Towage & Pilotage of Vessels

KOLKATA PORT TRUST

28.	Towage & Pilotage of Vessels
28.1	Charges for piloting a vessel from Sandheads to any point in Calcutta Dock System either directly or via any other point during inward journey and back to Sandheads either direct or via any other point during outwards journey and one shifting within the dock shall be levied at following rates :-


Capacity of Vessel		Foreign going Vessel Rate in US Dollars per GRT	Coastal Vessel Rate in Indian Rupees per GRT

1.	Vessel Upto 5000 GRT	123 cents subject to minimum of 2460dollars	40.00 subject to minimum of Rs.80,000.00
2.	Vessel above 5000 GRT and upto 15,000 GRT	115 cents subject to a minimum of 6150 dollars	37.00 subject to aminimum of Rs.2,00,000.00
3.	Vessel above 15000 GRT	105 cents subject to a minimum of 17250 dollars.	34.00 subject to a minimum of Rs.5,55,000.00

28.2 Charges for piloting a vessel from Sandheads to any point in Haldia Dock Complex shall be levied at the following rates :-


Capacity of Vessel		Foreign going Vessel Rate in US Dollars per GRT	Coastal Vessel Rate in Indian Rupees per GRT

1.	Vessel Upto 5000 GRT	70 cents subject to minimum of 1400 dollars	13.00 subject to minimum of Rs.26,000.00
2.	Vessel above 5000 GRT and upto 15,000 GRT	65 cents subject to a minimum of 3500 dollars	12.00 subject to minimum of Rs.65000.00
3.	Vessel above 15000 GRT	60 cents subject to a minimum of 9750 dollars.	11.00 subject to a minimum of Rs.1,80,000.00

28.3	Vessel availing of pilotage from Sandheads to Saugor or Diamond Harbour Anchorage and back only but not requiring pilotage to any other point in Calcutta Dock System or Haldia Dock Complex shall be allowed a rebate of 25% in pilotage rate specified in Section 28.1 above.
28.4	Vessel availing of pilotage from Sandheads to Haldia Anchorage and back only but not requiring pilotage to any other point in Calcutta Dock System or Haldia Dock Complex shall be allowed a rebate of 20% in pilotage rate specified in Section 28.2.
28.5	50% of the rates at section 28.1 or 28.2, as the case may be, shall apply to inward or outward journey.
28.6	Vessel in its inward journey to CDS via HDC, shall pay 50% of the rates specified at section 28.2 at HDC and 25% of the rates specified at section 28.1 at CDS. In case of outward journey from CDS via HDC, 25% of the rates specified at section 28.1 shall be levied at CDS and 50% of the rates specified at section 28.2 shall be levied at HDC.
28.7	Vessel which enters or leaves the port without requiring the services of river pilots in terms of the exemption granted under provision of Section 31 of the Indian Ports Act., 1908 shall be allowed a rebate of 30% of the above rates including the minimum charges for the inward or outward journey as the case may be.
28.8	One shifting of vessel within the dock is included in the pilotage charges. Second and subsequent shifting, other than for Ports convenience, shall be charged as provided under section 28.12.
28.9	In case of LASH vessels the above rates are inclusive of charge for berthing and fleeting of barges.
28.10	Charges for piloting a fishing trawler shall be payable @ 50% of the rate under Section 28.1 or 28.7, as the caes may be.
28.11	Vessel availing pilotage from HDC to Budge Budge/ Diamond Harbour/ Roychowk or any point of CDS or vice-versa, which is not forming a part of inward or outward journey pilotage shall be charged a special pilotage fee @ of 12.5% of the rate specified under section 28.1 shall be levied by the Dock System for each leg where the journey commences. The journey will from a leg from Calcutta to Haldia or vice-versa.
28.12	Charge for shifting a vessel between a berth / buoy/ mooring/ dry docks at Calcutta Dock System or Haldia Dock Complex shall be levied at the following rates :-

Rate Per GRT for each shifting

Sl. No.

Nature of Shifting

Foreign going vessel Rate in US
dollars per GRT

Coastal vessel Rate in
Rupees per GRT

(1)

At Calcutta Dock System

10 Cents subject to a minimum
of 200 Dollars

3.20 subject to a minimum
of Rs.6,400/-

(2)

At Haldia Dock Complex

10 Cents subject to a minimum
of 1000 Dollars

2 subject to a minimum
of Rs.20,000/-

28.13	If the booking of a pilot is cancelled by the Agent/ ShipOwner/ Charterer less than 24 hours before the appointed time of hauling out from berth/buoy/river mooring/anchorage, a charge of 210 US Dollars or Rs.6750/- per cancellation shall be levied on Foreign going vessel or Coastal vessel, as the case may be. No cancellation charge for pilot booking shall be levied if sailing is cancelled due to non-availability of pilots/tugs or lock-gate being out of commission or for any reasons attributable to Port.
28.14	For piloting a vessel undergoing trials, a charge of Rs.10,000/- shall be levied for trials above and upto Garden Reach and Rs.30,000/- per trial below Garden Reach.
28.15	For vessel doing lighterage operation at Sandheads an all inclusive charge (including anchorage charge) of 5 cent per GRT or Rs. 2.3 per GRT in case of foreign going vessel or coastal vessel, shall be levied for the vessel except Port Dues as per section 29.
28.16.1	For shifting an inland vessel, charges shall be levied at the following rates :-

	(a)	Between any two points in Dock not involving services of River Pilot.	Rs. 5000.00 Per Shiftting
	(b)	Between any two points in the Docks, jettys, river moorings involving services of Harbour Pilots	Rs. 8,000.00 Per Shifting

28.17	The rates under Section 28.1, 28.2, 28.7, 28.12 & 28.14 & 28.16 are inclusive of services of tugs/ launches and mooring/unmooring of vessels and turning if necessary except when services of additional tugs or launches is provided against specific requisition of the Shipowner/ Agent/Charterer.
28.18	For use of the Calcutta Port Trust tugs/despatch vessel/survey vessel/ anchorage vessel/ dredgers on requisition by the Shipowner/Agent/Charterer, charges shall be levied at the following rates :-


		Vessel engaged in Foreign Trade in US Dollars	Vessel engaged in Coastal Trade in Indian Rupees

(i)	Vessel not exceeding 1,000 IHP	200 dollars per hour subject to a minimum of 600 dollars per operation	6,440.00 per hour subject to a minimum of 19,320.00 per operation
(ii)	Vessel exceeding 1,000 IHP	250dollars per hour subject to a minimum of 750 dollars per operation	8,050.00 per hour subject to a minimum of 24,150.00 per operation

28.19	An additional charge of 25% shall be leviled when Calcutta Port Trust tug/vessel is deployed for salvage operation
28.20	Shipowners/Agent of vessels shall be required to pay the actual insurance premium plus 20% whenever Calcutta Port Trust tug/vessel is deployed on requisition for towage assistance /salvage operation. In such cases claims for damages shall not be made against the hirer in case of accident.

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