Vizag Seaport Pvt. Ltd. - Vessel Related Charges

Vessel Related Charges

BERTH HIRE:

(1) Schedule of berth hire charges for vessels:

Sl. No.	DESCRIPTION	Unit	Rate per GRT
			Foreign-going vessel (in US$ )	Coastal vessel (in Rs)
1	Berth EQ 8 & EQ 9	Per hour or part thereof	0.0014 subject to a minimum of US$ 28	0.037subject to a minimum of Rs. 740.

General notes relating to berth hire:

[1]

Berth hire for the period of 1 hour in which the vessel changes its status can be charged on the basis of the status of the vessel at the beginning of the relevant block of 1 hour period.

[2]

The period of berth hire shall be calculated from the time mooring in the berth is completed.

[3]

No berth hire shall be levied on vessel after expiry of 4 hours from the time of signalling its readiness to sail. There shall be a penal rate equal to one day's (24 hours) berth hire charge for a false signal.

[4]

No berth hire charges shall be payable for the period when loading/unloading operations cannot be carried out due to non-availability of the harbour mobile cranes, due to breakdown or any other reasons attributable to VSPL.

[5]

Ousting Priority/Priority berth Hire:

[i]

For providing the "ousting priority" to any vessel, a fee equivalent to berth hire for a single day (24 units of one hour each) or 100 % of the berth hire calculated for the total period of actual stay at the berth, whichever is higher, shall be levied.

[ii]

For "priority berthing" to any vessel, a fee equivalent to berth hire for a single day (24 units of one hour each) or 75 % of the berth hire, calculated for the total period of actual stay at the berth whichever is higher, shall be levied.

[iii]

Where a working berth is already vacant for want of a vessel and a vessel having priority / ousting priority is berthed at that vacant berth when there are no vessels waiting at roads for berthing prior to its arrival or when the vessels waiting at roads are not ready in all aspects (unreadiness of documents/lack of cargo/lack of ullage/hatch cleaning/ receivers or shippers not willing to work), it is not treated as priority berthing and in such cases no priority berthing charges will be levied.

[iv]

The fee for according priority/ousting priority as indicated above shall be charged from all the vessels except the following categories:

[a]	Vessels carrying cargo on account of Ministry of Defence.
[b]	Defence vessels coming on goodwill visits.
[c]	Vessels hired for the purpose of Antarctica expedition by Department of Ocean Development.
[d]	Any other vessel for which special exemption has been granted by the Ministry of Shipping
[e]	Coastal vessels which will be accorded priority berthing shall not be liable to pay priority berthing charges.
Note:	The VSPL is governed by clause 3.9 (b) of the License Agreement which provides that the Licensee (VSPL) may with the prior written approval of the Licensor (VPT) offer preferential or priority berthing to any one or more shipping lines or vessel owners / operators to optimize the use of the berths and equipment.

(2) Penal Berth Hire Charges:

Penal berth hire charges shall become payable for over-stayal of the vessel beyond the berth occupancy as per the norms given in clause 2.1.4 if the norms cannot be achieved due to any reasons attributable to the vessel.

(i)

Vessel shall be permitted to occupy the berth after completion of cargo operation without attracting penal berth hire charges for period mentioned below:

(a) Any vessel which requires "securing"	10 hrs.
(b) Food Grains vessels requiring fumigation and inerting	10 hrs.
(c) In all other cases	7 hrs.

(ii)

The berth occupancy for each vessel for the purpose of levy of penal berth hire charges shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)	For deciding the period of stay of a vessel, number of shifts lost due to labour stoppage of work and labour holiday shall be excluded.
(b)	The shift in which the vessel is berthed shall not be deciding the vessels stay at berth since normally vessels are berthed in the middle of shift resulting in engagement of less number of hooks.
(c)	In case of new cargoes, average performance of three consignments shall be fixed as "NORM" tentatively which will be reviewed after six months for further refinement.
(d)	Any stoppage of work for reasons attributable to VSPL shall be excluded.

(iii)

(a)	In case of supply of bunkers and or water through barges, the vessel shall be permitted to stay at berth without attracting penal berth hire for 8 hours.
(b)	In case of supply of water, the vessel shall be permitted to stay at berth without attracting penal berth hire for 12 hours from the time of placement of barge alongside the vessel.
(c)	Vessels taking water / bunker through sources other than barge will be permitted to stay for 8 hours from the time of completion of loading / unloading the cargo without attracting penal berth hire.

Penal berth hire charges shall be levied in addition to normal berth hire for the period of over-stayal at the rates prescribed below.

Sl. No.	Particulars	Unit	Foreign-going vessel (in US $)	Coastal vessel (in Rs.)
1.	Up to 6 hours	Per GRT	0.016	0.042
2.	Above 6 hrs. and upto 12 hours	- do -	0.032	0.84
3.	Above 12 hrs. but upto 18 hours.	- do -	0.064	1.67
4.	Above 18 hrs. per day or part there of	- do -	0.080	2.09

Commodity wise per hook per shift output rates:

For Exports

For Imports

Sl. No.	Nomenclature	Per hook per shift output (in tonnes)
1	Containers (boxes)	20
2	Ferro Silicon	102
3	General Cargo	82
4	Iron & Steel	180
5	Iron Ore & Pellets (manual loading)	598
6	Maize	61
7	Sugar	94
8	Wheat (bags)	91
9	Rice (bags)	81
10	Rice (Bulk)	80
11	Aluminium Billets	98
12	Aluminium Ingots	110
13	C.P. Coke	346
14	Cement	102
15	Charge Chrome	404
16	Chick Peas	219
17	Chrome Ore	188
18	Coal tar (Bags)	192
19	Coffee (Bags)	67
20	Dry Yeast	62
21	Feldspar	317
22	Fenugreek	99
23	Ferro Chrome (Bulk)	341
24	Ferro Chrome Bags	226
25	Ferro Manganese	99
26	Granite Blocks	199
27	Ilmenite Sand	333
28	Kenaf	40
29	Manganese Ore	310
30	Pet Coke (Bags)	83
31	Pig Iron	458
32	Quarzite	117
33	Silicon Manganese Ore (Bags)	200
34	Silicon Manganese Ore (Bulk)	538
35	Soya extracts	172
36	Thermal Coal	665
37	Vegetables	53

Nomenclature

Per hook per shift output (in tonnes)

Containers (boxes)

Ferro Silicon

262

General cargo

Iron & Steel

108

Iron Ore (manual unloading)

560

Maize (bulk)

234

Sugar in bags

Wheat (in bulk)

134

Rice

Rock Phosphate

281

Ammonium Nitrate

347

Ammonium Sulphate

210

Bauxite Bags

233

Bentonite

254

Bulgar wheat bags

Carbon Anodes

229

Chrome Ore

206

Coal tar pitch

Coking Coal
(a)	Discharged by vessels with self discharging gear

622

(b)	All types of coal discharged by non-self discharging vessels

360

CSB in bags

DAP Bulk

262

DBM in bags

242

DBM in Bulk

220

Dolomite

405

Coal / Coke (parcel of below 20000)

234

Coal / Coke (parcel of above 20000)

361

Lime Stone

372

Mono Ammonium Phosphate

210

MOP

267

Oil Pailes

Paper bundle

212

Petroleum Coke

401

Steam coal

578

Wood pulp

236

Sulphur

278

Timber logs

114

Urea

283

Notes:
(1)	The total number of hooks worked shall be reckoned to compute the per hook per shift productivity.
(2)	The following two cases shall be deemed as non-performance/ poor performance of the vessel:
	(a) If a vessel works with less number of hooks for reasons such as lack of / insufficient cargo, improper stowage, failure of ship's gear and lack of clearance arrangements; (b) If the actual hook output in the shifts following the shift in which the vessel is berthed does not conform to the norms prescribed for that commodity.

2.2. CHARGES FOR SUPPLY OF WATER TO VESSELS:

Item No.	Description	Unit	Foreign-going vessel (in US $)	Coastal vessel (in Rs.)
1.	Supply of fresh water to vessels at Shore.	Per 1000 Ltrs. or part thereof	3.241 subject to a minimum charge of $ 16.205	84.65 subject to a minimum charge of Rs.423.25
2.	Supply of fresh water to vessels by Boat at Quay Walls, Jetties and Moorings.	Per 1000 Ltrs. or part thereof	4.182 subject to a minimum charge of $ 20.912	109.20 subject to a minimum charge of Rs.546.00