PILOTAGE TARIFF  ( FOR TRANSIT PASSAGE )

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Ahırkapı – Gelibolu: Entire passage between North and South Marmara

Marmara Port:Any port in Sea of Marmara out of Istanbul Port borders

 

BASIC FEE TABLE FOR PILOTAGE SERVİCES GIVEN OUT OF THE PORT

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TYPE OF THE SERVICE                                                                            Up to 1000 GRT         each additional  1000 GRT and its fraction 

1- Entrance to and exit from the Golden Horn                                  440                                115

2- Passage through Istanbul or Çanakkale Straits                      400                                85

3- Ahırkapı-Gelibolu or Marmara Port or its equivalent                   400                                85

4- Passing from one place to another within borders

     of Istanbul Port (except of Strait passage)                                     332                                46

5- Anchoring or heaving up in Büyükdere, Paşabahçe,

     Dolmabahçe and Golden Horn anchorage areas                         400                                 85

6- Anchoring or heaving up in anchorage areas of the

     Çanakkale Strait, Karanlık Port, Ahırkapı, Kumkapı,

     Bakırköy and Yeşilköy                                                                         186                                33

7- Showing the anchorage area, anchoring and heaving

     up, changing the anchorage area (for each service)                     89                                   57

 

Table:2

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Pilot waiting fee is USD 120 per hour and fractions. Above fees include pilot service boat.

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IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES FOR THE SERVICES GIVEN IN THE TURKISH STRAITS

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Principles for Pilotage Services: The service stated in lines 2 and 3 of table T.2 compromise a lap. One lap is 3 hours in Istanbul Strait, 5 hours in Çanakkale Strait and 10 hours for passing through the Sea of Marmara. For each excess hour and fraction over lap times; an additional fee, which is calculated by diving lap fee to the lap time, is added on the lap fees. Each lap is started when the pilot comes on board and ends when he / she leaves the board.

 If pilot is left due to any reason before point of arrival, the service is deemed completed; in case of a request for a second pilot, also a second service fee is collected separately.

The Ships Stopped in the Turkish Straits: No fee is collected for additional pilotage services, waiting period, anchoring and heaving up services to be given obligatorily to the ships anchoring during their transit passage or passage with stops for a search and control in the ship in line with the instructions given by the Turkish Coast Guard Command, Police Department and / or judicial authorities or due to suspension of traffic in the strait temporarily by the Port Authority or VTS.

Failure of Non – Stopover Passage: If the vessels’ non – stoppover passage fails due to the fact that they had an accident in any location in Marmara or were detained by competent authorities after they pass the strait as non – stopover, no pilotage fee is collected the Strait passage that they completed witout pilot.

 Principles Related to Pilotage Services Given in Accordance with the Additional Passage Rules:

1.Lap pilotage fee for ships with an overall lenght over 300 meters and having a total towing lenght of 300 meters and over 300 meters is collected with an additional amount of 100 % of the original fee.

2. Lap pilotage fee for ships with an air draught over 54- 58 meters for Istanbul Strait and ships with an water draft over 35 meters which will pass the Turkish Straits, platforms which are used for laying underwater pipes or oil and antural gaz exploration and other sea vehicles not in the form of a ship is collected with an additional amount of 200 % .The gross tonnage calculation of sea vehicles not in the form of a ship excluding sea vehicle such as Dock, Dummy Barge, Buoy Split ,Hopper Barge , Floating Crane and Barge is to be calculated by multiplying underwater width, length and height (M3)

3. If the service can’t be rendered at the additional service practices applied in scheduled passages due to the reasons not attributable to the oraganization, only the basic fee of the service is collected.

4. If the pilotage services for the passage of Strais which already started can’t be redered because of the force majeure “such as adverse weather condition”,only 50% of the basic fee Schedule is collected.

Ships Going to Shipyards: For pilotage services to be given for ships, floating cranes and other similar sea vehicles entering to or leaving shipyards located in the coast of Sea of Marmara for maintenance and repair purposes and ships which are constructed in these shipyards, a discount rate of 50 % is applied to the basic fee.

Pilotage Fee for Towed Vessels: Pilotage fee for towed passages through the Turkish Straits is calculated basing on the total GRT of the towing and towed vessels.

Ship to be tied up the Pier:  ıf the service for vessels which will come alongside the piers and berth in Haliç, Karaköy, Sarayburnu, Haydarpaşa and Zeyport and ships anchoring in Dolmabahçe or mooring to a buoy here starts from mooring borders of the South entrance of Istanbul Strait,no fee is collected for Strait passage or shifting from one point to another point.

 

TOWAGE TARIFF

 

BASIC FEE TABLE FOR HIRING SEA VEHICLES

Power of the vehicle (TBP)

Fee per hour and fractionsfor scheduled escort services and hiring (US Dollar)

Fee per hour and fractionsfor non-scheduled escort services and hiring (US Dollar)

 Up to 0 -    9,9                  300    450

 Up to 10 – 19,9                400    600

 Up to 20 – 39,9                800    1200

 Up to 40 – 59,9                1200  1800

 Up to 60 – 79,9                1600  2400

 Up to 80 – 99,9                2200  3300

 Up to 100 and above      3800  5700

 

Table: 3

1-Waiting fee is half of the basic fee. If a pilot boat is hired for a purpose other than hiring purpose, a fee of USD 300 is collected for each hour and fractions. The fixed fee for scheduled escort service given to tank Ships in Istanbul strait is USD 6000.

2-Special rental demans of  ERV Nene Hatun Ship without vessels purpose of Emergency Response ; will be priced than official tariff as separately

 

 IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES FOR THE SERVICES GIVEN IN TURKISH STRAITS

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 Principles for Towage Services

 1- Use of hired sea vechile for a purpose other than hiring purpose and scope is subject to approval of the organization.

 2- Fees for scheduled and non – scheduled escort services exculuding Salvage – Assistance situations are calculated basing on the basic fees stated in table 3. In any case, minimum 1 hour service fee is collected. For service time exceding 1 hour, one forth of the fee is collected for each 15 minutes and fractions.

 3- For taking a scheduled escort service, the related request must have been submitted before SP2 Report or before departure from the port / berthing place.

 4- Powered sea vehicles hiring fee is collected for a time period which starts when the sea vehicle is left the berthing place and ends by returning of the cehilce to the same place. However, the periods in which no services have been given due to fault of the Institution shall not be taken into consideration during calculation of the cost.

 5- In case powered sea vehicles are waited without running their engine, waiting period fee stated in table 3 is collected.

 6- In towed passages,  if a tugboat having the pulling power envisaged in the report is not avaible and /or the desired pulling power is obtained by use of towboats in different pulling powers, the applicable fee is calculated basing on the boat number and / or pulling power envisaged in the report.

 7- If the service can’t be redered at the additional service practices applied in scheduled passges due to the reasons not attributable to the organization, only the basic fee of the service is collected.

 8- Tugboat sevice redered within the scope of the safety of navigation, life, property and environment on the outside of Istanbul and Çanakkale Straits is only sebjected to the fees specified in hiring column of table. 

 9- If the scheduled passage doesn’t commence due to suspension of traffic in strait temporaily no fee will be collected.

 Additional Fees: 

1- Hourly tugboat fee for ship with an overall lenght over 300 meters and having a total towing length of 300 meters and over 300 meters is collected with an additional amount of 200 % of original fee.

2- Hourly togboat fee for ships with an air draught over 54 – 58 meters for Istanbul Strait and vessels with a water draft over 25 meters which will pass the Turkish Straits, platforms which are used for

laying underwater pipes, or oil and natural gaz exploration and other sea vehicles not in the form of a ship is collected with an additional amount of 300 % of the original fee.

 

 ANCHORING TARIFF FOR ALL PORTS (For vessels which violate transit status)

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It is received for all Turkish ports upon request once a time monthly and annually for Cargo and passanger vessels whose anchoring time passes 3 days.

Vessels monthly coefficient is GT X 0,05 US Dollar,

Annually coefficient is GT X 0,10 US Dollar.