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PILOTAGE TARIFF

 Ahırkapı – Gelibolu: Entire passage between North and South Marmara

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

Table:2

 Pilot waiting fee is USD 150 per hour and fractions. Above fees include pilot service boat.

 IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES FOR THE SERVICES GIVEN IN THE TURKISH STRAITS

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

 IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES FOR THE SERVICES GIVEN IN TURKISH STRAITS

 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

General Principles Regarding Anchoring Fees

Issues Regarding Anchoring Fees Are Applied As Stated Below:

a) All vessels within the scope of this Directive whose total anchoring time exceeds 72 hours are charged on a daily basis according to subparagraph (e) of this paragraph from the anchoring time.

b) In cases where the anchorage time exceeds 168 hours, the incremental coefficients specified in subparagraph (e) of this paragraph are applied for the days exceeding 168 hours.

c) Daily duration is valid until the end of the current calendar day. A recalculation is made for the next day.

ç) Vessels can pay at their wish 25 (twenty-five) times of the daily fee for a monthly and 6 (six) times the monthly fee for a yearly anchorage fees at the rate of the fees determined in subparagraph (e) of this paragraph.

d) From the ships that have paid monthly or yearly payments :

1) Ships that pay for the all anchorage areas within the scope of TBDTDY ll except for the South Entrance Anchorage Areas of the Bosphorus,

2) Ships that pay for anchorage areas outside the scope of TBDTDY ,

Will  not be subject to additional anchoring dues at the specific anchorage areas they have paid for and will have 30 days free anchorage permission  if they paid monthly dues or 12 months free anchorage permission if they paid yearly anchoring dues at these specific areas.

e) Anchoring fees are applied as follows for the relevant anchorage areas.

1) Anchoring fee for mooring areas outside the scope of TBDTDY,

a) USD 0,002 per GT for Turkish flagged ships and USD 0,004 per GT for foreign flagged ships with an anchorage period up to 168 hours,

b) 0,003 USD per GT for Turkish flagged vessels and 0,006 USD per GT for foreign flagged vessels for anchorage periods over  168 hours .

c) Monthly and annual fee payments shall be based on the coefficients in subparagraph 1(a) of this paragraph.

2) Anchoring fees for the Anchoring areas in Annex-2 of TBDTDY,

a) USD 0,004 per GT for Turkish flagged ships and USD 0,008 per GT for foreign flagged   ships with an anchorage period up to 168 hours,

b) The fee is calculated as 0,006 USD per GT for Turkish flagged and 0,012 USD per GT for 

anchorage periods over 168 hrs .

c) Monthly and annual fee payments shall be based on the coefficients in subparagraph 2(a) of this subparagraph. Anchorage fee for the Istanbul Strait South Entrance Anchorage Areas are paid daily, no monthly or annual payment options are available.

(2) 50 pct discount is applied for Turkish flagged ships which seaworthiness certificate shows    a sailing area as Cabotage area or a lower one .determined per GT within the scope of subparagraph (e) of the first paragraph of this ARTICLE and whose voyage area is   determined as "Cabotage Voyage" or less in the seaworthiness certificate. This discount is not  applied to Turkish flagged vessels other than those even if they are on a cabotage voyage.

(3) The larger GT value shall be taken as basis in the fee accrual of the GT values in the Tonnage Certificates of the ships, and for ships with different GT values in the Tonnage Certificates,

(4) Vessels obliged to make an arrival notification cannot anchor without harbour master’s  anchoring authorization .

(5) Vessels are obliged to notify the port authority, pilotage station or, where available, Vessel Traffic Services Center of the anchorage area, the time of anchorage and the time of departure from the anchorage area immediately.

(6) The anchorage fees are  calculated by multiplying the gross tonnage of the ship with the

relevant coefficients specified in subparagraph (e) of the first paragraph of this ARTICLE as shown in the "Sample Calculation Table Regarding Anchoring Fees" in the Annex of this Directive. The calculated fee shall be converted into Turkish Lira through the e-Government system or the payment channels included in the e-collection system of the Ministry and paid by the ship owners by converting the amount into Turkish Lira at the US Dollar foreign exchange buying rate of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye on the day of payment. The amounts paid shall be recorded as income to the account of the Ministry's Revolving Fund.

(7) It is essential that the fees are paid on the day the ship leaves the anchorage  and this

period cannot exceed 72 hours from the day of departure under any circumstances.

(8) Daily, monthly and annual fees are applied in accordance with the provisions of this Directive and with a 50% discount in cases of out of service waiting at anchor.

Special Provisions For Anchorage Areas Within The Scope of TBDTDY

ARTICLE 7 - (1). Ships passing the straits within the scope of TBDTDY are not charged an anchoring fee at the anchorage areas in Annex-2 of TBDTDY provided that their non-stop transit is not interrupted.

(2) In case the anchoring time of ships that interrupt their non-stop passage or their non-stop passage is interrupted or make a passage with a stopover within the scope of TBDTDY and anchor in the anchorage areas in Annex-2 of TBDTDY exceeds 72 hours, an anchoring fee is charged as of the anchoring time.

Sample Calculation Table for Mooring Fees