A decree providing for new port charges for services offered by the private investor or investors, will be submitted to the parliament for consultation tomorrow.
The new charges will be incorporated in the offers of the private investor or investors who will manage services at Limassol port, which are scheduled to be privatized.
According to statements by the Director General of the Ministry of Transport and President of the Ports Authority of Cyprus Alecos Michaelides to StockWatch, the new system to be adopted is applied almost universally, will be simplified, providing lower cost and procedures will be fully transparent, facilitating to a great extend, as he noted, both importers and exporters.
For the majority of ports services, a ceiling on charges will apply as he said, in order to protect the market and the general economy from uncontrolled charges that may be imposed by the private investor.
Mr. Michaelides noted that the only service, for which no maximum fee has been set, is the handling of containers in transit.
He also noted that the list of new charges is much smaller than the existing one, stressing that tariffs will be imposed on the basis of the size of containers and ships.
The new billing system, Mr. Michaelides said, will be uniform, undistorted, unlike the current system which includes tariffs from three different categories, those imposed by the ports’ authority, by the licensed porters and by port workers.
"It's a complex system with lengthy procedures and without transparency" noted the General Secretary of CCCI Marios Tsiakkis, who welcomed the new system promoted by the ministry on behalf of the business industry.
What are the new tariffs
The new decree provides that the cost for 20 feet containers will amount to € 185 and for 40-feet containers it will stand at €277,50.
The tariff will include unloading the container from the ship, transport from the quay to the container terminal and then loading onto a transport vehicle.
For containers containing cargo which is either intended for many importers or comes from multiple exporters/senders, the charge will be € 277, 50 for 20-feet containers and € 416, 25 for 40 feet containers respectively.
The charge for empty containers will be € 92,50 for 20-feet containers and € 138,75 for 40-feet containers.
As regards the Break Bulk Cargo, the rate for the general cargo will be €5 per ton, the charge for dry cargo will stand at € 1,60 per ton and the cost of liquid load will be € 0,17 per ton. These prices correspond to the general port charges.
Billing rates for port workers will be €10,50 for the general cargo, €7,50 for cargo in big bags and €6,25 for load containing steel plates, steel rods and beams.
As for dry bulk cargo to be loaded and unloaded in an amount of less than 5000 tons per shift, the charge will be € 4,40 per ton, for a cargo of over 5000 tons per shift €3,75 and €12,50 for arranging the cargo.
The charge per cubic meter for liquid cargo which is not dangerous will be € 2,50 and €5 for dangerous liquid cargo.
Charges for passengers travelling with cruise ships from the port of Limassol or Larnaca will be €25 per person and for cruise ships or passenger ships arriving or departing the cost will be € 5.
Consolidated charges for marine services offered will be based on the length of each vessel. For a ship up to 80 meters €880, up to 100 meters €1260, up to 140 meters €2040, up to 200 meters €2890, up to 250 meters €3,825, up to 300 meters €4,675 and for ships beyond 300 meters €6000.
Piloting fees will be €2 for every meter of the length of the ship, or part of it for each movement.
The towing fees will be €40, for booking navigator the cost will be €20 for each hour or part thereof, for rights of correction or cancellation of navigator services the cost will amount to €200 in each case, the cost for detaining a tug will be € 1000 and for rights of correction or cancellation of tug services € 1000.
The rights to the concession of a tug including additional provision for navigation to the port will be €1000 for a tug of a horsepower of 1300 bhp for each hour or part of it, and €2000 for a tug of 3,500 bhp.
The charge to remain on the platform without any cargo handling will be €24 per meter of length of the platform that will be retained for each 24 hours or part of them.
Mooring rights will be charged at €50 for ships with a length of less than 80 m., € 80 for ships between 80 m and 250 m. and € 120 for ships over 250 meters.
The president of the port authority stated that tariffs for imports and exports will be the same as provided by the relevant EU Directive.
Services that will go into private hands relate to the container terminal, to maritime services and to the special cargo terminal which includes the terminal of the passenger hall.
The new charges will be incorporated in the offers of the private investor or investors who will manage services at Limassol port, which are scheduled to be privatized.
According to statements by the Director General of the Ministry of Transport and President of the Ports Authority of Cyprus Alecos Michaelides to StockWatch, the new system to be adopted is applied almost universally, will be simplified, providing lower cost and procedures will be fully transparent, facilitating to a great extend, as he noted, both importers and exporters.
For the majority of ports services, a ceiling on charges will apply as he said, in order to protect the market and the general economy from uncontrolled charges that may be imposed by the private investor.
Mr. Michaelides noted that the only service, for which no maximum fee has been set, is the handling of containers in transit.
He also noted that the list of new charges is much smaller than the existing one, stressing that tariffs will be imposed on the basis of the size of containers and ships.
The new billing system, Mr. Michaelides said, will be uniform, undistorted, unlike the current system which includes tariffs from three different categories, those imposed by the ports’ authority, by the licensed porters and by port workers.
"It's a complex system with lengthy procedures and without transparency" noted the General Secretary of CCCI Marios Tsiakkis, who welcomed the new system promoted by the ministry on behalf of the business industry.
What are the new tariffs
The new decree provides that the cost for 20 feet containers will amount to € 185 and for 40-feet containers it will stand at €277,50.
The tariff will include unloading the container from the ship, transport from the quay to the container terminal and then loading onto a transport vehicle.
For containers containing cargo which is either intended for many importers or comes from multiple exporters/senders, the charge will be € 277, 50 for 20-feet containers and € 416, 25 for 40 feet containers respectively.
The charge for empty containers will be € 92,50 for 20-feet containers and € 138,75 for 40-feet containers.
As regards the Break Bulk Cargo, the rate for the general cargo will be €5 per ton, the charge for dry cargo will stand at € 1,60 per ton and the cost of liquid load will be € 0,17 per ton. These prices correspond to the general port charges.
Billing rates for port workers will be €10,50 for the general cargo, €7,50 for cargo in big bags and €6,25 for load containing steel plates, steel rods and beams.
As for dry bulk cargo to be loaded and unloaded in an amount of less than 5000 tons per shift, the charge will be € 4,40 per ton, for a cargo of over 5000 tons per shift €3,75 and €12,50 for arranging the cargo.
The charge per cubic meter for liquid cargo which is not dangerous will be € 2,50 and €5 for dangerous liquid cargo.
Charges for passengers travelling with cruise ships from the port of Limassol or Larnaca will be €25 per person and for cruise ships or passenger ships arriving or departing the cost will be € 5.
Consolidated charges for marine services offered will be based on the length of each vessel. For a ship up to 80 meters €880, up to 100 meters €1260, up to 140 meters €2040, up to 200 meters €2890, up to 250 meters €3,825, up to 300 meters €4,675 and for ships beyond 300 meters €6000.
Piloting fees will be €2 for every meter of the length of the ship, or part of it for each movement.
The towing fees will be €40, for booking navigator the cost will be €20 for each hour or part thereof, for rights of correction or cancellation of navigator services the cost will amount to €200 in each case, the cost for detaining a tug will be € 1000 and for rights of correction or cancellation of tug services € 1000.
The rights to the concession of a tug including additional provision for navigation to the port will be €1000 for a tug of a horsepower of 1300 bhp for each hour or part of it, and €2000 for a tug of 3,500 bhp.
The charge to remain on the platform without any cargo handling will be €24 per meter of length of the platform that will be retained for each 24 hours or part of them.
Mooring rights will be charged at €50 for ships with a length of less than 80 m., € 80 for ships between 80 m and 250 m. and € 120 for ships over 250 meters.
The president of the port authority stated that tariffs for imports and exports will be the same as provided by the relevant EU Directive.
Services that will go into private hands relate to the container terminal, to maritime services and to the special cargo terminal which includes the terminal of the passenger hall.
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