AI-assisted research summary: When providing port services, the Authority must follow listed terms and conditions, including submitting tariff books, informing port users, and applying charges only in specified cases.
5. The Authority shall, when providing ports services, comply with the following terms and conditions: (a) prepare and submit to the Corporation tariff books for sea and lake ports in accordance with paragraph 4 within fourteen days after publication of the Order. (b) provide sufficient information to port users on the scope of services rendered; (c) not subject a regulated service provider to (d) (e) licensing requirements; charge hatch opening and closing activities only when staff and equipment of the Authority are deployed; apply heavy lift charge for cargo moving on its own wheels only when such cargo requires special attention by the Authority to facilitate 2 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Sea and Lake Ports Tariff) GN. NO. 757 (Contd) (f) (g) (h) (i) for embarkation loading or discharging including towing; assess and prepare a plan for provision of necessary cargo handling equipment and and infrastructure disembarkation of domestic animals in lake ports. The plan should be submitted to the Corporation within six months from the date of publication of this Order; comply with directives issued by the Bank of Tanzania on dealing in foreign currencies within the United Republic of Tanzania to facilitate payments in equivalent Tanzanian Shillings; enhance marketing campaigns for the purpose of attracting more traffic to the ports; create awareness to port users on the approved tariffs for sea and lake ports; to free accompanying luggage of fisheries cargo to lake ports’ passengers; twenty kilograms of (j) grant up GN No. 459 of 2022 (k) operations of Kigamboni manifold not to be (l) charged; and align with the Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Inland Clearance Depot Tariff) Order, 2022. _____________ FIRST SCHEDULE ______________ (Made under paragraph 4(a)) SEA PORTS TARIFFS Tariff Item Hire of pilot boat Supply of dispersants/foam Unit of Charge one hour or part thereof per litre Charge (VAT exclusive) USD 500 USD 15 3 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Sea and Lake Ports Tariff) GN. NO. 757 (Contd) Tariff Item Verification – Full Container Load (FCL) for customs examination Wharfage for transit containers Wharfage on transshipment cargo at Tanga and Mtwara ports Wharfage on transshipment general cargo at Tanga and Mtwara ports Gross mass verification at Tanga and Mtwara ports Surcharge on dangerous goods - - - foot foot foot to 20 to 20 Unit of Charge foot - to 20 - foot up container over 20 container up container over 20 container up container- import over 20 container- import up 20-foot container- export over 20-foot container- export up to 20-foot container over 20-foot container foot to - local local tansit transit transit transit transit transit Harbour Ton Charge (VAT exclusive) USD 90 USD 140 USD 80 USD 140 USD 90 USD 180 USD 75 USD 150 Not applicable Not applicable USD 2 per container USD 30 percent of stevedoring charges on loose or containerized cargo percent of shore handling charges on loose or containerized cargo percent of storage charges on loose or containerized cargo ten percent of stevedoring charges ten percent of shore handling charges twenty percent of storage charges Note: Other tariff items not listed in this Schedule are approved as per the tariff Application Book for Sea Ports Ref. No.: JA.570/671/01-E/31 dated 22nd May, 2023 submitted to the Corporation in accordance with regulation 8(1) of the Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Tariff) Regulations, 2020, GN. No. 7 of 2020. 4 Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Sea and Lake Ports Tariff) GN. NO. 757 (Contd) _______________ SECOND SCHEDULE _______________ (Made under paragraph 4(b)) LAKE PORTS TARIFFS Tariff Item Unit of Charge Charge (VAT exclusive) Stevedoring on empty crates Wharfage on empty crates Shore handling for direct delivery on empty crates cargo Shore handling for indirect delivery on empty crates cargo Dockage and buoyage for Tanzanian registered vessel for Buoyage charges Tanzanian registered vessel moored at a port for cargo canvassing for Buoyage charges foreign registered vessel moored at a port for cargo canvassing Harbour Ton Harbour Ton Harbour Ton Harbour Ton per day for vessel with length overall up to 15 metres per day for vessel with length overall between 16 metres and 50 metres per day for vessel with length overall between 51 metres and 70 metres per day for vessel with length overall between 71 metres and 90 metres per day for vessel with length overall above 90 metres percent of dockage charges percent of dockage charges 5 USD 1.5 USD 1 USD 2 USD 3 USD 6 USD 12 USD 16 USD 20 USD 24 fifteen percent of normal dockage charges twenty percent of normal dockage charges Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Sea and Lake Ports Tariff) GN. NO. 757 (Contd) Tariff Item Unit of Charge Dockage and buoyage charges (inclusive of and mooring unmooring) for Tanzanian registered vessel at minor/cluster ports (within the same lake’s territorial waters) per month for a single port call for vessel with length overall of less than or equal to 10 metres per month for at least two port calls for vessel with length overall of less than or equal to 10 metres per month for a single port call for vessel with length overall between 11 metres and 15 metres per month for at least two port calls for vessel with length overall between 11 metres and 15 metres per month for a single port call for vessel with length overall above 15 metres per month for at least two port calls for vessel with length overall above 15 metres Domestic boats/dhows for irregular docking per call Charge (VAT exclusive) TZS 8,000 TZS 16,000 TZS 16,000 TZS 32,000 TZS 20,000 TZS 40,000 TZS 5,000 Note: Other tariff items not listed in this Schedule are approved as per the tariff Application Book for Lake Ports Ref. No.: JA.570/671/01-E/31 dated 22nd May, 2023 submitted to the Corporation in accordance with regulation 8(1) of the Tanzania Shipping Agencies (Tariff) Regulations, 2020 GN. No. 7/2020. Dar es Salaam, 22nd October, 2023 KAIMU ABDI MKEYENGE Director General 6