LANDING CHARGES REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.28

LANDING CHARGES REGULATIONS

4th April, 1973

LEGAL NOTICE 32 of 1973, as amended by Act XVII of 1991; Legal

Notice 407 of 2007; and Act XV of 2009.

The title of these regulations is Landing Charges

Regulations.

L.N. 407 of 2007.

(Regulation 2)

CHARGES PAYABLE BY CONSIGNEES

Part I

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Goods

Where lighters are Where lighters are

used

not used

€

€

(a)

Cement, soda, sulphur and coal in

bags, per ton ...................................

2.45

2.21

(b)

Onions, carobs, oats, pollars, cotton,

seed, oil cake, barley, bran, coke

and malt, in bags, and potatoes in

bags; chests, boxes or similar

packing, per ton ..................

2.75

2.42

(c)

Iron joists, beams, girders, rails,

metal rods including angle iron and

sheets, ingots, wine in casks,

earthenware pipes and fittings, per

ton ..................................................

2.68

2.38

(d)

Refrigerated cargo, per ton .............

2.42

2.17

(e)

Scrap metal (other than aluminium -

loose, per ton ................................

3.00

2.61

(f)

Scrap aluminium - loose, per ton .....

4.610

4.24

(g)

Motor and aviation spirit in cans or

drums and explosives, including

ammunition and pyrotechnics, per

ton ..................................................

2.28

1.93

(h)

Chairs, loose or in bundles, each;

willows, canes et similia in bundles,

per bundle; empty drums of a

capacity of 40 gallons and over,

each ................................................

0.10

0.08

(i)

Empty wine and beer casks, each ....

0.55

0.47

(j)

Accompanied motor cars (other than

cars driven on or off a car ferry),

each ................................................

The charges payable by consignees of goods to a person,

firm or body, other than the Authority for Transport in Malta or its

contractor, who undertakes the landing from ship’s tackle to any

wharf or other place appointed for the purpose of the goods

specified in Column 1 of the First Schedule to these Regulations

shall be those shown in Column 2 or in Column 3 of Part I of the

said Schedule or in Column 2 of Part II thereof; such charges shall

be payable whether or not such person, firm or body is specifically

mentioned in the bill of lading

Provided that where cranes have to be used for cargo of an

exceptional nature or where the use of cranes is obligatory under

the Ports and Shipping Act, or under the Port Workers Ordinance,

an additional charge to cover the additional expense incurred shall

be payable by consignees.

(Regulation 3)

MANNER OF CALCULATING RATES

Table

Column 1

Column 2

(i)

Flour, grain, sugar, carozo nuts, briarwood,

potatoes, onions and coal and coke, in bags

and potatoes in bags, chests, boxes or similar

packing ..........................................................

}

(ii)

Bulk cargo .....................................................

per deadweight ton

(iii)

Frozen meat ...................................................

o f 1 ,0 0 0 k i lo s p e r

ton

(iv)

Wine in casks .................................................

(vi)

Earthenware pipes, bends and fittings .............

(vi)

Accompanied motor cars as defined in the

First Schedule ................................................

per motor car

(vii)

Ground nuts, in bags ......................................

at three times the

deadweight tonnage

o f 1 ,0 0 0 k i lo s p e r

ton

(viii) Empty drums of a capacity of 40 gallons and

over ...............................................................

per drum

(ix)

Chairs in bundles or loose ..............................

per chair

(x)

Willows, canes et similia, in bundles ..............

per bundle

(xi)

Unpacked mobile equipment consigned to or

shipped by the Government or the Armed

Forces of Malta ..............................................

where

the

measurement

tonnage at 40 cub.ft.

per ton exceeds the

deadweight at 1,000

kilos per ton by

more than five

times, at five times

the deadweight

tonnage

(xii)

Bagged cargo wet at the time of handling .......

at double the normal

tonnage

(xiii) Corpses ..........................................................

at double the

norma1 tonnage

(xiv) All other cargo not otherwise enumerated .......

at

either

the

measurement

tonnage at 40 cub.ft.

per ton or the

deadweight tonnage

at 1000 kilos per

t o n , w h i c h ev e r b e

the greater.

The charges shown in the First Schedule shall be calculated

in the manner set out in the Second Schedule

Provided that for the purpose of calculating charges on unit

loads or unitised cargo, the tonnage shall be calculated on the

actual cargo forming the unit load or the unitised cargo and shall be

calculated in the manner specified in the Second Schedule

Provided further that when both the actual weight and

measurement in respect of every bill of lading of unit loads or

unitised cargo is not recorded in the ship’s manifest or bill of

lading, the rates shall be calculated on the overall weight or

measurement of the cargo and the trailer or container on which or

in which such cargo is loaded.

These regulations shall not apply to consignees who

receive their goods under ship’s tackle.

Substituted by

27

5.27

(k)

All other cargo (other than cargo in

bulk), per ton ..................................

2.33

1.98

(l)

Flour, wheat and sugar in bags, per

ton ..................................................

2.17

1.82

(m)

Bulk cargo not handled at

Government Silo -

(i) wheat, per ton ...........................

2.12

1.86

(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton seed and

barley per ton ............................

2.96

2.75

(iii) Other grains, per ton .................

2.14

1.93

(iv) Deffun and marble chippings,

per ton ......................................

2.68

2.45

(v) Other bulk cargo, per ton ...........

2.21

2.00

(vi) Bagging and tying, per ton ........

0.27

0.27

(vii)Bucket conveyor feeding

(a) Grain (other than wheat),

per ton ................................

1.40

1.26

(b) Wheat, per ton ....................

1.15

1.01

I n t h is S c h e d u le "a c co m p an ie d m o t o r c a r " m e an s a p r i v a te m o t o r c ar

accompanying a person travelling to or from Malta but shall not include a private

car imported into Malta for the first time by a resident of Malta after a visit abroad.

PART II

Column 1

Column 2

(a)

Cattle, including working horses, mules and

donkeys ...............................................................

78c per head

(b) Sheep and swine ..................................................

44c per head

The charges shown in Part II of the Schedule cover all wages to port workers

from hold to farm.