MT
Towage (Tariff of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
L.N. 373 of 2010
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT
(CAP. 499)
PORTS AND SHIPPING ACT
(CAP. 352)
Towage (Tariff of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010
IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 43(1) and (3)
of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act and article 27 of the
Ports and Shipping Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport
and Communications, in consultation with the Authority for
Transport in Malta and in concurrence with the Minister of Finance,
the Economy and Investment, has made the following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Towage (Tariff of
Rates) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and they shall be read and
construed as one with the Towage (Tariff of Rates) Regulations,
2007, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come
into force on 1st July, 2010.
The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be
amended as follows
(a) for the tariff of rates appearing before the Notes in
the Schedule there shall be substituted the following
Amends the
The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be
2. Schedule to the
amended as follows
principal
regulations.
(a) for the tariff VERŻJONI
of rates appearing
ELETTRONIKA
before the Notes in the
B
Schedule there shall be substituted the following
“Rates per tug per hour or part thereof
As from
As from
As from
As from
1 st July,
1 st
1 st July,
1 st
January,
January,
Column 1
Column 2
Column 2
Column 3
Column 3
Normal
Normal
Rates
Rates
Rates
Rates
applicable applicable
(Vide
(Vide
between
between 2
Note 2)
Note 2)
hours of
hours of
one day
one day
and 0600
and 0600
hours of
hours of
the next
the next
following following
day and at day and at
any time
any time
on
on
Saturdays, Saturdays,
Sundays
Sundays
and Public and Public
Holidays. Holidays.
(Vide
(Vide
Note 3)
Note 3)
!
!
!
!
For vessels up
to 3,000 gross
tons (gt)
For vessels of
gross tons (gt)
between
3,001 and
6,000
6,001 and
10,000
10,001 and
13,000
13,001 and
16,000
16,001 and
1,025
20,000
20,001 and
1,132
1,192
24,000
24,001 and
1,289
1,357
35,000
35,001 and
1,011
1,408
1,482
45,000
13,000
13,001 and
16,000
VERŻJONI
672 ELETTRONIKA
16,001 and
1,025
20,000
20,001 and
1,132
1,192
24,000
24,001 and
1,289
1,357
35,000
35,001 and
1,011
1,408
1,482
45,000
45,001 and
1,053
1,108
1,553
1,635
60,000
60,001 and
1,171
1,233
1,724
1,815
80,000
80,001 and
1,289
1,357
1,908
2,008
100,000
100,001 and
1,382
1,455
2,040
2,147
150,000
150,001 and
1,513
1,593
2,237
2,355
200,000
For vessels
1,645
1,732
2,435
2,563”
exceeding
200,000 gross
tons (gt)
(b) for the proviso to Note (2) there shall be substituted the
following
“Provided that when additional tugs are required over and
above the tugs continuously manned in the Grand Harbour or
Marsaxlokk respectively, the charges for the additional tugs
required shall be computed at the rates under Column 3 or the
charges computed at the rates under Column 2 increased by
!303 as from 1 st July, 2010; and
(a)
!319 as from 1 st January, 2011,
(b)
per tug, whichever is the greater.”;
(c)
for Note (3) there shall be substituted the following
“(3) For services between 1800 hours of one day and
0600 hours of the next following day or at any time on a
Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, there shall be applicable
either the charges computed at the rates under Column 3 or the
charges computed at the rates under Column 2 increased by
!593 as from 1 st July, 2010; and
(a)
!624 as from 1 st January, 2011
(b)
per tug, whichever is the greater.”;
(d) for the words from “The rates payable” to the words
“metres in length” in Note (6) there shall be substituted the following
(b) for the proviso to Note (2) there shall be substituted
the following
“Provided that when additional tugs are required
over and above the tugs continuously manned in the
Grand Harbour or Marsaxlokk respectively, the charges
for the additional tugs required shall be computed at the
rates under Column 3 or the charges computed at the
rates under Column 2 increased by
(a) €303 as from 1st July, 2010; and
(b)
€319 as from 1st January, 2011,
per tug, whichever is the greater.”;
(c) for Note (3) there shall be substituted the
following
“(3) For services between 1800 hours of one day
and 0600 hours of the next following day or at any time
on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, there shall be
applicable either the charges computed at the rates under
Column 3 or the charges computed at the rates under
Column 2 increased by
(a) €593 as from 1st July, 2010; and
(b) €624 as from 1st January, 2011
per tug, whichever is the greater.”;
(d) for the words from “The rates payable” to the
words “metres in length” in Note (6) there shall be substituted
the following
“The rates payable for the assistance of disabled
vessels shall be increased by fifty per centum, subject to
a minimum of
(a) €1,185 as from 1st July, 2010; and
(b) €1,247 as from 1st January, 2011
per tug for vessels up to 3,000 gross tons (gt) and subject to a
minimum of
(a)
€1,973 as from 1st July, 2010; and
(b)
€2,077 as from 1st January, 2011
per tug for vessels exceeding 3,000 gross tons (gt)
Provided that this additional charge shall not apply to
non self-propelled barges and other vessels, both under forty-
five (45) metres in length.”; and
(e) for Note (7) there shall be substituted the
following
“(7) Subject to the provisions of regulation 4,
when a tug which is continuously manned in Grand
Harbour or Marsaxlokk is ordered for service at any
time without being given at least three hours notice, an
extra charge of
(a)
€198 as from 1st July, 2010; and
(b)
€208 as from 1st January, 2011
per tug shall be made.
When an additional tug is ordered for service, over and
above the tugs continuously manned in the Grand Harbour or
Marsaxlokk respectively, at any time, without being given at
least four hours notice, an extra charge of
(a)
€395 as from 1st July, 2010; and
(b)
€416 as from 1st January, 2011
per tug shall be made.”.