Vietnam: Fees for entering and exiting the seaport from 15,000 VND/turn

Maritime fees, charges specified in Circular No. 261/2016/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam include: tonnage fee; marine safety assurance fee; fee for anchoring or berthing at waterside restricted areas or zones; sea protest attestation fee and seaport entering or leaving charge.

Vessels entering or leaving a maritime zone, dedicated port, offshore oil port; foreign-flag vessels operating within Vietnam’s territorial waters which are not covered by seaport waters shall be subject to payment of seaport entering or leaving charge at the following rates:

Payers of this fee shall be entitled to make one-time payments for complete two-way movements (including 01 entrance and 01 departure).

According to Circular No. 261/2016/TT-BTC, vessels entering and leaving maritime areas, specialized ports, and offshore oil and gas ports must pay a ship tonnage fee of 250 VND/GT for entering, and 250 VND/GT for leaving. In case ships and boats operate on water transport routes from shore to island, each time they move from shore to island and vice versa, pay the ship and boat tonnage fee at the rate of 500 VND/GT/time at port.

Vessels specialized in serving oil and gas, each moving from the maritime area to the offshore oil and gas exploration area under the management area of a maritime port authority, pay entry and exit fees of 450 VND/GT.

Cases of exemptions from tonnage fee: Vessels entering or leaving a maritime zone to shelter from storm, bad weather conditions that may risk their safety, or provide medical emergency services to patients or disembark persons rescued at sea, without handling cargoes, picking up or dropping off passengers as verified by a port authority; vessels participating in search and rescue, prevention and control of floods, hurricanes or natural disasters according to the dispatching call or consent from regulatory authorities; Boats or canoes of passenger-carrying vessels anchored at waterside restricted areas or zones that transport passengers to or from a port; Lash barges operating within the maritime zone shared by Lash vessels; Vietnam-flag fishing vessels and sport vessels.

Vessels involved in cabotage operations shall be subject to payment of the sea protest attestation fee upon implementation of procedures for filing sea protests: USD 200,000/each.

Vessels at anchor within waterside restricted areas or zones shall be subject to payment of fee for anchoring or berthing at the collection rate of VND 5/GT/hour.

Vessels anchored for a short time before beginning operations as prescribed by the Ministry of Transport shall be subject to payment of this fee at the following collection rates:

- Vessels of less than 100,000 GT: VND 10/GT/day;

- Vessels of at least 100,000 GT: VND 8/GT/day.

Circular No. 261/2016/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam takes effect from January 01, 2017, replaces Circular No. 01/2016/TT-BTC.

Source: Vietnam Financial Times Online

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