Pilotage
Charges 2008
1) The following charges will apply to all vessels
entering the Peterhead Bay Harbour or the Harbours of Peterhead:
| a) For the
maintenance of pilotage services |
|
|
| Every vessel
over 50 Gross Tonnes (per entry) |
per GT |
£0.065 |
| Maximum Charge |
|
£600.00 |
All tankers carrying
oil which provide evidence of having Segregated Ballast Tanks
will receive a 17% reduction from the above charge.
b) In addition to the charges in 1(a) the following
scale of charges will apply to every vessel using the services
of a pilot, per act of pilotage
| up to 1,000
GT |
pilotage
charge |
£55.00 |
| over 1,000
up to 2,000 GT |
pilotage
charge |
£65.00 |
| over 2,000
up to 5,000 GT |
pliotage
charge |
£90.00 |
| over
5,000 up to 10,000 GT |
pilotage
charge |
£120.00 |
| over
10,000 up to 20,000 GT |
pilotage
charge |
£150.00 |
| over 20,000
GT |
pilotage
charge |
£200.00 |
A vessel whose Master or Mate has a valid pilotage
exemption certificate and does not use the services of a Peterhead
Pilot, will be exempt from the charges specified in 1(b). The
Charges in (1) include the cost of boarding and landing pilots.
2) Anchorage and Detention
a) When a vessel, having entered the Harbour Area, is required
to anchor to await the first available tide, or is unable to
berth on account of stress of weather or fog, there shall be
no additional charge made for shifting the ship from the anchorage
to her berth, whether the services of a pilot are employed or
not.
b) Where a vessel proceeds from the inner harbour to anchorage
to await clearance after loading or discharge, there shall be
no additional charge made for shifting the ship from anchorage
to sea if the services of a pilot are employed.
c) Vessels anchoring for any other cause shall be subject to
the charges in 1(a) & (b) and if they subsequently employ
the services of a pilot for further shifting will pay the charges
in 1(b)
d) On every occasion when a pilot is detained for more than
one hour while in attendance on a vessel, either before or after
the actual pilotage services are rendered, at the request of
the owner or person in charge, except where detention is caused
by stress of weather, there shall be charged for such detention
for every hour (inclusive of the first hour) or part thereof:
£35
e)
If a vessel's sailing is cancelled after a pilot has been in
attendance a charge of 50% of the relevant amount under 1(b) shall be made in addition to any detention
charge incurred.
The foregoing rates will also be applied to
foreign flag vessels on condition that they produce to the Harbour
Authority an International Tonnage Convention 1969 Certificate
showing the vessel's gross tonnage. Any vessel which does not
have an ITC 69 Certificate shall be charged on a tonnage calculated
with reference to its published dimensions.
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