Tariffs Port Tariffs Free Zone Tariffs

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	Chapter One – Fees due from Maritime Agencies
Fees on ships Fees on unloading operations, shipping, transport, loading and stowing containers from the ship to the yard and vice versa. Fees on unloading operations, shipping, loading and unloading General Cargo Rental fees for equipment outside port carriage operations Work fees outside official hours per request of Maritime Agency or Merchants Employee and laborer hourly fees during or outside official working time Management experts expenses Weight fees on axle scales Package repair fees Insurance fees in case of Management’s driver services provision to others Fees on passengers and their baggage Fees for additional documentation Fees for identity card       Chapter Two – Port fees on container goods (Merchant).       Chapter Three – Port fees on General Cargo       Chapter Four – Various Provisions

  I – Fees on ships : Maritime units which dock or berths inside or outside the basins pay the following tariffs per linear meter and per day or part thereof / day calculated at 24 hours actual docking or berthing. 

  

Table No. 1
Category of Vessels	1st category less than 76 meters		2nd category from 76 to 125 meters		3rd category from 126 to 175 meters		4th category more than 175 meters
Periods of time	USD meter/day	Minimum  fee	USD meter/day	Minimum  fee	USD meter/day	Minimum  fee	USD meter/day	Minimum  fee
Day 1 to day 5	1.5	250	2.25	400	3.25	600	4	750
Each day after day 5	2		3.5		4.5		6
Berthing within bassins	1	150	1.5	250	2	350	3	550
Berthing outside bassins	0.5	75	1	125	1	175	1	225

 Note:

1. a) Lebanese flag ships and/or wooden ships pay 50% of applicable tariffs according to usage type whilst observing minimum fees and are exempt from docking fees within the protected area except for petroleum and oil vessels.
   b) Touristic and passenger boats as well as RORO vessels pay 65% of applicable tariffs according to usage type whilst observing minimum fees.
2. Vessels residing in the basins for the purpose of provisioning other sea going vessels without undertaking any other commercial activity are liable to a $300 fixed monthly fee for each month or part thereof. Those outside the basins in the protected area and those attached to the pilot station are subject to a fixed $200 monthly fee for each month or part thereof.
3. Container ship fees are applied to all ships entering the port carrying containers even if it brings in General Cargo at the same time within the same voyage.
4. Are exempted from the above fees:

-Military ships.
-Lebanese state ships not engaged in commercial activity.
-Ships waiting outside basins due to congestion or management delay.

The above mentioned tariffs are applied to the Maritime Agent or owner of goods according to the following table:

1. Operations of container carriage on dock are compulsory when using the 225 Tons and 300 Tons cranes and when using the ship's own gear

2. Fees for unloading or loading ship's cargo hole covers are charged according to the code N2 of table 3

The above mentioned tariffs are applied to the Maritime Agent or owner of goods according to the following table:

 

Table No. 3
Description of the operation	Loading/unloading vessels  Shipping agents		Charging/discharging within parks and warehouses (traders)
	Code	$/ton	Code	$/ton
Metals, paletized goods, larges sacks, packed goods, paper paste, paper rolls	N1	2	Q1	1.5
Unpacked goods and less than 3 tons (sacks, boxes, barrils, ...), timber & wood, glass & mirrors, rock blocks, bulky goods (charcoal, sand, ...)	N2	3	Q2	2
Light goods (Wool, cotton, empty cans boxes and barrils, paper tissue ...)	N3	5	Q3	3.5
Heavy goods from 3 to 30 tons, chassis, all kinds of vehicules and boats	N4	6	Q4	4
Heavy goods from 31 to 50 tons	N5	16	Q5	11
Heavy goods more than 50 tons	N6	30	Q6	20

Notes:

1. In the event of the noted unloading or shipping operation above mentioned being carried out by the ships’ own gear a fee of 20% of the tariffs in the table is applied with exception of the following cases:

1. Trans shipment operations from one ship to another without using docks.
2. Goods unloaded through silos equipment.
3. Bulk cargo vessels unloading by their own suction equipments are exempted from fees only if they use port support engins according to table 4
4. Liquid bulk carried out by the ships own suction equipments in this case a fee of 10% of the tariffs is applied

2. When GM225/GM300 mobile lifters are used in mentioned unloading or shipping operations under N2, N3 and N4 work is calculated on actual hour used.
3. The maritime agent or merchant benefiting from N6 and / or Q6 operations must pay an additional insurance of $5 for each ton.

Rental tariffs for equipment by maritime agent are set as per the following table:

Op. Code	Equipment type	Unit	$
EQ10	Forklift under 10 tons on dock	hour	15
EN10	Forklift under 10 tons within ship’s hold	hour	19
EAQ10	Forklift under 10 tons with receptacle on dock	hour	22
EAN10	Forklift under 10 tons with receptacle in ship’s hold	hour	28
EN20	Forklift from 10 tons  to 20 tons with receptacle in ship’s hold	hour	30
EQ20	Forklift from 10 tons to 20 tons on dock	hour	25
EQ40	Forklift from 20 to 40 tons on dock	hour	70
EQ40	Forklift from 20 to 40 tons in ship’s hold	hour	90
PQ1	Harrow on dock	hour	40
PN1	Harrow in ship’s deck	hour	50
CC1	Citern for water transportation	trip	48
TRV	Tractor for towing vehicles as per manifest	vehicle	3
CMQ	Transporter for moving General Cargo (dock and warehouse)	trip	14
CMN	Transporter for moving General Cargo from and inside RORO	ton	19
BM1	Port receptacle for grain and bulky goods	hour	1
GM80	Mobile forklift below 80 tones	hour	40
GM140	Mobile forklift from 80 to 139 tons	hour	60
GM225	Mobile forklift from 140 to 219 tons	hour	80
GM300	Mobile forklift from 220 and above	hour	120
RMQ	Trailer with up to 40 tons capacity	hour	15

Note:

1- In case of non-cancellation of work requested by Maritime Agencies for Sundays and official holidays before twelve o’clock of the last working day Prior to the appointment for this requested work the equivalent of two hours .Rental per piece of equipment requested is payable to the Management.
2- Hours are calculated according to the actual usage of the equipment with a minimum of 2 hours per machine.
3- When renting a forklift for work inside a ship the fees for loading and unloading the equipment are considered as one operation

Work outside the official working hours are charged as follows:

$35 to Depot door or space.

A minimum of 5 hours is chargeable on Sundays and holidays.

Overtime is charged from the end of the official working hours until the end of the actual work for the shipping agents and only for the actual hours worked for the Merchants

VI - Employee and laborer hourly fees during or outside official working time:

Every overtime hour worked by employees and laborers of the Management and Exploitation of the Port of Beirut for others’ account and at their request is charged as follows: Employee = $10

Laborer = $6

When the party concerned asks for work to be done on the goods (separating, collating or weighing…) in depots $50 is charged for each working hour inclusive of use of an EQ10 forklift.

VII – Management experts expenses:

The Management and Exploitation of the Port of Beirut charges by virtue of work execution permission a fixed $65 fee for each expertise undertaken by its experts with insurance companies or experts delegated by the competent courts. If the Port Authority is found responsible, the $65 fee will be returned.

VIII – Weight fees on axle scales:

A weight charge of $3 is charged per loaded truck for each operation and $1 for an empty truck for each operation.

X – Insurance fees in case of Management’s driver services provision to others:

In the event of Management’s driver services provision to others an insurance fee of $20 is payable for every 24 hour period or part thereof.

IX – Package repair fees:

Damaged or suspect packages coming into depots are repaired de facto and they are weighed and its weight after repair is marked in red ink for which a $3 charge per repaired package is made irrespective of type inclusive of sack supplied by the management.

X – Insurance fees in case of Management’s driver services provision to others:

In the event of Management’s driver services provision to others an insurance fee of $20 is payable for every 24 hour period or part thereof.

XI – Fees on passengers and their baggage:

The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges a fee of $15 for each outbound or inbound passenger. Children under the age of twelve are exempt from this fee, as are military personnel and Lebanese employees departing on official business outside the country as well as tourists arriving to or leaving from Port of Beirut 

Passengers passing through Port of Beirut on as a stop in a Tour pay a charge of $5 each.

The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges a fee of $3 portage for every package on packages consigned in the passenger hall and the Management charges $3 in lieu of storage for each package per day.

XII – Fees for additional documentation:

The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges a fee of $15 for a photocopy or true copy of original of each entry docket or defect report or supervision or other report as it charges $15 for each fees refund operation, and each request for information, and for each work execution permission cancelled upon the request of the principal in addition to the value of fiscal stamps.

  XIII – Fees for identity card:

The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges the accredited dealers with the Port a fee of $15 for each Identity Card issued for one year or less.

1. The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges the fees outlined in the following table on incoming or reshipped goods within containers:

Note:

1. Containers arriving by sea, remaining within the port area and thereafter returned by sea “Transshipment” are subject to special discounted fees of only 10 USD/20' and 15 USD/40' on condition that their stay does not exceed the fifteen days period and if they do they are subject to transit fees as per above table as from the sixteenth day of their stay.

2. If a container contains different goods of different natures the higher fee is applied except for promotional material and sample which are free of charge.

3. FLC's being unloaded in warehouses are charged according to the fees in Table 5

2- Additional storage:

The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges an additional storage charge for each full container irrespective of customs status as follows:

For each additional 15 day period	20’ container	40’ container
Local consumption, temporary admission	$50	$75
Transit, free zone, export, reexport and reimport	$30	$40

 

*Part of a period is considered a full period.

Note: Every container whose period of storage in the yards exceeds 45 days (3 periods) is not discharged into the depots except against withdrawal permit with deposit in the total amount of the fees due on the container and its contents in addition to the pre-calculated storage fee for up to six months (12 periods) as from date of emptying container.  

3 - Storage fees for empty containers or trailers:

Empty containers or trailers are, from the moment they are emptied of their goods or their entry empty, subject to the following storage fees:

4. The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port charges $4 for seal as follows:

- For every container entering Port of Beirut
- For every additional metal seal 

5. The Management and Exploitation of Beirut Port may conclude special agreements with Maritime Agencies to bring new maritime lines and encourage transshipment against promotional discounts on comprehensive container unloading and shipping operations.

General Cargo arriving for local consumption or similar or which is shipped in customs transit or

Free Zone or which is for export or re-export is subject to the following fees:

Table No. 8: Fees on Conventional Cargo
Nature of goods		Local consumption and temporary admission		Transit, Free Zone, Export, Reexport and Reimport		Transhipment
		US$/ton including 15 days storage	Us$/ton direct shipment	US$/ton including 15 days storage	Us$/ton direct shipment	US$/ton within 15 days period
B1	Miscellaneous	5.5	3	3	2	1
B2	Goods in bags	5	2.5	3	2	1
B3	Bulky grains & vegetable oil, all kinds of steel	3	1.5	3	1.5	1
B4	All kind of bulk cargo	3	2.25	3	1.5	1
B5	Scrap metal	3.5	2.25	3.5	2.25	1
B6	Rock blocks, metals, potato & onions, beams & special metal structures, cement	7.5	5	3	2	1
B7	Canned foodstuff, fresh fruits & vegetables, glass & mirrors, barrils & cans, chassis	15	10	3	2	1
B8	All kinds of machines & equipments, electrical supplies, all kinds of spare parts, wooden products, empty containers, clothing & footware, plants & flowers	25	15	3	2	1
B9	alcoholic beverages, LCL cargo, K5 & K6 goods mentioned in table 5	50	35	12	8	1
B10	All vehicules weighing less than 2 tons	200 per vehicule	200 per vehicule	50 per vehicule	30 per vehicule	10 per vehicule
B11	All vehicules weighing between 2 tons and 10 tons	300 per vehicule	300 per vehicule	75 per vehicule	50 per vehicule	15 per vehicule
B12	All vehicules weighing more than 10 tons	30/ton	10/ton	100 per vehicule	75 per vehicule	25 per vehicule
B13	Motorcycles with engins less than 250cc	25 per motorcycle	25 per motorcycle	10/ton	7/ton	5 per vehicule
B14	Motorcycles with engins 250cc and more	75 per motorcycle	75 per motorcycle	20/ton	15/ton	5 per vehicule
B15	Petroleum products	-	1	-	0.5	-
B16	Cattle: big/small	-	2/0.2	-	2/0.2	-

Note:

1. Goods arriving overland loaded on trucks when cleared for local consumption are subject to a fee amounting to 40% of the dues in the above table.
2. Goods arriving overland on trucks which enter the port area for customs inspection and thereafter is taken out by road in transit are subject to a fee of $10 for each truck and each day and part of a day is calculated as a whole day.
3. The port fees mentioned above for sheep (sheep/large/small) do not include portage which is for the merchant’s account.
4. Transhipment cargo could be moved to the storage areas to avoid 
5. Conventional cargo imported to Beirut with IM7-4 type of customs' declaration (industrial warehouse) are charged only at a rate of 50% of fees mentioned in table 8 while vehicles pay only 30 %

On incoming or re-shipped General Cargo, irrespective of customs status, which are stored in depots or put on docks, the following additional storage charges are levied by The Management and Exploitation of the Port of Beirut:

1. General Cargo
   
   

Periods of stay	Tariff in US$ per ton
Second fifteen days period	3
Third fifteen days period	4
Each additional fifteen days period after third period	6

2. Vehicle equipment irrespective of weight

1. Dock works for specified operations:

A work fee of $0.5 per square meter per day is charged for licensed sacking operations, container or ship repairs and which necessitate placing of equipment and apparatus on dock or within the yards with a minimum of $25 per day providing the works in each separate operation do not exceed ten days. A fee of 3000 USD is charged for the annual occupancy of an area of 50 square meter for the above mentioned works


2. Management Services charges:

Effective 1/1/1999 The Management and Exploitation of the Port of Beirut charges merchants for each clearing operation and from maritime agencies against all receipts as one payment relating to each voyage of each ship, similarly on shipping formalities of empty containers a charge of 2% for each clearing operation.


3. Electrical supply fee:

4. Fresh water supply fee through dock supplies:

When maritime agencies request provision of fresh water to ships by way of dock supplies the Management and Exploitation of the Port of charges $4 for each cubic meter with a $48 minimum.



5. Setting the upper limit for storage fees:

The maximum storage fee is set at half the value of the goods stored outside the Free Zone.


6. Special reductions:

a) The Management charges for actual services of transit fees on diplomatic goods for diplomatic missions working in Lebanon, United Nations forces, UNRWA, Supreme Relief Commission, Red Cross, Red Crescent, Caritas, UNIFIL, Lebanese Army, State security forces, Donations to official departments and establishments, Public Welfare associations instituted by decree, these goods placed in local consumption subject to their obtaining a decision from the council of ministers by which they pay the minimum cutom taxes. In case of total exemption of custom taxes, the subject goods will benefit from a 50% reduction on transit fees .
b) The Management charges the transit fees on goods bound for destruction with a minimum fee of 50 USD. The actual costs of the destruction is paid by the goods owner.

7. Setting U. S. Dollar conversion rate:

The middle rate set at the beginning of each month by the Bank of Lebanon is adopted for calculation of duties.


8. Annulment of previous texts: