Country : AustraliaSydney Port

Navigation service charge

All commercial vessels, including cargo and passenger vessels, piloted fishing vessels, research vessels and piloted tugs entering either Sydney Harbour or Botany Bay are required to pay a Navigation Service Charge.

The charge is payable by the vessel owner/agent and is based on vessel Gross Tonnage

(GT) per port entry.

Rate per gross tonnage per port entry          Rate           GST              Rate

                                                                    excluding                       including

                                                                        GST                             GST

Standard Charge (excluding passenger, bulk

liquid and gas carriers)                                   $ 0.39       $ 0.039         $ 0.429

Standard Charge for passenger, bulk liquid and

gas carriers                                                    $0.44         $ 0.044         $0.484

Environmental Services Charge Additional

charge applicable to vessels transporting

noxious bulk liquid, gas and

oil cargoes only                                               $0.15         $ 0.015         $0.165

One port approach

Vessels transiting between Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay will not be charged an additional Navigation Service Charge.

Passenger vessels

A 35 per cent reduction in the standard Navigation Service Charge applies to all passenger vessels calling to Sydney Ports for the first 29 visits in a financial year.

A further 15 percent reduction applies for each additional visit.

Promotional visits

A 50 per cent reduction in the standard Navigation Service Charge (but not the Environmental Services Charge)

applies to vessels calling at Sydney for promotional purposes only (such as photographic work).

Bunkering

A 75 per cent reduction in the standard Navigation Service Charge (but not the Environmental Services Charge)

applies to all vessels which call for bunkering purposes only.

Non-cargo vessel operations

A 50 per cent reduction in the standard charge applies to all vessels entering Sydney's ports exclusively for non-cargo operations such as maintenance and repair work.

Site occupation charge

The Site Occupation Charge is a time-based charge for use of the Sydney Ports' common user or non-leased berths. Certain berths are leased to private operators, who set and raise their own charges.

A Site Occupation Charge is payable for the time a vessel is alongside a berth or its cargo is on the berth, and for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers. It is payable by the stevedore or occupier of the site.

A minimum charge of one hour will apply for vessels occupying a site for less than an hour.

R ate per vessel      Standard    GST    Rate       Lay UpRate     GST      Rate

per hour                    Rate                 including      excluding                including

                                excluding              GST           GST                            GST

Nos. 7 and 8               GST

Glebe Island           $100.00     $10.00  $110.00     $ 30.00      $ 3.0       $ 33.00

Nos. 2 to 6White Bay $100.00 $10.00  $110.00      $ 30.00      $ 3.0       $ 33.00

Passenger terminals

–Non-passengervessels $100.00 $10.00 $110.00   $ 30.00      $ 3.0      $ 33.00

Passenger vessels 

Passengerterminals  $250.00   $25.00 $275.00      $100.00     $10.0       $110.00

Other berths             $200.00   $20.00 $220.00      $ 30.00      $ 3.00        $ 33.00

Bulk Liquids Berth     $212.00  $21.20  $233.20      $ 62.50      $ 6.25        $ 68.75

Fishing vessels          $13.75    $1.375 $15.125      $13.75       $1.375       $15.125

Smallnon-commercial

vessels                      $ 30.00  $ 3.00  $ 33.00              –          –             –

Lay up rate

The Lay Up Rate applies to those vessels which are undergoing repairs, emergency maintenance, or which cannot otherwise carry out normal cargo transfer operations. Written notification must be provided to the Shipping

Manager of the intention to use a berth for lay up purposes.

Wharfage charge

A combined Wharfage Charge and PCAC* is payable by the cargo owner, usually via the Shipping Agent. Containerised cargo is charged per Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU); non-containerised cargo is charged per Revenue Tonne. A Revenue Tonne is the greater of mass or volume of the cargo measured in units of tonnes, cubic metres, or kilolitres.

 

Containerised cargo and cargo on platforms                    Rate            GST     Rate

Rate per Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit ( $ )                    excluding                including

                                                                                      GST                              GST

Overseas import                                                       $81.50           $8.15        $ 89.65

Overseas export                                                       $46.50            $4.65       $ 51.15

Local (coastal inwards or outwards)                          $ 30.00          $ 3.00       $ 33.00

Transhipment (inwards or outwards)                         $15.00           $1.50        $16.50

Empty container overseas                                          $10.00           $1.00         $11.00

Empty platform overseas                                            $2.50             $ 0.25        $2.75

Non-containerised cargo Rate per Revenue Tonne ( $ )   

Dry bulk cargo                                                             $1.02             $ 0.102      $1.122

Overseas general cargo and motor vehicles – import $2.05            $ 0.205      $2.255

Overseas general cargo and motor vehicles – export $1.75            $ 0.175      $1.925

Transhipment and local general cargo and motor vehicles

 (inwards or outwards)                                                $1.00             $ 0.100      $1.100

Timber                                                                          $1.45             $ 0.145      $1.595

Paper and timber products                                           $1.75             $0.175       $1.925

Bulk liquids (Bulk Liquids Berth)                                    $1.60             $0.160       $1.760

Transhipment

Transhipped cargo is cargo unloaded from one vessel and re-loaded onto another vessel in Sydney Ports within

14 days from date of unloading. Transhipment charges for all cargoes are applicable to both inward and outward trip.

Mooring fee

The Mooring Fee is a time-based charge applied to vessels secured to a dolphin or buoy.

Rate per vessel per hour Rate excluding GST    GST      Rate including GST

Dolphin/ Buoy                    $30.00                    $3.00     $ 33.00

Where a navigation light is removed and re-attached for vessels secured to a dolphin/buoy, a Navigation Light

Handling Fee will be applied.

Rate per vessel per use         Rate excludingGST     GST           Rate including GST

Navigation Light Handling Fee $ 500.00                $ 50.00         $ 550.00