(PILOTAGE AND CONSERVANCY) DUES
Pursuant
to the Harbours Act 1964 (as amended), Section 10 of the Pilotage Act 1987, the
Gloucester Harbour Acts and Orders 1899 to 2002 the Gloucester Harbour
Trustees, as Competent Harbour Authority for the Gloucester Harbour, fix the
following schedule of combined Pilotage and Conservancy Dues hereinafter
referred to as “Harbour Dues” (being ship dues for the purposes of the Harbours
Act 1964), Passenger Dues and Goods Dues
to be levied on all vessels, other than a vessel used wholly for
recreation, navigating or remaining within the Gloucester Harbour, with effect
from 1 April 2009:-
1 HARBOUR (PILOTAGE AND CONSERVANCY) DUES
Subject to a minimum of 1000 tonnes Summer
Deadweight, Harbour Dues (which include both pilotage dues and conservancy
dues) will be levied as follows:-
|
a) |
All
pilotage within the |
35p per Summer DWT |
|
(b) |
An
additional charge payable on each and every occasion that a pilot is embarked
or disembarked, or an attempt to embark or disembark a pilot is made or the
pilot launch is mobilised to a cancelled or amended pilotage booking at the
Breaksea/Barry Pilot Station |
£95.00 |
The above charges will be levied on
specialist vessels and those of high volume to mass ratio such as Ro-Ros, car
carriers and passenger ships using a notional Summer Deadweight tonnage for
such vessels that is calculated by applying the following formula:-
“overall length in metres x the extreme breadth in metres x
2”
subject to a minimum charge based on a notional
1000 tonnes Summer Deadweight.
Note:
Charges will be incurred for any act of pilotage which has commenced
whether or not the intended destination is
reached.
2 RETENTION ON BOARD
A charge of £180 will be levied on each occasion on which a
Pilot is retained on board for a tide or part thereof due to operational
requirement, ship breakdown, weather, or at the direct request of a Master.
3 CHARGE FOR ORDERS AND CANCELLATIONS OUTSIDE
DUTY WATCH HOURS
A charge of £30 will be levied on orders
received for pilots outside the hours advertised in the current Notice to Mariners – Pilotage Orders and
Procedures.
4 LATE
ORDERING, CANCELLATION OR
POSTPONEMENT CHARGES
The following charges will be levied where
insufficient notice is given when
a) ordering a pilot,
b) cancelling or postponing an order for a pilot and
c) a pilot attends at any agreed point
of boarding (including Sharpness) to carry out an act of pilotage which is
cancelled or does not take place (an aborted act).
NB In
respect of (c) (above) any charges levied in respect of the pilot boat will
also be payable.
All the times relate to High Water at
Sharpness (
A INWARD
BOUND VESSELS
|
i) |
Notice
is given less than 10 hours but more than 8 hours before |
£30 |
|
ii) |
Notice
is given less than 8 hours before |
£180 |
B INWARD
BOUND VESSELS
(PORTS OF
|
i) |
Notice
is given less than 7 hours but more than 5 hours before |
£30 |
|
ii) |
Notice
is given less than 5 hours before |
£180 |
C OUTWARD
BOUND VESSELS
|
i) |
Notice
is given less than 4 hours but more than 2½ hours before |
£30 |
|
ii) |
Notice
is given less than 2½ hours before |
£100
|
D ABORTED
PASSAGE
When a passage is aborted by the pilot during the
passage because of adverse weather or tidal conditions, provided that the draft and speed
of the vessel given by the ship’s master when making the pilot booking is
accurate, a reduction of 50 % of the harbour dues will be granted to a ship for
the outward/return passage of an aborted passage, irrespective of where in the
act of pilotage the passage was aborted.
A charge for the pilot boat as
set out in 1(b) will also be levied where applicable.
5
COMMERCIAL
(NON-COMPULSORY) VESSELS &
The following charges will be levied for
non-compulsory commercial and port services vessels which wish to engage the
services of an authorised pilot:-
(a) For
vessels boarding/landing at Portishead or Avonmouth £200
(b) For
vessels boarding/landing elsewhere in the
*A charge for the pilot boat
as set out in 1(b) will also be levied where applicable.
6
PILOTAGE FOR LEISURE CRAFT
All matters relating to the provision of
pilotage for leisure craft exempted from compulsory pilotage will be handled
direct by Gloucester Pilots Partnership.
7
ASSISTANT
PILOT OR HELMSMAN
When
circumstances require, an additional pilot or helmsman may be embarked to
assist the pilot in accordance with the Pilotage Directions. No additional charge will normally be made
for this service, but the Trustees reserve the right to make an appropriate
charge in exceptional circumstances.
8
PILOTAGE EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE CHARGES
The following charges will be levied:
Classes A and B
Examination or Re-examination Fee £300
Grant
of Certificate £30
Annual
Renewal of Certificate £30
Amendment
or issue of a duplicate Certificate £30
9
PILOTAGE EXEMPTION PAYMENTS
A charge will be levied for each vessel navigated by a Certificate Holder as follows:-
1) For the first trip either in or out or
within the Harbour commencing on 1 January in each year: full Harbour Dues, and
2) For each subsequent trip up to 31
December in that same year, a conservancy charge as specified in 10, 11 and 12
below.
10 CONSERVANCY
CHARGE – VESSELS
NOT SUBJECT TO COMPULSORY PILOTAGE
Vessels not subject to
compulsory pilotage will be subject to a Conservancy Charge when navigating or
remaining within the
11 FOR VESSELS RE
A Conservancy Charge at the rate specified in paragraph
10 above will be levied for each 24 hour period or part thereof during which a
vessel remains or operates within the
12 FOR
VESSELS MAKING FREQUENT AND REGULAR USE OF THE
The Gloucester Harbour Trustees have power, at their
discretion, to vary or compound the Conservancy Charge payable where vessels
make frequent and regular use of the
13 HARBOUR DUES: BREAKDOWN OF COMPONENTS
The current charge per
dwt shown in section 1 (above) is made up as follows.
Provision of a
pilotage service: 66%
Discharge
of conservancy duties: 34%
14 PASSENGER
DUES
The Gloucester Harbour Trustees do not currently levy Passenger
Dues. However, they reserve the right to introduce such dues should future
circumstances require it.
15 GOODS
DUES
The Gloucester Harbour Trustees do not currently levy Goods
Dues. However, they reserve the right to introduce such Dues should future
circumstances require it. (For example, should there be a necessity or
requirement for special measures to be undertaken to assess, supervise, monitor
or otherwise facilitate the carriage of certain goods through the harbour.)
16 EFFECTIVE
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT
The charges specified in the above List will
be levied on and after
All previous Lists of Charges are cancelled.