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Cargo & Container
related charges at
Kolkata Dock System :
Charges on Break Bulk and Bulk
Cargo : Demurrage
| 6. | Demurrage on non-containerised break- bulk/bulk cargo- |
| 6.1 | When import cargo is landed on a Sunday or a Holiday or in the second or third shift of a day, the next working day shall be treated as the date of landing. |
| 6.2 | Import cargo shall be demurrage free for the period specified below:- |
| Sl. No. | Description | Demurrage free period |
| (a) | Hazardous-I cargo | Date of landing |
| (b) | Hazardous-II,III & IV cargo except Sulphur | One clear working day after the date of landing |
| (c) | Non-Hazardous cargo for Nepal and Bhutan | Seven clear working days after the date of landing |
| (d) | All other non-hazardous cargo, Sulphur, Asbe-stoss imported in container and delivered without destuffing in Port. | Three clear working days after the date of landing. |
| (e) | Cargo imported by Missionaries of
Charity* *Remission allowed vide Board of Trustees reso.84 dated 21.6.02 :- Containerised & Break Bulk relief commodities exempted from payment of Custom Duty consigned to Voluntary, non-profitable organisation like CARE, CRS etc. |
Thirty days after the date of landing |
| Amendment: Published in the Gazette og India Extraordinary(Part-III,Sec.4) on 6th Sept.2001 vide Gazette No 241 :- |
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| Type of Charges Concession in Demurrage free period for delivery of cargo using Port equipment. |
Discount/Concession 7 (Seven) days free period inclusive of Sunday and holidays for non-hazardous Import Cargo.
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| (f) | Non-Hazardous transhipment cargo | Twelve clear working days after the date of landing. |
| (g) | Cargo in LCL Container | Seven clear working days after the date of landing of container except those specified at SL.NO.(a),(b),(c) and (e) to (f) above.* |
| * Additional
Remission Vide Board of Trustees Reso. No.113 dt.10.09.2001
by applying Sec.53 of the MPT Act., 1963 :- Demurrage Free period for Containerised cargo has been extended upto 20(Twenty) days from the actual date of landing (including Sundays & holidays). |
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| 6.3 Demurrage on Import cargo shall be levied after the expiry of demurrage free period at the following rates:- | ||
| Sl. No. | Description of cargo | Rs.
per tonne |
| 1 | Scrap of all kinds, Food grain, Sugar, Pulses, Bulgar Wheat,Corn soya blend, Milk powder, Rock Phosphate, Log, Plywood, Cereals and their products, Bran, Vegetable Oil | 40.00 |
| 2 | Waste paper,ship's stores, News print, Dunnage, Wool, synthetic Resin, Cement, wood-pulp, Finished Fertilizer, Pig Iron, Sponge Iron, Coal, Anthracite, Coking Coal, Petroleum Coke or any other Coke/Coal. | 75.00 |
| 3 | All other non-hazardous cargo, Sulphur and Asbestoss delivered in container without destuffing in Port. | 100.00 |
| 4 | All Hazardous cargo of Categories-II, III & IV except those specified in Sl. No. 1, 2 and 3 above | 140.00 |
| 5 | All Hazardous cargo Category-I | 170.00 |
| 6.4 | No demurrage on export or
stock cargo other than Hazardous-I category shall be
levied if the cargo is shipped within 30 days of receipt
of the cargo. After 30 days demurrage on such cargo shall
be levied at the rate of Rs.50/- per tonne per week or
part thereof from the date of receipt till the date of
shipment. In case the cargo is not shipped and taken out of the docks either as shut out or otherwise, demurrage at the rate of Rs.200/- per tonne per week or part thereof shall be levied from thedate of receipt till the date of removal from the port premises. |
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| 6.5 | Export cargo of Hazardous-I category shall be received only for direct shipment in case such cargo is not shipped on the date of receipt, demurrage shall be levied at the rate of Rs.170/- per tonne per day or part thereof from the day following the date of receipt upto the date of shipment of cargo or removal from the port premises. | |
| 6.6 | On cargo/commodity which is neither received as import nor as export nor as stock for shipment, demurrage shall be levied at the rate of Rs.40/- per tonne per day or part thereof from the date of receipt upto the date of removal of the cargo from the port premises. | |
| 6.7 | On cargo sold by Auction or Tender or Private Agreement or in any other manner, demurrage shall be levied at the rate specified at Section-G3 after allowing free time of 7 clear working days after the date cargo is made available for delivery. | |
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