Rationalisation of Port tariff:
For promotion of traffic through Kolkata Port, port charges on different commodities have been reduced / rationalised from time to time. To give a further boost to the rationalisation process, as per the long standing demand of the trade, Kolkata Port Trust Board has approved further concessional measures over a wide range of commodities with effect from 30.6.200 e.g:
At KDS
· For containerised mica and mica products, maize, rice bran, tinplate, soda ash tariff has been reduced from the existing Rs.4500/- at CPY and Rs.3500 at non-CPY to Rs.2300/- and Rs.2000/- per TEU respectively.
· For break bulk commodities the concession has been granted as under:
i) Charges reduced from Rs.130/- to Rs.78/- per tonne in respect of sugar and maize;
ii) Rate has been reduced from Rs.150/- to Rs.110/- for log (for the incremental quantity over and above annual handling of 35,000 tonnes per importer);
iii) For pulses the reduction is from Rs.130/- to 110/- for incremental tonnage over and above annual handling of 50,000 tons per importer.
· Attractive demurrage package has also been offered for storage of log at port stacking yard. For the first 7 days (from the last landing date) there is no demurrage. For the next 7 days, Rs.6/- per tonne per day. For next 7 days, Rs.12/- per tonne per day. Thereafter, Rs.18/- per tonne per day.
· The Board of Trustees has also allowed CPY rate on containers being handled at non-CPY berths by port equipment support system.
At HDC
· The wharfage charges for naptha, benzene, butene etc. have been reduced from Rs.110/- to Rs.85/- per tonne.