Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2018

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Jun 2018

No. S 440

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act

(CHAPTER 170A)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
(Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees)
(Amendment) Notification 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(1), (7) and (8) of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification is the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2018 and comes into operation on 1 July 2018.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification (N 2) is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “container ship”, the following definition:

“ “block period” means a period of 10 days or part thereof;”.

Amendment of Schedule

3. Part I of the Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraph 1(1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(a)

Subject to sub‑paragraph (aa), (b) or (ba), for a vessel not referred to in sub‑paragraph (c), (d) or (e), including a vessel loading or discharging goods, embarking or disembarking passengers or undergoing afloat repairs —

(i)

the port dues payable for any period of stay up to 60 days is the amount worked out using the rate set out in the second column of the following table opposite the number of days of stay by the vessel, for every 100 GT or part thereof of the vessel:

First column

Second column

Length of stay in port in days (rounded up to a whole day)

Rate for every 100 GT or part thereof (per occasion)

$7.50

$8.50

$9.50

$14

$17

$20

$23

$26

$30.50

$35

$39.50

$44

$48.50

$53.50

$58.50

$63.50

$68.50

$73.50

$79

$84.50

$90

$95.50

$101

$106.50

$112

$117.50

$123

$128.50

$140

$151.50

$163

$174.50

$186

$197.50

$209

$220.50

$232

$243.50

$261

$278.50

$296

$313.50

$331

$348.50

$366

$383.50

$401

$418.50

$442

$465.50

$489

$512.50

$536

$559.50

$583

$606.50

$630

$653.50

; and

(ii)

the port dues payable for any period of stay of more than 60 days is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula

where A is the total amount worked out using the applicable daily rate set out in the second column of the following table opposite the block period corresponding to the period of stay by the vessel, for every 100 GT or part thereof of the vessel:

First column

Second column

Length of stay in port in days (rounded up to a whole day)

Daily rate for every 100 GT or part thereof

within the first block period starting on the 61st day

$29.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within the next block period starting on the 71st day (called the second block period)

$35.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within the next block period starting on the 81st day (called the third block period)

$41.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within the next block period starting on the 91st day (called the fourth block period)

$47.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within each successive block period starting on the 101st day

for each day or part thereof in such a block period, $47.50 plus an amount calculated by multiplying 6 by the ordinal number of the block period after the fourth block period.

”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (c) of paragraph 1(1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(c)

For a vessel occupying an anchorage or a berth for the purposes of bunkering, taking ship’s supplies or changing the members of the crew but without in any case loading or discharging goods —

(i)

First column

Second column

Length of stay in port in days (rounded up to a whole day)

Rate for every 100 GT or part thereof (per occasion)

$4.40

$8.50

$9.50

$14

$17

$20

$23

$26

$30.50

$35

$39.50

$44

$48.50

$53.50

$58.50

$63.50

$68.50

$73.50

$79

$84.50

$90

$95.50

$101

$106.50

$112

$117.50

$123

$128.50

$140

$151.50

$163

$174.50

$186

$197.50

$209

$220.50

$232

$243.50

$261

$278.50

$296

$313.50

$331

$348.50

$366

$383.50

$401

$418.50

$442

$465.50

$489

$512.50

$536

$559.50

$583

$606.50

$630

$653.50

; and

(ii)

the port dues payable for any period of stay of more than 60 days is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula

where B is the total amount worked out using the applicable daily rate set out in the second column of the following table opposite the block period corresponding to the period of stay by the vessel, for every 100 GT or part thereof of the vessel:

First column

Second column

Length of stay in port in days (rounded up to a whole day)

Daily rate for every 100 GT or part thereof

within the first block period starting on the 61st day

$29.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within the next block period starting on the 71st day (called the second block period)

$35.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within the next block period starting on the 81st day (called the third block period)

$41.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within the next block period starting on the 91st day (called the fourth block period)

$47.50 for each day or part thereof in this block period

within each successive block period starting on the 101st day

for each day or part thereof in such block period, $47.50 plus an amount calculated by multiplying 6 by the ordinal number of the block period after the fourth block period.

”;

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (5) of paragraph 2 and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(5) Where the owner, agent or master of a vessel pays port dues for a 6‑month period or a 12‑month period under sub‑paragraph (1)(b) and the vessel in respect of which the port dues are paid stays in the port for more than 5 days on any occasion (regardless of the purposes or number of purposes for which the vessel stays in port), the owner, agent or master of the vessel must, in addition to the port dues paid under sub‑paragraph (1)(b), pay the following port dues in respect of that vessel in accordance with the formula

where —

(a)	C is the additional port dues payable;
(b)	D is the port dues that would have been payable under paragraph 1 for the entire period of stay on that occasion if the owner, agent or master of the vessel had not opted to pay the port dues set out in sub‑paragraph (1)(b); and
(c)	E is the port dues that would have been payable under paragraph 1 for the first 5 days of stay on that occasion if the owner, agent or master of the vessel had not opted to pay the port dues set out in sub‑paragraph (1)(b).”; and

(d)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(1) Despite paragraphs 1 and 2, if a vessel (other than a vessel referred to in paragraph 1(1)(d) or (e), or in paragraph 2(1)(b) and which carries out any purpose under paragraph 1(1)(d) or (e)) is arrested under the provisions of any written law, the port dues payable by the owner, agent or master of the vessel for the period of the vessel’s arrest are as follows:

(a)

if the vessel is arrested within the first 30 days of the vessel’s stay in port —

(i)	from the day of arrest to the vessel’s 30th day of stay in port, the port dues payable as set out in the second column of the table in paragraph 1(1)(a)(i) or (c)(i), or as determined under paragraph 2(5), as the case may be; and
(ii)	after the vessel’s 30th day of stay in port, $11.50 per 100 GT or part thereof for each day or part thereof that the vessel remains under arrest;

(b)

if the vessel is arrested after the first 30 days of the vessel’s stay in port, the following daily port dues rates (for every 100 GT or part thereof) applies for each day or part thereof that the vessel remains under arrest:

(i)	$11.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 31st day to the 40th day of stay in port;
(ii)	$17.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 41st day to the 50th day of stay in port;
(iii)	$23.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 51st day to the 60th day of stay in port;
(iv)	$29.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 61st day to the 70th day of stay in port (called the first block period);
(v)	$35.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 71st day to the 80th day of stay in port (called the second block period);
(vi)	$41.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 81st day to the 90th day of stay in port (called the third block period);
(vii)	$47.50 — if the vessel is arrested on a day falling within the 91st day to the 100th day of stay in port (called the fourth block period);
(viii)	$47.50 plus an amount calculated by multiplying 6 by the ordinal number of the block period after the fourth block period — if the vessel is arrested on a day on or after the 101st day of stay in port.

(1A) To avoid doubt, if a vessel referred to in paragraph 1(1)(d) or (e), or in paragraph 2(1)(b) and which carries out any purpose under paragraph 1(1)(d) or (e), is arrested under the provisions of any written law, the port dues payable by the owner, agent or master of the vessel for the period of the vessel’s arrest are as set out in paragraph 1(1)(d) or (e), or as determined under paragraph 2(5), as the case may be.”.

Transitional provision

4. If a vessel enters, uses or plies within the port or calls at Singapore before 1 July 2018 and leaves on or after that date, the port dues payable by the owner, agent or master of that vessel for the period of that vessel’s stay before that date is computed based on the Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification as in force immediately before that date.

[G.N. Nos. S 741/2004; S 575/2005; S 113/2006; S 316/2007; S 523/2007; S 134/2009; S 404/2009; S 662/2009; S 168/2010; S 728/2010; S 680/2011; S 279/2012; S 392/2013; S 846/2013; S 226/2014; S 431/2014; S 159/2017; S 474/2017; S 690/2017]

Made on 29 June 2018.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/01.C06/LSK; AG/LEGIS/SL/170A/2015/6 Vol. 2]

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