran Van Ta
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