PORT RATES REGULATIONS

PORT RATES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 499.02

PORT RATES REGULATIONS

6th June, 1969

LEGAL NOTICE 53 of 1969, as amended by Legal Notices 59 of 1969,

24 and 37 of 1970, 80 of 1971, 26 of 1972, 31 and 80 of 1973, 62 of 1974,

66 of 1975, 80 of 1976, 14 and 97 of 1978, 18 and 73 of 1980, 8, 86 and

131 of 1981, 9 of 1982, 27 of 1985, 61 of 1986, and 10 and 16 of 1988; Act

XVII of 1991; Legal Notices 74 of 1992, 61 and 176 of 1993, 142 of 1994,

97 of 1999, 30 of 2003 and 425 of 2007; Act XV of 2009; and Legal Notice

231 of 2010.

The title of these regulations is the Port Rates Regulations.

Amended by

L.N. 59 of 1969;

Regulation 3

L.N. 24 of 1970;

L.N. 37 of 1970;

LANDING AND SHIPPING RATES

L.N. 80 of 1971;

L.N. 26 of 1972;

Part I

L.N. 31 of 1973;

LANDING RATES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT

L.N. 66 of 1975;

L.N. 80 of 1976;

CARGO

L.N. 8 of 1981;

L.N. 86 of 1981;

L.N. 131 of 1981;

L.N. 9 of 1982;

L.N. 27 of 1985;

L.N. 74 of 1992;

L.N. 61 of 1993;

L.N. 142 of 1974;

L.N. 97 of 1999.

Substituted by

L.N. 425 of 2007.

Amended by

XV. 2009.49.

1. In addition to any other rates that may otherwise be payable under these

regulations there shall be payable to the Authority or its contractor as the case may

be by consignees for the handling, between ship’s tackle and quay or warehouse, of

the goods specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately following

(a) in respect of goods handled at the Deep Water Quay, Shipwrights

Wharf, Coal Wharf, Laboratory Wharf, Xatt ir-Risq (formerly Garden

Reach), Flagstone Wharf, Timber Wharf, Lighters Wharf or Pinto

Wharf, whether lighters are used or not, the rate shown in Column 2 of

that Table;

(b)

in respect of goods handled elsewhere -

(i) where lighters are used, the rate shown in Column 2 of that Table;

(ii) where lighters not used, the rate shown in Column 3 of that Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

€

€

(a) Soda, Sulphur and coal in bags, per ton ..............

3.24

3.00

(b) Onions, carobs, oats, pollard, cotton seed, oil

cake, barley, bran, coke and malt, in bags, and potatoes

in bags, chests, boxes or similar packing, per ton ............

3.56

3.21

(c) Iron joists, beams, girders, rails, metal rods,

including angle iron and sheets, ingots, wine in casks,

earthenware pipes and fittings, per ton ............................

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

(a) words and phrases which occur in the Authority for

Transport in Malta Act have the same meaning

assigned to them by that Act;

(b) "Authority" means the Authority for Transport in

Malta established under the Authority for Transport in

Malta Act;

(c) "accompanied motor car" means a private motor car

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;

(d) "unit load" and "unitised cargo" have the same

meaning as that assigned to them by the Port Workers

Ordinance;

(e) "fodder", for the purpose of paragraphs 2A, 2B

principal and 2C of Part I of the Second Schedule,

means barley, maize, horse beans large or small,

chick-peas, cotton seedcake, carobs, sorghum,

dariseed, and soya bean meal;

(f)

"tourist coaches" means motor coaches accompanying

tourists on tour to or from Malta.

Amended by

L.N. 24 of 1970;

Regulation 3

L.N. 80 of 1973;

L.N. 62 of 1974;

RATES FOR STORAGE AND REMOVAL

L.N. 80 of 1976;

OF GOODS

L.N. 18 of 1980;

L.N. 73 of 1980;

Part I

L.N. 61 of 1986.

Substituted by

STORAGE RATES

L.N. 176 of 1993;

L.N. 425 of 2007.

1. In respect of imported goods stored or stacked at quays, wharves or jetties or

at any area provided for such purpose by the Authority, there shall be payable by the

owner of goods specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately following, the

storage rates, per day or part thereof, shown in Column 2 of the said table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

1. General/bulk cargo ............................

€1.16 per ton or part thereof

2. Container/Trailer

Full Load Container/Trailer

(i)

20 foot .................................

€2.33 per unit

(ii) 40 foot .................................

€4.66 per unit

Full Load Trailers

40 foot and over ............................

€4.66 per unit

Reefer Container/Trailer

20 foot ..........................................

€3.49 per unit

40 foot and over ............................

€6.99 per unit

3. Motor vehicles unpacked, mobile

(i)

Motor cars and vans .............

€6.99 per unit

(ii) Trucks and chassis ...............

€11.65 per unit

Provided that for the first six days from the completion of discharge of cargo

by the importing ship, no storage rates shall be paid.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in paragraph 1 of this Part of this

Schedule, there shall be payable by the owner of the goods to the Authority in

respect of imported fodder stored at quays, wharves or at areas provided for such

purpose by the Authority in respect of the periods specified in Column 1 of the Table

immediately following, the storage rates shown in Column 2 of the said Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

(i)

For the first six days from the

co m p let io n o f d i sc ha rg e of cargo b y th e

importing ship ...............................................

No charge

(ii) From the first to the twenty-fourth

d a y i m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g t h e p e r i o d 16 c per squ are m etr e of sp ace

specified in item (i) ....................................... occupied per day or part thereof

(iii) Thereafter until removed ................... €1.75 per square metre of space

occupied per day or part thereof

PORT RATES

Provided that the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Part of this Schedule

shall only apply when -

(a) application in writing for such storage space has been made to the

Authority not less than forty-eight hours before the arrival of the goods;

and

(b) the Authority has confirmed in writing the allocation of space

Provided further that the Authority shall not allocate storage space in

advance if such space has been already allocated or is occupied.

3. In respect of export goods stored for shipment at quays, wharves, or at other

areas provided for such purpose by the Authority, there shall be payable by the

exporter to the Authority in respect of the periods specified in Column 1 of the Table

immediately following, the storage rates per ton or part thereof per day or part

thereof shown in Column 2 of the said Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

(i)

For the first six days

(a) when the goods are ready in all

respects for shipment ..............................

No charge

(b) when the goods are not ready in

all respects for shipment ..........................

14c

(ii) For the six days immediately

following the period specified in item (i) .......

28c

(iii) Thereafter until shipped or removed ..

70c.

4. (1) In respect of goods entered in transhipment or overlanded, and stored in

the custody of the Authority or its contractor, the ship’s agent shall pay to the

Authority in respect of the periods specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately

following, the storage rates per ton or part thereof per week or part thereof shown in

Column 2 of the said Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

For the first six days ..........................

No charge

Thereafter until shipped ....................

23c.

(2) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply only if -

(a) such goods are not withdrawn from the custody of the Authority or the

contractor, as the case may be, and

(b) in the case of transhipment cargo -

(i)

the goods are carried by the importing vessel on a through bill of

lading; or

(ii)

notice in writing of intended transhipment is given to the

Authority prior to the discharge of the goods from the importing

vessels.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, in respect of

empty containers, as defined in the Ports Regulations, or empty trailers, there shall

be payable by the owner, master or agent of a ship from which such empty containers

or such empty trailers have been landed in any part of a port, or by any person who

has placed such empty containers or such empty trailers in any part of a port for

shipment, in respect of the periods specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately

following, the storage rates shown in Column 2 of that Table.

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

(i)

For the first four days from the

completion of discharge of such empty

containers from a ship, or from the time such

empty containers or empty trailers are placed

in any part of a port for shipment ................... No charge

(ii) For the six days immediately €5.82 per empty container or per

following the period specified in item (i) ....... empty trailer per day or part thereof

(iii) Thereafter until removed or shipped €11.65 per empty container or per

as the case may be ......................................... empty trailer per day or part thereof.

For the services provided by the Authority or its contractor,

as the case may be, and specified in the First, Second, Third,

Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Schedules, there shall be payable the

appropriate rates shown in the said Schedules and the provision of

such services shall be subject to any conditions contained in those

Schedules

Provided that notwithstanding the provisions of these

regulations, the Authority may enter into special agreements in

respect of any matter referred to in these regulations in place of any

rates leviable under these regulations.

Amended by

L.N. 37 of 1970;

Regulation 3

L.N. 80 of 1976;

L.N. 14 of 1978;

TRANSHIPMENT RATES

L.N. 8 of 1981;

L.N. 86 of 1981;

L.N. 9 of 1982;

L.N. 61 of 1993.

Substituted by

L.N. 425 of 2007.

1. Where any of the goods referred to in paragraph 5 of Part I of the Second

Schedule and specified in Column 1 of the Table contained in this Schedule are

handled by the Authority or its contractor, there shall be paid to the Authority or its

contractor, in addition to any storage rates payable as aforesaid -

(a) in respect of goods landed, stacked and re-shipped, the rates shown in

Column of the said Table;

(b) in respect of goods directly transhipped by lighters from one ship to

another, the rates shown in Column 3 of the said Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Cargo

directly

transhipped

Cargo landed by lighters

and not

stacked and

Goods

landed

re-shipped

(includes

€

lighterage for

3 days and

towage)*

€

(a) Cement, soda, sulphur and coal, in bags, per ton .

4.26

1.65

(b) Onions, carobs, oats, pollard, cotton seed, oil

cake, barley, bran, coke and malt, in bags, chests, boxes

or similar packing, per ton ..............................................

4.91

1.77

(c) Iron joists, beams, girders, rails, metal rods,

including angle iron and sheets, ingots, wine in casks,

earthenware pipes and fittings, per ton ............................

5.15

2.40

(d) Refrigerated cargo, per ton .................................

4.17

1.75

(e) Scrap metal (other than aluminium) - loose, per

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

5.45

2.17

(f)

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

8.87

3.21

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Cargo

directly

transhipped

by lighters

Cargo landed

and not

stacked and

Goods

landed

re-shipped

(includes

€

lighterage for

3 days and

towage)*

€

(g) Motor and aviation spirit in cans or drums and

explosives including ammunition and pyrotechnics, per

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

3.96

1.63

(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 ..............................

0.19

0.07

(i)

Empty wine and beer casks, each ........................

1.00

0.42

(j)

Accompanied motor cars (other than cars driven

on or off a car ferry), each ...............................................

-

-

(k) All other cargo (other than cargo in bulk), per ton

4.47

2.24

(l)

Flour, wheat and sugar, in bags, per ton ..............

3.70

1.47

(m) Bulk cargo not handled at Government silo

(i)

Wheat, per ton ............................................

3.49

1.05

(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton seed and barley, per ton

5.24

1.26

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

3.61

1.00

(iv) Deffun and marble chippings, per ton .........

4.66

1.16

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

3.73

1.02

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

0.28

-

(vii) Bucket conveyor feeding

(a) Grain (other than wheat), per ton ..........

2.120

1.70

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

1.61

1.19

* When lighters are used in excess of 3 days an additional charge of 14 cents per ton of lighter

deadweight capacity per day or part thereof shall be payable.

2. These rates do not include the charges for the inboard operation.

(1) The rates payable under these regulations in respect of

the goods specified in Column 1 of the Table contained in the Sixth

Schedule shall be calculated as specified in Column 2 of the said

PORT RATES

Table.

(2) The rates payable under these regulations in respect of "unit

load" or "unitised cargo" shall be calculated as specified in the

Seventh Schedule.

Amended by

L.N. 62 of 1974;

Regulation 3

L.N. 80 of 1976;

L.N. 61 of 1993;

OVERTIME

L.N. 142 of 1994;

L.N. 425 of 2007.

1. The Authority, before undertaking or before allowing its contractor to

undertake any overtime work, may require or may authorise its contractor to require

any applicant requesting such work to deposit such sum of money as, in its, or in its

PORT RATES

contractor’s opinion, as the case may be, is sufficient to cover the overtime expenses

involved.

2. When any work is undertaken, as referred to hereunder, at the request of any

ship by the Authority or its contractor, that ship shall pay -

(a) to the Authority all fees payable under the Port Workers Ordinance in

respect of port workers employed in connection with port work carried

out during night shifts, Sundays or national or public holidays;

(b) to the Authority or its contractor, in addition to the rates charged for

each ton as specified in the First, Third, Fifth and Seventh Schedule, a

shift rate of 28 cents per ton on the loading and unloading of cargo

operations;

(c) to the Authority or its contractor, as the case may be, such other

expenses as are reasonably incurred to provide the services requested,

other than the provision of port workers.

3. Where a person requests the Authority or its contractor to undertake

overtime for the purpose of taking delivery of cargo from the port, or for tendering

cargo to the port for shipment or for the performance of any related miscellaneous

services outside the regular working hours of the port or the hours of business of the

port fixed by regulations by the Minister responsible for ports, he shall pay to the

Authority or the contractor, whoever shall have undertaken the overtime work, the

actual cost of the overtime incurred on his behalf by the Authority or the contractor,

as the case may be, plus ten per centum.

4. (1) When a person requests any services from the Authority outside the

business hours of port as fixed by regulations, such person shall pay to the Authority,

on demand, the actual cost of the overtime incurred on his behalf plus five per

centum.

(2) When a person requests the contractor to undertake overtime for the purpose

of lodging import or export documents with him outside the regular working hours

of the port as fixed by order, such person shall pay to the contractor, on demand, the

actual cost of the overtime incurred on his behalf plus five per centum.

(3) A request for such overtime work as provided under subparagraph (1) or (2)

shall be made in writing by the person making such a request in such form, at such

notice, and on payment of such deposit sufficient to cover the overtime expenses

involved, as the Authority or its contractor may require.

(4) When the duration of an overtime service performed under the provisions of

this paragraph is less than two hours, the charge shall be calculated for two hours.

71

5.40

(d) Refrigerated cargo, per ton .................................

4.61

4.36

(e) Scrap metal (other than aluminium) - loose, per

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

3.82

3.42

(f)

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

5.52

5.12

(g) Motor and aviation spirit in cans or drums and

explosives including ammunition and pyrotechnics, per

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

3.07

2.70

PORT RATES

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

€

€

(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 ..............................

0.12

0.09

(i)

Empty wine and beer casks, each .......................

0.56

0.51

(j)

Accompanied motor cars - (other than cars

driven on or off a car ferry), each ....................................

5.26

5.26

(k) Tourist coaches (other than tourist coaches

driven on or off a car ferry), each ....................................

5.82

5.82

(l)

Cement in bags, per ton ......................................

4.40

4.17

(m) Flour, wheat and sugar in bags, per ton ...............

2.96

2.59

(n) All other cargo (other than cargo in bulk), per

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

5.36

4.98

(o) Bulk cargo not handled at Government Silo

(i) Wheat, per ton ............................................

2.42

2.17

(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton seed and barley, per ton

3.26

3.05

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

2.45

2.24

(iv) Deffun and marble chippings, per ton ..........

3.10

2.87

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

2.52

2.31

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

0.28

0.28

(vii) Bucket conveyor feeding

(a) Grain (other than wheat), per ton ..........

1.70

1.56

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

1.44

1.30

2. The rates payable under paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule do not

include the cost of cranage when the use of cranes is obligatory under the Authority

for Transport in Malta Act or the Port Workers Ordinance in respect of goods

handled in any place other than the Deep Water Quay.

PART II

SIIIPPING RATES IN RESPECT OF EXPORT CARGO

1. In addition to any other rates that may otherwise be payable under these

regulations there shall be payable by the owner or exporter to the Authority or its

contractor as the case maybe for the handling, between warehouse or quay and ship’s

tackle, of the goods specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately following, the

rates specified hereunder, that is to say

(a) in respect of goods presented by arrangement with the Authority or its

contractor, as the case may be, directly under ship’s tackle at the Deep

Water Quay, Shipwrights Wharf, Coal Wharf, Laboratory Wharf, Xatt

ir-Risq (formerly Garden Reach), Flagstone Wharf, Timber Wharf or

Lighter’s Wharf by exporter’s transport, and in respect of goods

handled elsewhere where lighters are not used, the rates shown in

Column 3 of that Table

Provided that where such goods are locally manufactured the rates

shall be those shown in Column 5 of that Table;

(b) in respect of goods handled at the Deep Water Quay, Shipwrights

Wharf, Coal Wharf, Laboratory Wharf, Xatt ir-Risq (formerly Garden

Reach), Flagstone Wharf, Timber Wharf or Lighter’s Wharf, other than

goods handled thereat as specified in subparagraph (a), and in respect of

goods handled elsewhere where lighters are used, the rates shown in

Column 2 of the Table immediately following

Provided that when such goods are locally manufactured the rates

shall be those shown in Column 4 of that Table.

TABLE

Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

Column 1

€

€

€

€

(a) Soda, sulphur and coal in

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

3.24

3.00

2.56

2.38

(b) Onions, carobs, oats, pollard,

cotton seed, oil cake, barley, bran,

coke and malt, in bags, and potatoes in

bags, chests, boxes or similar packing,

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

3.56

3.21

2.89

2.59

(c) Iron joists, beams, girders,

rails, metal rods, including angle iron

and sheets, in go ts, wine in cask s,

earthenware pipes and fittings, per ton

5.71

5.40

4.17

3.91

(d) Refrigerated cargo, per ton ....

4.61

4.36

3.96

3.75

(e) Scrap metal (other than

aluminium) - loose, per ton ................

3.82

3.42

3.12

2.80

(f)

Scrap aluminium - loose, per

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

5.52

5.12

4.78

4.45

(g) Motor and aviation spirit in

cans or drums and explosives

including

ammunition

and

pyrotechnics, per ton .........................

3.07

2.70

2.38

2.10

(h) Chairs, loose or in bundles,

each ; willows , canes et s imilia in

bundles per bundle; empty drums of a

capacity of 40 gallons and over, each .

0.12

0.09

0.09

0.07

(i)

Empty wine and beer casks,

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

0.56

0.51

0.54

0.47

(j)

Accompanied motor cars -

(other than cars driven on or off a car

ferry), each ........................................

5.26

5.26

5.26

5.26

(k) Tourist coaches (other than

tourist coaches driven on or off a car

ferry), each ........................................

5.82

5.82

5.82

5.82

(l)

Cement in bags, per ton .........

4.40

4.17

3.84

3.66

(m) Flour, wheat and sugar in

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

2.96

2.59

2.31

2.00

(n) All other cargo (other than

cargo in bulk), per ton ........................

5.36

4.98

3.84

3.54

(o) Bulk cargo not handled at

Government Silo

PORT RATES

Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

Column 1

€

€

€

€

(i)

Wheat, per ton ................

2.42

2.17

-

-

(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton seed

and barley, per ton ...................

2.42

3.05

-

-

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

2.45

2.24

-

-

(iv) Deffun

and

marble

chippings, per ton ....................

3.10

2.87

-

-

(v) Other bulk cargo, per ton

2.52

2.31

-

-

(vi) Bagging and tying, per

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

0.28

0.28

-

-

(vii) Bucket conveyor feeding

(a) Grain (other than

wheat), per ton ..................

1.70

1.56

1.23

1.14

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

1.44

1.30

1.00

0.92

2. The rates payable under paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule do not

include the cost of cranage when the use of cranes is obligatory under the Authority

for Transport in Malta Act or the Port Workers Ordinance in respect of goods

handled at any place other than the Deep Water Quay.

PART III

EXTRA RATES ON HEAVY LIFTS

1. In addition to any other rates that may otherwise be payable under these

regulations there shall be payable to the Authority, by the owner or shipper the extra

rates specified hereunder in respect of single lifts landed or shipped and handled by

the Authority or its contractor, as the case may be, that is to say in respect of lifts -

(a) weighing more than 3 tons

deadweight and not more than 6 tons

deadweight ...................................... €11.65 per lift excluding crane hire charges;

(b) weighing more than 6 tons

deadweight ...................................... €23.29 per lift excluding crane hire charges.

2. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, each single consignment of

unitized cargo consolidated in a container or a roll on - roll off unit shall be deemed

to constitute a heavy lift, and a rate of €4.66 per lift, excluding crane hire charges,

shall be payable by the owner or by the shipper, as the case may be.

3. This Part of this Schedule shall not apply to services provided at the Malta

Freeport nor to any lifts comprising floating craft landed into or picked out of the

water of the harbour.

Amended by

L.N. 37 of 1970;

Regulation 3

L.N. 66 of 1975;

L.N. 80 of 1976;

MISCELLANEOUS PORT SERVICES

L.N. 16 of 1988;

L.N. 61 of 1993;

PART I

L.N. 142 of 1994.

SHIFTING OF CARGO BY SHIP

Substituted by

L.N. 425 of 2007.

Amended by

L.N. 231 of 2010.

Where the cargo specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately following

is shifted by the ship and is handled by the Authority or its contractor there shall be

paid to the Authority or the contractor, as the case may be

(a) in respect of cargo shifted from hold to hold, via quay without stacking

on the quay, the rates shown in Column 2 of the said Table;

(b) in respect of cargo shifted from hold to hold after being landed and

stacked on the quay, the rates shown in Column 3 of the said Table;

(c) in respect of cargo shifted from hold to hold via lighters without being

landed, the rates shown in Column 4 of the said Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

From hold to

From hold to hold landed From hold to

hold via quay and stacked

hold by

without

Goods

on quay as

lighters and

stacking on

part of

not landed*

quay

operation

€

€

€

(a) Cement, soda, sulphur and coal, in

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

2.47

4.26

1.65

(b) Onions, carobs, oats, pollard,

cotton seed, oil cake, barley bran, coke and

malt, in bags, per ton ..................................

2.87

4.91

1.77

(c) Iron joists, beams, girders, rails,

metal rods, including angle iron and sheets,

ingots, wine in casks, earthenware pipes and

fittings, per ton ...........................................

2.87

4.73

1.96

(d) Refrigerated cargo, per ton .............

2.47

4.17

1.75

(e) Scrap metal (other than aluminium)

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

3.310

5.45

2.17

(f)

Scrap aluminium - loose, per ton ....

5.54

8.87

3.21

(g) Motor and aviation spirit in cans or

drums and explosives including ammunition

and pyrotechnics, per ton ............................

2.28

3.96

1.63

(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 ................................

0.12

0.19

0.07

(i)

Empty wine and beer casks, each ...

0.65

1.00

0.42

PORT RATES

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

From hold to

From hold to hold landed From hold to

hold via quay and stacked

hold by

without

Goods

on quay as

lighters and

stacking on

part of

not landed*

quay

operation

€

€

€

(j)

Accompanied motor cars (other

than cars driven on or off a car ferry), each .

-

-

-

(k) All other cargo (other than cargo in

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

2.26

3.87

1.63

(l)

Flour, wheat and sugar, in bags, per

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

2.00

3.70

1.47

(m) Bulk cargo not handled at

Government Silo

(i)

Wheat, per ton ........................

1.82

3.49

1.05

(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton seed and

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

2.77

5.24

1.26

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

1.86

3.61

1.02

(iv) Deffun and marble chippings,

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

2.45

4.66

1.16

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

1.91

3.75

1.05

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

-

0.28

-

(vii) Bucket conveyor feeding

(a) Grain (other than wheat),

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

-

2.12

1.70

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

-

1.61

1.19

* When lighters are used in excess of 3 days an additional charge of 14c per ton of lighter deadweight

capacity per day or part thereof shall be payable.

PART II

RE-DELIVERY OR RE-SHIPMENT OF GOODS SHUT OUT

OR WITHDRAWN FROM SHIPMENT

There shall be payable to the Authority or its contractor for the handling by

him or by his con tractor, o f the g ood s sp ecif ied in C olu mn 1 of the Table

immediately following, on the re-delivery or re-shipment of goods shut out or

withdrawn from shipment

(a) in respect of cargo re-delivered to the exporter -

(i)

after being stacked in the custody of the Authority or its

contractor, and not having been lightered, the rates shown in

Column 2 of the said Table;

(ii)

after being lightered and re-landed ex lighter, the rates shown in

Column 3 of the said Table;

(b) in respect of cargo lightered and re-landed ex lighter and subsequently

re-shipped -

(i)

where the goods are locally manufactured and qualify for a rebate

in accordance with the Port Workers Regulations, the rates shown

in Column 4 of the said Table;

(ii) where the goods do not qualify for a rebate as aforesaid the rates

shown in Column 5 of the said Table

TABLE

Cargo lightered and re-

Cargo re-delivered yo

landed ex lighter and

Exporter

subsequently shipped

After being After being

stacked in

lightered Rate when

Goods

ontractor’s relanded ex 22% rebate

No rebate

custody not

allowed

lighter

lightered

(a) Cement, soda, sulphur and

coal, in bags, per ton ........................

0.30

3.28

4.17

5.05

(b) Onions,

carobs,

oats,

pollard, cotton seed, oil cake, barley

bran, coke and malt, in bags, per ton

0.30

3.75

4.89

5.89

(c) Iron joists, beams, girders,

rails, metal rods, including angle

i r o n a n d s h e et s , i n g o t s , w i n e i n

casks, earthenware pipes and

fittings, per ton ................................

0.30

3.10

3.98

4.85

(d) Refrigerated cargo, per ton ..

0.30

3.10

3.98

4.85

(e) Scrap metal (other than

aluminium) - loose, per ton ..............

0.30

3.94

5.24

6.31

(f)

Scrap aluminium - loose, per

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

0.30

6.27

8.67

10.37

(g) Motor and aviation spirit in

cans or drums and explosives

including ammunition and

pyrotechnics, per ton .......................

0.30

3.05

3.77

4.57

(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 ................................................

0.02

0.12

0.16

0.19

(i)

Empty wine and beer casks,

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

0.02

0.70

0.96

1.14

(j)

Accompanied motor cars

(other than cars driven on or off a car

ferry), each ......................................

0.26

7.52

-

When cargo landed as transhipment or overlanded cargo is opted for

delivery at Malta, the charges specified in paragraph 4 of this Part of this Schedule

shall be re-assessed and charged at normal import storage rates in accordance with

the appropriate provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of this Part of this Schedule.

L.N. 37 of 1970;

Regulation 4

L.N. 24 of 1985.

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 ............................

per deadweight ton of 1,000

(ii) Bulk cargo .....................................

kilos per ton

(iii) Frozen meat ..................................

(iv) Wine in casks ................................

(v) Earthenware piprs, bends and

fittings .......................................................

(vi) Accompanied motor cars and

tourist coaches ...........................................

per motor car or tourist coach

(vii) Ground nuts in bags .......................

at three times the deadweight

tonnage of 1,000 kilos per

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 Malta

Government or the Defence Departments of

the United Kingdom Government ...............

where the measurement

tonnage at 40 cu. ft. per ton

exceeds the deadweigh t 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 normal tonnage

(xiv) All other cargo not otherwise

enumerated ................................................

at ei th er th e m ea su r em en t

tonnage at 40 cu. ft. per ton

or the deadweight tonnage at

1,000 kilos per ton,

whichever be the greater.

When goods deposited for shipment in a vessel in accordance with shipping

orders lodged by shippers or their agents are not shipped because they are shut out

by the ship, two clear days free of storage rent in respect of those goods shall be

allowed from the time the goods are shut out; thereafter the provisions of paragraph

3 of this Part of this Schedule shall apply commencing with the rates shown against

item (ii) of the Table.

Added by

L.N. 31 of 1973.

Regulation 3

Amended by

L.N. 66 of 1975;

LANDING AND SHIPPING RATES

L.N. 80 of 1976;

L.N. 14 of 1978;

PART I

L.N. 18 of 1980;

LANDING RATES IN RESPECT OF UNIT LOADS

L.N. 8 of 1981;

L.N. 86 of 1981;

OR UNITISED CARGO

L.N. 131 of 1981;

L.N. 9 of 1982;

L.N. 27 of 1985;

L.N. 61 of 1993;

L.N. 142 of 1994;

L.N. 30 of 2003.

Substituted by

L.N. 425 of 2007.

Amended by

XV. 2009.49.

1. In addition to any other rates that may otherwise be payable under these

regulations there shall be payable to the Authority or its contractor as the case may

be by consignees for the handling of goods between ship’s tackle or ramp or door

and quay or warehouse, of the goods specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately

following

(a) in respect of unit loads or unitised cargo handled at the Deep Water

Quay, Shipwrights Wharf, Coal Wharf, Laboratory Wharf, Xatt ir-Risq

(formerly Garden Reach), Flagstone Wharf, Timber Wharf, Lighter’s

Wharf or Pinto Wharf, whether lighters are used or not, the rate shown

in Column 2 of that Table;

(b) in respect of goods handled elsewhere -

(i) where lighters are used, the rate shown in Column 2 of that Table;

(ii) where lighters are not used, the rate shown in Column 3 of that

Table;

Table

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Unit loads or unitised cargo, per ton ......................

€3.93

€3.58

2. The rates payable under paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule do not

include the cost of cranage or other mechanical equipment when the use of cranes or

such equipment is obligatory under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act or the

Port Workers Ordinance.

PART II

SHIPPING RATES IN RESPECT OF EXPORT CARGO

1. In addition to any other rates that may otherwise be payable under these

regulations, there shall be payable by the owner or exporter to the Authority or the

contractor for the handling, between warehouse or quay and ship’s tackle, or ship’s

ramp or ship’s door, of the unit loads or unitised cargo specified in Column 1 of the

Table immediately following the rates specified hereunder, that is to say -

(a) in respect of unit loads or unitised cargo which are

(i)

presented by arrangement with the Authority or its contractor

directly under ship’s tackle or ship’s door or ship’s ramp by the

PORT RATES

exporter’s transport at the Deep Water Quay or Shipwrights

Wharf, Coal Wharf, Laboratory Wharf, Xatt ir-Risq (formerly

Garden Reach), Flagstone Wharf, Timber Wharf, Lighter’s Wharf

or Pinto Wharf; or

(ii)

handled elsewhere when lighters are not used,

the rate shown in Column 3 of that Table;

(b) in respect of unit loads or unitised cargo handled at the Deep Water

Quay, Shipwrights Wharf, Coal Wharf, Laboratory Wharf, Xatt ir-Risq

(formerly Garden Reach), Flagstone Wharf, Timber Wharf, Lighter’s

Wharf or Pinto Wharf or in respect of unit loads or unitised cargo

handled elsewhere when lighters are used, the rate shall be that shown

in Column 2 of that Table

Provided that when such unit loads or unitised cargo as are

mentioned in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are locally manufactured goods,

the rate shall be that shown in Column 4 of that Table

Table

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Unit loads or unitised cargo, per ton ......

€3.89

€3.54

€1.75

2. Where any goods have been accepted by the Authority or its contractor, as

the case may be, for consolidation into a unit load before shipment there shall be

paid in addition to the rates mentioned in the above named Table a rate of 29c per

PART III

TRANSHIPMENT RATES

1. Where any of the unit loads or unitised cargo referred to in paragraph 5 of

Part I of the Second Schedule and specified in Column 1 of the Table immediately

following, contained in this Part of this Schedule, are handled by the Authority or its

contractor between ship’s tackle, ramp or door and quay or warehouse, there shall be

paid to the Authority or its contractor as the case may be in addition to any storage

rates as aforesaid -

(a) in respect of unit loads or unitised cargo landed, stacked and reshipped

where lighters are not used, the rates shown in Column 2 of the said

Table;

(b) in respect of unit loads or unitised cargo landed, stacked and reshipped

where lighters are used, the rates specified in the Third Schedule.

Table

Column 1

Column 2

(a)

Unit loads or unitised cargo except motor vehicles,

unpacked and mobile, per ton ..............................................

€1.22

(b)

Motor vehicles, unpacked and mobile, each, as follows

(i) motor cars .....................................................................

€2.10

(ii) vans ..............................................................................

€2.80

(iii) trucks and chassis .........................................................

€4.66

Provided that where any cargo landed for transhipment is discharged as

unitised cargo, stacked and reshipped as cargo other than unitised cargo or

vice-versa the rates payable to the Authority or its contractor, as the case may be,

shall be those specified in this Part of this Schedule and those specified in the Third

Schedule less the fees that in terms of the Port Workers Regulations, would have

been payable in respect of the employment of port workers for the landing or loading

operations not performed

Provided further that, when the number of motor vehicles, unpacked and

mobile, unloaded from, and/or loaded on, the same ship in one single operation

exceeds 500 units, the rates specified in item (b) of the above Table in respect of

units in excess of 500 shall be reduced by 50 per centum.

2. These rates do not include the charges for the inboard operation.

PART IV

SHIFTING OF UNIT LOADS OR UNITISED CARGO

1. When unit loads or unitised cargo is shifted by the ship to any quay where

lighters are not used and handled by the Authority or its contractor, there shall be

paid to the Authority or its contractor, as the case may be, the rates specified in the

following Table

Table

Column 1

Column 2

(a)

Unit loads or unitised cargo, except motor

vehicles, unpacked and mobile, shifted

during the loading or unloading of

}

transhipment cargo, per ton .....................

€0.93

(b)

Motor vehicles, unpacked, mobile, shifted

for each

during the loading or unloading of

operation

transhipment cargo, each, as follows

(i) motor cars .........................................

€1.75

(ii) vans ..................................................

€2.33

(iii) trucks and chassis .............................

€2.91

2. Where lighters are used there shall be paid the rates specified in Part I of the

Fifth Schedule.

PART V

MANNER OF CALCULATING RATES

1. For the purpose of calculating rates on unit loads or unitised cargo, the

tonnage shall be calculated on the actual cargo forming the unit load and shall be

calculated in the manner specified in the Sixth Schedule

Provided that in the case of trailers and containers, fees shall be calculated

according to the following fixed tonnage

Containers

20ft

23 tons

Containers

40ft

45 tons

Trailers

20ft

25 tons

Trailers

40ft

45 tons

Trailers Super Cube

40/43ft

58 tons

Reefer Containers/trailers

20ft

18 tons

Reefer Containers/trailers

40ft

26 tons

PORT RATES

Provided further Reefer Containers shall be construed to refer only to reefer

containers containing frozen meat or frozen fish or related frozen by-products.

2. When both the actual weight and measurement in respect of every bill of

lading of unit loads or unitised cargo are not recorded in the ship’s manifests or bill

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

cargo, subject to the provisions of paragraph 1.

No storage rates shall be payable in respect of -

(a) locally manufactured goods;

(b) potatoes and onions landed or deposited in sheds designated by the

Authority for the purposes of this paragraph;

(c) such goods, in such cases, for such periods, and under such conditions

as the Minister responsible for ports may by writing under his hand

determine.

In the event that the Authority requires export goods to be withdrawn from

the port in accordance with the provisions of regulation 99 of the Ports Regulations,

any such goods that are not so withdrawn within the time specified shall be liable to

a storage rate of 58c per ton per day or part thereof.

For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Part, Saturdays, Sundays and

public holidays shall not be included when computing the periods therein specified.

PART II

Removal of Goods within a Port

1. When goods are removed from a transit shed or stack to any other place

within a port including a customs bonded warehouse, at the request of the owner or

in accordance with the provisions of regulations 97 and 99 of the Ports Regulations,

the owner of the goods shall pay to the Authority in respect of each package so

removed, the rate of

47c for every 50 kilograms or part thereof or for every 56633 cm 3 or

part thereof, whichever is the greater amount.

PORT RATES

2. When a containersor a trailer (other than an empty container or trailer) is

removed from Xatt-ir-Risq to any other quay or wharf in the Grand Harbour, or to

Pinto Annex at Pinto Wharf, Valletta, or viceversa, the owner, charterer or master of

the ship from which such container or trailer has been landed, or on which they are

loaded, shall pay to the Authority or to its contractor, as the case may be, the rate of

€11.65 per container or trailer.

46

(k) All other cargo (other than

cargo in bulk), per ton .....................

0.54

3.05

3.75

4.54

(l)

Flour, wheat and sugar, in

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

0.30

2.89

3.61

4.52

(m) Bulk cargo not handled at

Government Silo

(i)

Wheat, per ton .............

0.28

2.98

3.59

4.45

(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton

seed and barley, per ton .........

0.28

4.45

5.68

6.80

PORT RATES

Cargo lightered and re-

Cargo re-delivered yo

landed ex lighter and

Exporter

subsequently shipped

After being

stacked in After being Rate when

ontractor’s lightered 22% rebate

Goods

No rebate

custody not relanded ex

allowed

lighter

lightered

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

0.28

3.96

5.03

6.01

(iv) Deffun

and

marble

chippings, per ton .................

0.28

3.96

5.03

6.01

(v) Other bulk cargo, per

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

0.28

3.19

3.98

4.80

PART III

MINOR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES

Where in the opinion of the Authority or its contractor, as the case may be,

facilities exist for the performance of the services specified in Column 1 of the Table

immediately following, such services shall be performed, on request, by the

Authority or its contractor, as the case may be, at the rates specified in Column 2 of

the said Table

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

(i)

For proferring goods for weighment in the

same shed or stacking area ........................................... 14c per ton

(ii) Rebagging and tying of goods in bags provided

by the owner of the goods ............................................

23c per ton

(iii) Minor repair/sewing of bags or bales ............... 7c per ton

(iv) Repairing of packages other than bags or bales

7c per package

(v) For proferring for Customs examination

(a) To Customs requirements .........................

No charge

(b) At owners’ request .................................... 14c per ton

I f , i n e i t h e r c a s e , t h e o w n er r e q u e s t s t h a t t h e

packages be opened and resecured, for such

examination a charge of 7c per package shall be raised.

(vi) (a) For stencil marking packages, (stencils to

be provided by the person requesting stencilling) - 7c per package with a

on one side only up to three lines of stencil per max imum charge of 58c

package ................................................................... per ton

(b) For each line of stencil over three lines ...... 2c per line.

PART IV

SORTING RATES

1. For the sorting of goods, the Authority or its contractor, as the case may be,

shall levy the appropriate rates, specified in this Part of this Schedule.

2. For the sorting of goods to leading shipping marks to the extent normally

sufficient to establish their correspondence with the bill of lading under which they

were shipped - no charge.

3. For the sorting of goods, except as provided in paragraph 1 of this Part of

(a) under single bill of lading, when, in order to effect delivery -

(i)

the shipping marks and/or the nature of the delivery instructions

make it necessary to search physically for marks and/or numbers

peculiar to single individual packages, or

(ii) by express request or by the nature of the delivery instructions

sorting is necessary according to the kind or size (meaning any of

three dimensions) or to other characteristics unidentifiable by any

common shipping mark; and

(b) from one ship and under two or more bills of lading irrespective of the

identity or diversity of their holders, if the shipping marks and/or

general characteristics of the packages make it impossible to distinguish

between the contents of the different bills of lading without physical

reference to marks, numbers and/or characteristics peculiar to single

individual packages,

there shall be paid to the Authority the rate of 23 cents per ton and 2 cents per

Provided that sorting rates shall be payable -

(a) on the whole consignment or consignments of goods requiring sorting;

(b) sorting rates shall not be payable -

(i)

on any cargo of the same consignment which is readily

distinguishable from the goods to be sorted and does not require

to be sorted;

(ii) on any package which weighs or measures more than 1 ton;

(iii) in the circumstances specified in paragraph 2(a)(i) and (ii) of this

Part in respect of packages under a bill of lading covering in all

not more than ten packages.

4. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule the expression "leading

shipping marks" means marks which appear physically on the packages or goods and

are described in the bill of lading and shipping and disposal documents.

PART V

HIRE OF EQUIPMENT

1. There shall be paid to the Authority or its contractor for the hire of cranes

owned by him or by his contractor, as the case may be, for the handling of goods and

single lifts the following rates

(a) For use in connection with the delivery

or receipt of cargo

(i) for lifts not exceeding 3 tons,

gross weight ................................

47c per ton (subject to a

minimum of €1.40)

(ii)

for lifts in excess of 3 tons but not

exceeding 6 tons, gross weight .....

€2.80 per lift

(iii) for lifts in excess of 6 tons but not

exceeding 25 tons, gross weight ...

€11.65 per lift

PORT RATES

(iv)

for lifts in excess of 25 tons but

not exceeding 35 tons, gross

weight .........................................

€23.29 per lift;

(b) for assistance in the loading or

discharging of ships alongside wharves

and quays

(i) unitised cargo in containers not

exceeding 20 feet in length ..........

€16.31 per container

(ii) unitised cargo in containers not

exceeding 40 feet in length ..........

€23.29 per container

(iii) empty containers ..........................

€4.66 per container

(iv) other cargo handled by cranes of a

safe working load not exceeding 6

tons at minimum working radius

€6.99 per hour or part

thereof (subject to a

minimum of €20.96)

(v)

other cargo handled by cranes of a

safe working load exceeding 6

tons but not exceeding 40 tons at

minimum working radius .............

€9.32 per hour or part

thereof (subject to a

minimum of €27.95)

(vi)

other cargo handled by cranes of a

safe working load exceeding 40

tons but not exceeding 70 tons at

minimum working radius .............

€ 11 .6 5 p e r h o u r o r p a r t

thereof (subject to a

minimum of €46.59)

(vii)

other cargo handled by cranes of a

safe working load exceeding 70

tons at minimum working radius ..

€13.98 per hour or part

thereof (subject to a

minimum of €69.88)

(c) for any other purpose ............................

€4.66 per hour or part

thereof

2. There shall be payable to the Authority or its contractor for the hire of

mechanical handling equipment, other than cranes owned by him or by his

contractor, as the case may be, the following rates

(a) Fork lift trucks ......................................

€4.66 per hour or part

thereof

(b) Tractors and up to 1 trailer of a capacity

of 6 tons and over for the handling of

cargo other than unitised cargo in

containers .............................................

€4.66 per hour or part

thereof

(c) Tractors and up to three trailers not

exceeding 2 tons capacity each ..............

€3.49 per hour or part

thereof

(d) Tractors to tow or push trailers or other

wheeled units rolled on or off a ship ......

€6.99 per trailer or

wheeled unit so towed or

pushed

(e) Tractors and trailers for the handling of

containers

(i) in respect of full or partly loaded

containers ....................................

€6.99 per container

(ii) in respect of empty containers ......

€1.16 per container

3. There shall be payable to the Authority or its

contractor for the hire of cranes and other mechanical

handling equipment at stack for the handling of

unitized cargo in containers landed from or to be

loaded on any ship ....................................................

€4.66 per container.

4. For any of the purposes specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Part of this

Schedule when the use of a crane or of other mechanical handling equipment is

required for work in connection with cargo, other than unitised cargo, during hours

other than the working hours of the port, the rates specified in this Part of this

Schedule shall be increased by fifty per centum.

PART VI

OTHER SERVICES

There shall be payable to the Authority the following rates

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law or any other

regulations, for any written permit issued by the Authority by virtue of a legislative,

regulatory or administrative provision for the carrying out of any type of work, for

the provision of any type of service or for the organisation of any type of activity in

the ports and internal and territorial waters of Malta there shall be paid a fee of €50.

(2) When any type of work is carried out or service is provided by the Authority

at the request of any person, such person shall pay the Authority an administrative

fee together with all the charges and expenses incurred by the Authority in carrying

out such work or providing such service.

(3) If any person, whether by default or by negligence, fails to carry out any

work or provide any service in accordance with the Authority’s directives or

directions and fails to commence or continue such work or service upon being

ordered to do so by the Authority in writing, the Authority may, without prejudice to

any other remedy it may have, carry out such work or provide such service at the risk

and expense of the person concerned. In this case, such person will be liable to pay

the Authority an administrative fee together with all the charges and expenses

incurred by the Authority in carrying out such work or providing such service.

(4) In respect of any cancellation or amendment of orders, a rate of €10 shall be

levied on each occasion a documentary order, other than an order for port workers,

cancelling or amending a previous order, in accordance with the provisions of

regulation 86 of the Ports Regulations, is made.

PORT RATES

Amended by