Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) has released its Reference Tariff Schedule (RTS) for port fees to come into effect from 1 July 2013.
The Reference Tariff Schedule will see increases in fees for the movement of containers and motor vehicles as well as for channel fees and the Channel Deepening Project Infrastructure levy.
A statement released by the PoMC said that a failure to meet forecast trade figures for 2012-13 (by approximately $3 million) had led to the ‘under’ recovery of the funds required to pay the Port Licence Fee and therefore the need to increase charges for the following financial year to make up the shortfall.
The impact on some specific fees and charges, as set out in the RTS, is as follows:
- Wharfage for loaded twenty foot containers will increase by $3.20 to $64.40 per TEU plus GST
- Wharfage charges for empty containers will increase by $0.80 to $16.00 per TEU plus GST
- Motor vehicle charges will increase by an average of $1.82 per motor vehicle to $37.96 plus GST
- Channel fees will increase on average by 5.2%
- The discount on channel fees provided to cruise vessels will decrease by 5% to 25%
- The Channel Deepening Project (CDP) Infrastructure levy will remain unchanged and will not be subject to a CPI escalation this year.
Read the PoMC media release: http://www.portofmelbourne.com/media/current-media-releases/2013/may/reference-tariff-schedule
Find out more on the PoMC website: http://www.portofmelbourne.com
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