Decision 2596

According to the decision No. 2596 dated 13/5/2004

Article 1: Amount of charges and dues collected by Lattakia and Tartous Port Companies for exploitation operations rendered for different services to the Vessels and Cargoes calling both Ports or passing through and lump sum charges are those stipulated in Schedules Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 annexed to this decision and in accordance with their stipulated provisions versus the liabilities, charges and expenses borne by the Port Companies.
Article 2: Administrative Commission of both Port Companies are empowered to increase or decrease such charges on the whole or in part up to 25% when ever it is necessary.
Article 3: All provisions and text contrary to this decision are cancelled.
Article 4: Minister of Transport will issue the executive regulations of the present decision.
Article 5: This decision shall be published in the official gazette and put in force ten days after date of issuance.

13/5/2004

Prime Minister

ENG. Naji Outri

Schedule No. 1 Charges Due over the Vessels

Schedule No. 2 Charges Perceived over Cargoes

Schedule No. 3 Charges on cranes and equipments

Schedule No. 4

Schedule No. 5

Schedule No. 6 Charge of storage in the refrigeration stores

Schedule No. 7

Schedule No. 8 Usage of the dock

Schedule No. 9

Charges Due over the Vessels

Vessels bearing Syrian Flag					Vessels bearing non Syrian Flag
Anchorage charge Per each GRT of the Vessel per and day or part thereof		Berthing charge Per each GRT of the Vessel per and day or part thereof	Pilotage charge Per each GRT of the Vessel and every operation	towage charge Per each GRT of the Vessel and every operation	Anchorage charge Per each GRT of the Vessel per and day or part thereof		Berthing charge Per each GRT of the Vessel per and day or part thereof	Pilotage charge Per each GRT of the Vessel and every operation	towage charge Per each GRT of the Vessel and every operation
Break water	out basin				Break water	out basin
SYR. Piaster	SYR. Piaster	SYR. Piaster	SYR. Piaster	SYR. Piaster	cent	cent	cent	cent	cent
50.00	40.00	115.00	50.00	100.00	2.00	1.500	4.50	2.00	4.00

The charge of Anchorage is not collected from Vessels berthing alongside the quay.
The Anchorage and berthing charges are reduced by 50% fifty per cent for Vessels carrying passengers and for cruise Vessels.
The Anchorage, berthing, pilotage and towage charges are reduced by 60% sixty per cent for the Vessels classified as RORO.
Double of the Anchorage or berthing charge is to be imposed on empty Vessels either upon completion of discharge or loading or calling the port for repair or waiting instructions or similar cases for all duration of the Vessel's stay in the basin alongside the quay or in break water.

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Charges perceived over Cargoes

Charges on handling and passing Cargoes are fixed as follows:

Item	Part of charges imposed on Vessel		Cargoes entered for local consumption or export of Syrian origin Cargoes. Part of charges imposed on Cargoes		Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for export or entered on temporary admission. Part of charges imposed on Cargoes
	Syrian Flag SYR.PDS	Non Syrian Flag Dollar	Direct Delivery SYR.PDS.	Entering & With Drawing In Addition To 10 Days Sorage SYR.PDS.	Direct Delivery Dollar	Entering & With Drawing In Addition To 10 Days Sorage Dollar
First Category Per Ton or Fraction: Timber, Iron, Steel, Cast Iron And Other Metals	25.00	1.25	125.00	225.00	2.00	3.00
Second Category per piece Cars up to 2 tons over 2 tons	70.00 100.00	2.00 3.00	1500.00 2500.00	2250.00 3750.00	20.00 40.00	30.00 60.00
Third Category per ton or fraction Loose Cargoes bulk)-liquids(sucked or pumped)	25.00	1.25	100.00	150.00	1.50	2.25
Fourth Category per ton or fraction Bags on pallets Bags	25.00 30.00	1.25 1.50	125.00 150.00	200.00 225.00	1.65 2.00	2.50 3.00
Fifth Category containers per containe Full 20' 40' Empty 20' 40'	400.00 600.00 75.00 125.00	17.00 25.00 3.00 5.00	2000.00 3000.00 250.00 400.00	3000.00 4500.00 400 600	70.00 85.00 5.00 7.00	100.00 125.00 7.00 10.00
Sixth Category per ton or fraction Cargoes on pallets or loaded on trucks or lorries or cars with weight different from the weight of the Cargoes	25.00	1.25	150.00	225	2.00	3.00
Seventh Category per head Alive animals Big head Small head			100.00 50.00		2.00 1.00
Eighth Category per ton or fraction General Cargoes not mentioned in any Category above	50.00	2.00	250.00	400.00	4.00	6.00

Handling charges of the Cargoes is due for the passage operation through the quay, stowage, lighterage, berthing, porterage, overtime, cleaning and machine usage; charges stated in Schedule No. 3 should be taken into consideration regardless the fact if the services are fully done or part thereof.
Handling charges ( both imposed on the Vessel and on the Cargoes ) are imposed on Cargoes stuffed into part containers LCL containers and calculated according to the weight mentioned in each bill of lading in proportion of the total weight mentioned in the bills of lading covering Cargoes stuffed in said LCL container; amounts are stated in fifth Category.
According to the Category of the Cargoes, 50% fifty per cent of the part of the charge imposed on Cargoes of handling charge is collected in case Cargoes entered from land to the port and coming out to land in case of entering and withdrawing.
An extra 25% twenty five per cent of the handling charges ( part imposed on Cargoes ) is to be collected in case of unstuffing Cargoes from containers or pallets or trucks or lorries or cars specified on categories 5 & 6 of Schedule No. 2 to the transportation means against services rendered by the port company.
An extra 50% fifty per cent of the handling charges ( part imposed on Cargoes ) is to be collected in case of unstuffing Cargoes from containers or pallets or trucks or lorries or cars and transporting same from there to the nominated storage areas and reloading same to the transportation means against services rendered by the port company.

Shifting: (Shifting of Cargoes from a Vessel's hold to an other or to an other place in the same hold or via quay or lighters)

Double of the part imposed on the Vessel of the handling charges to be collected in case Cargoes shifted directly from a Vessel's hold to an other or from a place to an other place in the same hold.
50% fifty per cent of the part imposed on Cargoes of the handling and passage charges is to be collected for shifting of Cargoes from a Vessel's hold to an other via quay or lighters or from one place in the hold to an other place in the same hold in addition to the double of the part imposed on the Vessel of the handling charges.

Transshipment: ( Shifting Cargoes of a Vessel to an other Vessel directly or via quay or barges )

Collecting from both Vessels the part imposed on the Vessel of the handling charges on the Cargoes shifted directly from a Vessel to an other.
Collecting 50% fifty per cent of the amount of the part imposed on the Cargoes of the handling charges for Cargoes shifted from a Vessel to an other via quay or barges in addition to the total amount of the part imposed on the Vessel of the handling charges from both Vessels.

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Charges on cranes and equipments:

Item

Unit of collection

Cargoes entered for local consemption or export of syrian origin cargoes.

Syr. Pds.

Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for reexport or entred on temporary admission.

Dollar

Cargoes of first category

Different kind of wood

Different kind of steel and iron

Ton

50.00

30.00

1.00

0.60

Cargoes of second category

Cars and movable equipments, and lorries

Piece

2000.00

40.00

Cargoes of third category

Bulk and liquid

Ton

15.00

0.30

Cargoes of fourth category

Bagged Cargoes however the bags arrived on pallets or other

Ton

40.00

0.80

Cargoes of fifth category

Containers

Full

Empty

Container

1000.00

600.00

20.00

12.00

Cargoes of sixth category

Pallets and Cargoes loaded on trucks or cars

Ton

60.00

1.20

Cargoes of seventh category

General

Ton

70.00

1.40

In case of usage of cranes of the Vessel or movable cranes or equipments not belonging to the port company in loading and discharging operation from/to the Vessel, a premium of 20% twenty per cent of the charges stated above will be collected by the port company.
In case of the partly usage of the cranes and equipments belonging to the port company according to a demand of the concerned party in the loading and discharging operation to/from the Vessel, hire of equipments and cranes to be collected as stipulated in Schedule No. 7

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Storage dues on general Cargoes, containers and equipments as Follows

4-1 Storage dues on general Cargoes are fixed as folloiws and calculated per ton or fraction/ per day or fraction:

Period of storage	Cargoes entered for local consemption or export of syrian origin Cargoes. Syr. Pds.	Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for reexport or entred on temporary admission. Dollar
From 1 to 10^th days	exempted	exempted
From 11^th to 20^th days	10.00	0.15
From 21^st to 30^th days	15.00	0.25
From 31^st to 40^th days	20.00	0.30
From 41^st to 50^th days	30.00	0.45
From 51^st to 60^th days	50.00	0.75
Over 61 days	75.00	1.15

4-2 Storage dues on full containers are fixed as folloiws and calculated per container/per day or fraction

Period of storage	Cargoes entered for local consemption or export of syrian origin Cargoes. SYR. PDS.		Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for reexport or entred on temporary admission. Dollar
	20 feet	40 feet	20 feet	40 feet
From 1 to 10^th days	Exempted	Exempted	Exempted	Exempted
From 11^th to 20^th days	125.00	185.00	2.00	3.00
From 21^st to 30^th days	185.00	250.00	3.00	4.00
From 31^st to 40^th days	375.00	500.00	6.00	8.00
From 41^st to 50^th days	560.00	685.00	9.00	11.00
From 51^st to 60^th days	750.00	875.00	12.00	14.00
Over 61 days	925.00	1075.00	15.00	17.00

4-3 Storage dues on empty containers are fixed as folloiws and calculated per container/ per day or fraction

Period of storage	20 feet		40 feet
	Syrian SYR. PDS.	non Syrian Dollar	Syrian SYR. PDS.	non Syrian Dollar
From 1 to 10^TH days	Exempted	Exempted	Exempted	Exempted
From 11^TH to 20^TH days	25.00	0.50	35.00	0.70
From 21^ST to 30^TH days	75.00	1.50	100.00	2.00
From 31^ST to 40^TH days	150.00	3.00	250.00	5.00
From 41^ST to 50^TH days	250.00	5.00	400.00	8.00
From 51^ST to 60^TH days	400.00	8.00	500.00	10.00
Over 61 days	500.00	10.00	700.00	14.00

4-4 Storage dues on cars, movable equipments and trailers are fixed as follows and calculated per piece/per day or fraction

Period of storage	Cargoes entered for local consemption or export of Syrian origin Cargoes. SYR. PDS.	Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for reexport or entred on temporary admission. Dollar
From 1 to 10^TH days	Exempted	Exempted
From 11^TH to 20^TH days	125.00	2.00
From 21^ST to 30^TH days	250.00	4.00
From 31^ST to 40^TH days	375.00	6.00
From 41^ST to 50^TH days	500.00	8.00
From 51^ST to 60^TH days	625.00	10.00
Over days	925.00	15.00

Storage dues are calculated as from the date of discharging the first package from the Vessel after taking into consideration the free period of ten days.
If withdrawal is not effected during the free period stipulated in Schedule No. 4 an addition of 50% fifty per cent to the original amount of the second part of the storage dues is to be collected per day or fraction.
Empty containers discharged from the Vessels and reloaded empty will not enjoy from the free period and dues stipulated in paragraph 4-3 are to be applied.

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Charges and dues of handling Cargoes and their passage in the grain silos

Item	Part impose on the Vessel per each ton or part thereof		Cargoes imported for local consumption or export of Cargoes of Syrian origin in syr. Pds. Per ton or part thereof	Cargoes i transit or designated to a free zone or for exportation or in temporary admission in dollar per ton or part thereof
	Syrian	Non Syrian
Direct delivery	25.00	1.00	85.00	2.00
Entrance and withdrawal	25.00	1.00	125.00	3.00
A- charge of bagging the grain and fodders in the bags wherever the operation takes place			60.00	1.50
B- charge of emptying the grain and the fodders from bags wherever the operation takes place			30.00	0.80
C- cleaning charge			15.00	0.50
D- sterilizing charges			30.00	0.80
E- ventilation charge			5.00	0.10

Storage charges In The Silos Per Ton Or Part Thereof /Per Day Or Fraction

Period of storage	Cargoes entered for local consumption or export of Syrian origin Cargoes. Syr. Pds.	Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for export or entered on temporary admission. Dollar
From 1 to 10^th days	Exempted	Exempted
From 11^th to 20^th days	15.00	0.30
From 21^st to 30^th days	20.00	0.40
From 31^st to 40^th days	25.00	0.50
Over 41 days	30.00	0.60

If storage period exceeded forty days port company is entitled, after three days of notifying the concerned parties in written, to withdraw Cargoes from silos bagging and shifting it to other storage areas on owner account and responsibility.
If withdrawal operation not effected during the above mentioned free period, 50% of the charge stipulated in second part of the storage dues is to be collected.

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Charge of Storage In The Refrigeration Stores:

Period of storage	Cargoes entered for local consemption or export of syrian origin Cargoes. Syr. Pds.		Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for reexport or entred on temporary admission. Dollar
	Refrigeration	Freezing	Refrigeration	Freezing
For the first 30 days	300.00	400.00	8.00	10.00
For every days exceeding the first thirty days	10.00	15.00	0.80	0.40

Cargoes entered from outside the port and stored in the refrigeration stores and then withdrawn outside the port area by land transportation 50% fifty per cent of amount of the handling dues imposed on the Cargoes stipulated in Schedule no. 2
Storage dues on Cargoes stored in refrigerated stores shall be collected whatever the amount is even if exceeded the value of goods.
In case of renting a limited place in the refrigerated store, occupancy charge of the square meter will be per month or part thereof:

Kind of charge	Cargoes entered for local consemption or export of syrian origin Cargoes. Syr. Pds./m2/month	Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for reexport or entred on temporary admission. Dollar/m2/month
charge for refregiration	600.00	12.00
charge for freezing	800.00	16.00

No storage charges to be applied on Cargoes stored in the places rented by others.

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Charges On Various Services And Equipments And Places

The charges of various services and equipments shown below which rendered out of loading and discharging are fixed as follows:

Kind of service	Syrian	Non Syrian
Fresh water supply (per cubic meter) a- by floating tanker b- from the quay	50.00 20.00	1.00 0.40
Electricity ( per kilo watt or part thereof )	5.00	0.10
Cost of turning on or off the electricity	2000.00	40.00
Weighing on the way bridge ( per operation )	25.00	0.50
Weighing on small platform scales in the warehouse per ton or part thereof ( per operation )	25.00	0.50
Delivery of certificate or issue of document( per certificate or document)	50.00	1.00
Repairing damages parcels ( per parcel and the charge of repairing does not include the value of materials used for reparation )	50.00	1.00
Sealing parcels ( per parcel )	10.00	0.20
Occupancy of quays ny scales ( per scale/day or fraction )	250.00	5.00
Diver ( per hour or part thereof )	600.00	12.00
Occupancy per m2/day or part thereof	5.00	0.10
Idling and waiting charges A- waiting time for laborers: per labor/hour	50.00	1.00
B- idling equipments: per equipment/hour	50% fifty per cent of the equipment hire	50% fifty per cent of the equipment hire
C- idling the quay: per linear meter of the Vessel length /hour or part thereof	10.00	0.30
Diving boat with its equipments ( per hour or part thereof )	2500.00	50.00
Passenger boat hiring ( per hour or part thereof )	1500.00	30.00
Tug or boat up to 500 h.p. ( per hour or party thereof )	5000.00	100.00
Tug boat exceeding 500 h.p. up to 1000 h.p. ( per hour or part thereof )	10000.00	200.00
Floating crane capacity 100 tons( per hour or part thereof )	10000.00	200.00
Floating crane capacity 30 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	6000.00	120.00
Lighter ( per day or part thereof )	2000.00	40.00
Land mobile crane capacity up to 15 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	1000.00	20.00
Land mobile crane capacity between 15 – 50 tons( per hour or part thereof)	2000.00	40.00
Land mobile crane capacity between 50 – 75 tons( per hour or part thereof)	3000.00	60.00
Land mobile crane capacity more than 75 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	5000.00	100.00
Quay electric crane capacity up to 6 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	1000.00	20.00
Quay electric crane capacity between 6 – 20 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	2000.00	40.00
Quay electric crane capacity more than 20 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	20000.00	400.00
Forklift capacity up to 3 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	500.00	10.00
Forklift capacity between 3 to 10 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	1000.00	20.00
Forklift capacity between 10 to 20 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	2000.00	40.00
Forklift capacity exceeding 20 tons ( per hour or part thereof )	4000.00	80.00
For lift or straddle carrier of containers ( per hour or part thereof )	4000.00	80.00
Normal truck two axis ( per hour or part thereof )	500.00	10.00
Tractor without trailer ( per hour or part thereof )	300.00	6.00
Trailer without tractor ( per hour or part thereof )	200.00	4.00
Grain vacuum or liquid pumping ( per hour or part thereof )	500.00	10.00
Garbage removal from the Vessel	1000.00	20.00
Cost of analysis in the silo laboratory ( per operation )	1000.00	20.00
Annual port entrance permit ( per person without car )	750.00	15.00
Annual port entrance permit ( person with car )	2000.00	40.00
Port entrance ( for one time/one person )	25.00	0.50
charge for supplying Vessels with fuel ( per ton )	100.00	2.00
Sorting out goods( per ton or part thereof for the whole bill of laing)	50% fifty per cent of the part imposed on the Cargoes of the handling charges as per Category of the Cargoes and for the entrance and withdrawal option.
Packing loose Cargoes ( per ton or part thereof for the whole of the bill of lading )	50% fifty per cent of the part imposed on the Cargoes of the handling charges as per Category of the Cargoes and for the entrance and withdrawal option.
Marine units seated in the port basins to render services to the other marine units(per unit /month or part thereof )	Syr. Pds. 5000.00
Lighters for supplying the Vessels with water and fuel belonging to third party(per unit/month or part thereof )	Syr. Pds. 2500.00

Charges and costs stated in Schedule No. 7 is doubled when are used outside the port area; when used in ship's holds an extra amount of 50% fifty per cent to be added to the original charges and costs.
If master of the Vessel does not respond to the instructions of the management concerning shifting or operation of his Vessel or delay of the Vessel's arrival after nominating the equipments to the Vessel and agent of the Vessel fail to inform the port company with the new eta before termination of the old eta; Vessel will be subject to payment of the cost of idling and delay as stated in the above Schedule.

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Usage of the dock

8-1 Cost of dock usage is fixed as follows:

Item	Syrian Vessels		Non Syrian Vessels
	Up to 150 tons Syr. Pds.	More than 150 tone Syr. Pds.	Up to 150 tons Dollar	More than 150 tons Dollar
Each operation of towage to the land	7000.00	12000.00	200.00	300.00
Each operation of berthing to the sea.	7000.00	12000.00	200.00	300.00
Per each day or part thereof during the stay including the towage and berthing	4000.00	6000.00	100.00	150.00

8-2 Above cost includes presentation of supporting materials only.

Occupancy cost of the quays for rebuilding boats as follows:

Per day or part thereof including raising up and bringing down: Syrian marine unit SYR. PDS. 1500.00
	Foreign marine unit dollar 40.00
Supporting materials: per piece /day or part thereof:	Syrian marine unit SYR. PDS. 100.00
	Foreign marine unit dollar 3.00
Above charges and dues to be minimized by 50% fifty per cent for the equipments and materials of Tartous Port if rebuild in Lattakia Port and vise-versa

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Cost And charge Of Electricity For The Refrigerated Containers

Kind	Cargoes entered for local cons emption or export of Syrian origin Cargoes Syr. Pds.	Cargoes in transit or to free zone or for export or entered on temporary admission Dollar
charge for turning on and turning off the electricity for the container.	500.00	12.00
charge for turning on and turning off the electricity for other than container	1000.00	20..00
Cons emption of electricity ( per day or part thereof ) Container of 20 feet Container of 40 feet	400.00 800.00	10.00 20.00

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