Recently, the Ministry of transport and the national development and Reform Commission jointly issued the notice on reducing and merging port charges and other related matters, deciding to reduce and merge port charges, reduce pilot fees at coastal ports and improve the tugboat fee charging policy. The notice shall be implemented as of April 1.
reduce and merge port operation service charges
Cancel the government pricing of port facility security fee and include it into the port operation lump sum fee as a sub item, and the charging standard of this sub item shall not be higher than the original charging standard.
directional reduction of pilotage (shifting) charges
Adjust the charging structure of pilotage (shifting) fee, and reduce the benchmark rate of pilotage (shifting) fee for ships sailing international routes in the following ports by classification, as follows:
Shenzhen port, Meizhou Bay Port, Rizhao Port Co.Ltd(600017) , Jinzhou Port Co.Ltd(600190) , reduce the benchmark rate of pilotage (shifting) fee by 15%, that is, 85% of the rate specified in No. 1 (a) of table 5 (standard rate table of port charges for ships sailing international routes) in the measures for port charges; If the pilotage distance is within 10 nautical miles and the pilot ship exceeds 120000 net tons, the pilotage fee shall be calculated and charged at 41650 yuan.
Shanghai port, Ningbo Zhoushan port, Dalian port, Tangshan Port Group Co.Ltd(601000) , Qingdao Port International Co.Ltd(601298) , Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) , Zhanjiang port, Fuzhou port, Fangcheng port, Weihai port, Huanghua port, Yantai port, Xiamen port and Quanzhou port will be reduced by 10%, That is, 90% of the rate specified in No. 1 (a) of table 5 (standard rate table of port charges for ships sailing international routes) in the measures for port charges and charges; If the pilotage distance is within 10 nautical miles and the pilot ship exceeds 120000 net tons, the pilotage fee shall be charged at 44100 yuan. Among them, Shanghai port will reduce the benchmark rate of pilotage (shifting) fee by 5% before December 31, 2023 and 10% on January 1, 2024.
improve the policy of tugboat charges
For Chinese ships of 150 meters and below entering and leaving the main ports of the Yangtze River, the ship owner shall decide whether to use tugs according to the actual situation on the premise of ensuring safety.
further standardize charging behavior
Port operators and other units shall strictly implement the price policy, implement the catalogue list and publicity system of port operation service charges, and timely adjust the names and standards of charges publicized to the public according to this notice. Relevant agency enterprises shall collect and pay port charges for goods on behalf of others, and shall not increase charges. It is not allowed to raise the charging standards and impose charges in disguise through various means. Tugboat operators shall not charge beyond the scope and standard.
Transportation (port and maritime) management departments at all levels shall strengthen policy publicity and convey the requirements of this notice to relevant operators and units in a timely and accurate manner; We should strengthen the supervision of port operation market, cooperate with relevant departments to investigate and deal with violations according to law, and further standardize port charging behavior. Market operations such as port tally, tugboat and oil boom services should further introduce competition mechanism.
