About Qingdao Port's collection of port miscellaneous fees

Port fee collection

As a transportation hub, the port provides labor services for ship transportation and cargo loading and unloading with its own equipment, facilities and manpower. According to relevant regulations, the fees charged to each service object are called port fees. This work is called port fee collection work.

Qingdao Freight Forwarding Company

　　The collection of port fees is the final link of the port company’s business activities and reflects the company’s operating results. Therefore, the collection of port fees is a very important task, and it is also a relatively heavy mental work.

　　 Port fees and their types

　　 Port fees are necessary fees paid by the ship or cargo to the port and port management authorities when ships and cargo enter and exit the port. Port fees are divided into port service fees and regulatory fees.

　　Port service fees mainly include loading and unloading fees, cargo storage fees, berthing fees, tugboat fees, transfer fees, mooring fees, switch cabin fees, and freight crane labor fees.

　　Regulation fees refer to the port non-labor fees levied by the port management authority from the ship or cargo party in accordance with relevant regulations, including port service fees, port construction fees and other items.

　　 Ship and cargo costs

　　 If the port charges are divided according to the payment objects, they are divided into ship charges and cargo charges. Ship fees are fees levied on the ship owner, including navigation fees, berthing fees, mooring fees, ship port fees, berthing fees, ship opening and closing fees, ship agency fees, and some miscellaneous operating fees related to the ship.

　　Cargo cost, that is, the cost levied on the goods. Including loading and unloading fees, cargo port fees, port construction fees, cargo storage fees, etc.

　　 charge basic fee

　　The basic fee is the unit rate stipulated by the type of goods and the operation process. The rates in the current various rate tables are all basic charges. The basic fee is generally composed of base price, profit, and related proportional coefficients. For example, the basic fee of loading and unloading fees includes the base price of loading and unloading fees, the coefficient of cargo category, and the coefficient of operation process.

  Additional fee

　　Additional fees are fees added when services are required to be provided outside of the normal working hours set by the port. It is an additional fee based on a certain percentage of the basic rate under certain conditions. The formulation of the fee mainly takes into account the increased risks and difficulties in the production operation, as well as the extension of the rated working time. For example, the "extra-long surcharge" is to compensate for the increased difficulty of loading and unloading over-long cargo, and "night shifts on holidays" "Additional fee" is a kind of compensation for services provided outside of normal work. 

　　 minimum charge

　　 The minimum charge amount is also called the minimum charge amount. It is the minimum amount of each port fee receipt. When calculating port fees according to the prescribed port rate, and the total amount of each document is lower than the prescribed minimum charge amount, the port charge shall be calculated and collected according to the minimum charge amount. In the "Foreign Trade Part" of the "Port Fee Collection Rules", the minimum charge for each bill is 1.00 yuan; the minimum charge for the "Domestic Trade Part" is 0.10 yuan.

  Chargeable Weight

　　 The weight used to calculate port charges is called calculated weight, and its unit of measurement is billable ton. The chargeable ton of goods is divided into weight ton (W) and volume ton (M). The weight ton is based on the gross weight of the cargo with 1000 kilograms as a weight ton; the volume ton is based on the volume of the cargo "measured on a full foot", with one cubic meter as a volume ton. 

　　 "Choose the big to collect"

　　The current foreign trade import and export cargo loading and unloading parts are all billed in tons by weight (except for tally billing). For cargoes transported along the coast and land operations, the billing method of "Choose the Larger" is implemented. "Choose the Larger" is between the weight and volume of the cargo, and the larger is used as the measurement standard. Fee method. 

　　The port's regulations on the import unit and billing unit

　　 In the general provisions of the "Port Fee Collection Rules", the following provisions are made for the adjustment unit and the billing unit:

　　 Ships with net tonnage (no net tonnage based on gross tonnage and no gross tonnage based on deadweight tonnage) as the unit of measurement are less than one ton as one ton, and for horsepower as the unit of measurement, less than one horsepower is calculated as one horsepower. For ships without net tonnage, gross tonnage and deadweight tonnage, port charges will be calculated at 500 tons.

　　 The billing unit is calculated on the calendar day, the less than one day is counted as one day, when the hour is the billing unit, the less than one hour is counted as one hour.

　　The weight of the goods is calculated based on the gross weight (including the package weight), and the ton (1000 kg) is the billing unit. The weight of each item of each bill of lading or bill of lading shall be calculated at least as 10 kilograms, the mantissa exceeding 10 kilograms shall be rounded up, and the goods of the same grade shall be added together. For goods with a converted weight, the calculation shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the "Cargo Weight Conversion Table". The weight and volume of import and export goods shall be subject to the weight and volume listed on the bill of lading or shipping order. In addition to the same as the above, the billing unit and adjustment method of the "domestic trade part" have the following differences:

　　 If the meter is used as the unit of charge, less than one square meter will be counted as one square meter. The container is charged as a natural container.

　　The billing information and attention issues that the shipping agency should provide to the port

　　In order to settle port charges in a timely manner, the shipping agency shall provide the following information to the port billing department in a timely manner:

The nature of the ship (referring to the ship is a foreign ship, charter ship, national ship or Sino-foreign joint venture ship) tonnage, payment object (mainly refers to the payment object such as cargo loading and unloading fee, crane labor cost, etc.), manifest, cargo volume (loading) chart Wait.

The above information provided by 　　 should:

  precise. All materials should be accurate and correct to avoid errors or missed receipts. If errors occur, they should be contacted in time and corrected with a formal work contact list.

　　 in time. According to regulations, various fee collection materials shall be provided to the billing department of the Port Authority in written form at the latest on the day the ship arrives at the port, otherwise all the fees shall be cleared to the agency company.

　　The billing information that the cargo owner should provide to the port and what issues should be paid attention to?

　　 The cargo owner shall provide the port billing department with the billing details of bulky, over-long, light-bubble, and dangerous goods in a timely and accurate manner. Consignors should pay attention to the following issues when providing these materials:

　　 accuracy. The number of pieces, unit weight, overlength condition, volume, etc. of each grade of bulky cargo are required to be accurate. If the ambiguity is unclear or the list is not provided, the billing department will charge the port according to the highest rate in the bill of lading or loading order. cost. The size data of the invoice must be accurate. If it is found to be inaccurate, the fee will be calculated based on the result of the review, and measurement fees and working hours will be charged for some of the goods measured during the review.

　　Timeliness. Consignors should pay attention to the information provided in a timely manner to avoid sending the information to the port billing department after the port fee has been collected and settled. The general rule is that the relevant information should be sent to the port billing department from the day the export ship leaves the port.

　　How can the shipper pay the port fee at the port?

　　 When cargo owners pick up imported goods or send export goods, they should pay port fees in accordance with the regulations, and shippers generally adopt cash payment methods when paying port fees. Cash payment includes payment by cheque or cash. Before picking up or shipping the goods, the owner of the goods should pay the fee in the "business hall" (or document room) of the port company where they are located. For cargo owners who arrive at the port for import and export business for the first time, in the case of unclear creditworthiness, they can also use the form of indefinite check as collateral, which will be settled after the goods are picked up or sent (checks are generally applicable in Tianjin).

　　 port charges

　　 Port charges are fees levied on ships and goods for the maintenance and maintenance of port buildings and dredging channels to facilitate the safe entry and exit of ships and goods in and out of the port and the convenience of use. Port charges are divided into separate items according to ship port charges and cargo port charges, and are levied on ships and goods entering and leaving the port. 

　　Ship port charges and its collection standards

　　The fees levied on ships in port charges are called ship port charges. Ships are collected by net tonnage (tugboats are calculated by horsepower) by number of times, and entering and leaving the port are calculated separately. The port charge standard for foreign trade ships is 0.71 yuan/ton, and the port charge standard for coastal ships is 0.25 yuan per net ton.

　　Exemption of ship port charges

　　According to the current relevant regulations, all ships in distress and refuge, non-operating military, public security, border defense, customs, quarantine, fishing, and working ships in the port, and ships that do not carry passengers or goods are exempt from shipping port charges. Ships entering the port without unloading or disembarking passengers will be exempted from port charges for imported ships. Ships leaving the port without loading and picking up passengers will be exempted from port fees for export ships, but tourist ships entering or leaving the port will be subject to port charges.

　　The passenger and freight fee income of imported or exported ships is less than twice the vessel port charges and the certificate is exempted.

　　 Goods exempt from cargo port charges

Mail (except postal parcels), baggage checked with passenger tickets, parcels checked in according to passenger transportation procedures, ship fuel materials, loading padding materials for the ship, package equipment accompanied by packaged goods, ice and anti-corrosion used with fresh fish Salt, necessary feed with live animals, embassy items, United Nations items, gifts, exhibits, samples, and international transit goods are exempt from cargo port charges. In addition to the exemption of the above items, there are the following exemption principles for coastal goods: military goods, goods temporarily unloaded in the port due to accidents and still need to be transported to the original port of arrival; goods used for the construction and production of the port and purchased and sold Ship; cargo imported to the port but not unloaded, and the original ship is returned to other ports after the order is changed.

　　Cargo port charges and their collection standards

　　The fees levied on goods entering and leaving the port in the port charges are called cargo port charges. According to relevant regulations, foreign import and export goods handled through ports shall be levied a cargo port charge separately for the import or export of the goods.