Vietnam: How much are fees for anchoring or berthing in international maritime activities?

According to Circular No. 261/2016/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, depending on whether the anchoring or berthing location is used for crafts or cargoes, there will be different fees. Specifically, fees for anchoring or berthing for crafts are as follows:

a) Vessels at anchor at waterside restricted areas or zones within 30 first days (720 first hours) shall be subject to the collection rate of 0.0005 USD/GT/hour;

b) Vessels at anchor at waterside restricted areas or zones from the 31st day (721st hour) shall be subject to payment of this fee at the collection rate of 0.0003 USD/GT/hour;

c) Vessels at anchor at multiple positions in waterside restricted areas or zones inside of maritime zones of a seaport shall be subject to payment of this fee equal to total actual time length when they are at anchor at a single position;

d) Persons or entities operating passenger vessels making at least 4 movements/month/maritime zone shall be subject to payment of such fee at the rate equal to 50% of the collection rate specified in Point a, b;

dd) Persons or entities operating passenger vessels of at least 50,000 GT entering or leaving a maritime zone shall be subject to payment of such fee at the rate equal to 40% of the collection rate specified in Point a, b;

e) Tankers transshipping oil at Van Phong – Khanh Hoa bay shall be subject to payment of such fee at the rate equal to 50% of the collection rate specified in Point a, b, c Clause 1 of this Article. This collection rate shall be applied till the end of December 31, 2020;

g) Vessels entering or leaving a maritime zone to carry out activities like repair, demolition or shakedown without loading, unloading goods, or picking up or dropping off passengers, shall be subject to payment of such fee equal to 70% of the collection rate specified in Point a Clause 1.

View cases in which vessels shall be entitled to exemptions from such fees at Circular No. 261/2016/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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