Pilotage fees shall be levied on ships entering the harbours as follows:

Rate per 100 grt or part thereof per operation

Deep Sea Going Vessels Coasters

                                                                    US $

1. (a) Entering or leaving Port               4.15 0.98

(b) Internal movements                        4.15 0.98

(c) Dead ship movements                     12.20 2.78

(d) Movements between adjacent berths 2.10 0.53

Subject to a minimum charge per

Vessel per pilotage service as

enumerated in (a) to (d) above              122.05 30.00

Management may exempt from charge any movement made by a vessel solely for the convenience of the Port.

2. Pilotage Detention Fees:

Where the services of a pilot have been requested at a given time and offered at that time, but the ship, through no fault of Management, does not take these services, pilotage detention fees shall be levied as follows:-

RATE

US$

For the first 10 minutes No charge Free

Thereafter, per minute (subject to a minimum of

US$ 81.15 for deep going vessels

and US$ 20 for coasters) 3.10 0.75

CLAUSE 1:

Pilotage Fees

Rate per 100 grt or part thereof

Deep Sea Going Vessels Coasters

3. Cancellation Fees for Pilotage Services Ordered

(a) Any cancellation made 30

minutes prior to the time services are required Free Free

(b) Cancellation made within 30 minutes

prior to the time service is required 86.25 1.95

(c) Where the services of a pilot have been requested to bring a vessel in port and the pilot proceeds in response to that request but the ship does not pick up the pilot, a fee twice as much the one payable under 1(a) above shall be levied.

*EXEMPTION FROM COMPULSORY PILOTAGE

4. The following vessels are exempted from compulsory pilotage:-

(a) Vessels owned or operated by the Government other than those engaged in commercial trade

(b) Vessels owned or operated by the Authority

(c) Ferry boats plying as such exclusively within the limits of the harbour and whose GRT is not more than 200 tonnes

(d) Vessels of less than 200 tonnes not registered and all other vessels of less than 200 GRT incase of coasters

(e) Tugs, Dredgers, Barges or similar vessels whose ordinary course of navigation does not extend beyond the limits of the harbour

(f) Vessels by notice in the official gazette exempted by the Minister

(g) Vessels exempted by the Director General in any one particular case

*Provided that such exemption will not endanger the assured safety of Harbour Installations, other vessels and other marine crafts.

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