Port de Tripoli - Announcements

Fees on Ships

1. Berthing and Anchoring Fees

Maritime units which anchor or berth inside or outside the bassins pay the following tariffs per ton and per day or part thereof / day calculated at 24 hours actual docking or berthing:

Table 1 - Foreign vessels

Category of Vessels
Periods of time		USD ton/day	Minimum fee	USD ton/day	Minimum fee	USD ton/day	Minimum fee
Berthing	Day 1 to day 5	0.04	150	0.03	300	0.025	450
	Day 6 to day 10	0.07		0.05		0.035
	Each day after day 10	0.07		0.07		0.04
Anchoring within bassins	Day 1 to day 30	0.025	150	0.025	300	0.025	450
Anchoring within bassins	Each day after day 30	0.07		0.07		0.07

Note:

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.

RORO vessels pay only 65% of applicable tariffs according to usage type whilst observing minimum fees.

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.

Anchoring outside the bassins is free of charge.

Are exempted from the above fees:
- Military ships.
- Lebanese state ships not engaged in commercial activity.
- Ships refugee from hurricanes until the hurricanes are finished.
- Foreign touristic yachts, on condition that they don't dock in the bassin; otherwise, they will pay docking fees mentioned above.

Fees on Towage and Piloting

2.1 Fees on Piloting

The fees on piloting in Port of Tripoli are defined according to the following table:

Table 2.1

Service / Ship (USD)	< 80m	81-110m	111-140m	141-180m	18-220m	221-280m	> 281m
Piloting in official hours	100	150	230	340	400	440	500
Piloting outside official hours	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Piloting on sundays and holidays	50	75	115	170	200	220	250
Piloting boat	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
Boat of linking with workers	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
Piloting for more than 500 meters	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Awaiting the pilot in case of late travel of the ship (per hour)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45

2.2 Fees on Towage

The fees on towage in Port of Tripoli are defined as follows:

Table 2.2

Towage is compulsory in Port of Tripoli for all ships that are 80 meters long or more.

The official working hours for towing and piloting begin at 7:00 AM and end at 3:00 PM.

The lebanese ships pay only 75% of the fees described in the two tables above.

Fees on Cranes and Machines

3. Fees on Cranes and Machines

3.1 Fees on cranes and machines used in the operations of container movements

The tariffs of the operations of container movements are defined as follows:

Operation Code	Operation Description	20 feet	40 feet
C1	Emptying or shipping full container from or to ship	25	37.5
C2	Moving full container from dock to yard and vice versa / internal moving	10	12.5
C3	Unloading or loading (inc. stowing and sorting) full container	15	20
C4	Unloading or loading (inc. stowing and sorting) empty container	3.75	6.25
C5	Moving empty container from dock to yard and vice versa / internal moving	6.25	10
C6	Emptying or shipping empty container from or to ship	8.75	12.5
C7	Loading and unloading full container from or to country	20	30
C8	Loading and unloading empty container from or to country	5	8.75
C9	Customs' inspection of full container (unloading then loading and stowing)	12.5	68.75
C10	Operation of sending a container to scales and returning to yard	39	54
C11	Shifting a full container and putting it on dock	20	25
C12	Shifting an empty container and putting it on dock	8.75	15
C13	Emptying of container in warehouse (full operation GROUPAGE)	34.75	56.25
C14	Moving full container from ship inside to yard and vice versa	12	15
C15	Moving empty container from ship inside to yard and vice versa	7.5	12

Fees for unloading or shipping full or empty container from or to ship by ship's own gear are 35% of the fees mentioned in the previous table.
Maritime agencies must present a manifest describing the goods loaded/unloaded from/to the ship.

3.2 Fees on cranes and machines used to load/unload goods

The Fees on cranes and machines used to load/unload goods are defined as follows:

Description of the operation	Loading/unloading vessels (tons)			Charging/discharging within parks and warehouses (tons)
	Code	Units	Price (USD)	Code35	Units	Price (USD)
All kinds of wood	GC1	m³	1.02	CH1	m³	0.54
Rocky block with whatever weight, iron scrap, bulk goods with gafs	GC2	tons	2.52	CH2-1	tons	1.98
Bulk goods without gafs	GC2-2	tons	1.92	CH2-2	tons	1.56
Packed goods: large bags, packages, pasta Rolo, paper, pallets...	GC3	tons	2	CH3	tons	1.2
Parcels under 3 tons, drums, fruits, vegetables, cartons, bags	GC4	tons	2.16	CH4	tons	1.32
Twisted iron, sheets, tubes and metals of all kinds, iron alloys	GC5	tons	1.65	CH5	tons	1.5
Light goods: straw, cardboard blank, empty bins, felt, Rolo paper, tissues, empty bottles, fibers and empty barrels	GC6	tons	27.6 / hour	CH6	tons	16.8/ hour
Burdens from 20 to 30 tons	GC7	tons	6	CH7	tons	3.6
Burdens > 30 tons / one crane	GC8	tons	8.4	CH8	tons	5.04
Burdens > 30 tons / 2 cranes	GC9	tons	16.8	CH9	tons	10.20
Burdens of volume > 75 m³, weight < 30 tons	GC10	tons	2.4 / m³	CH10	tons	1.68 / m³

3.3 Rental fees for equipment outside port carriage operations

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

Op. Code	Equipment type	Unit	$
EF10	Forklift under 5 tons / dock or warehouse	hour	12
EF11	Forklift under 5 tons / within ship’s hold	hour	15
EF20	Forklift under 7 tons / dock or warehouse	hour	19.2
EF21	Forklift under 7 tons / within ship’s hold	hour	22.8
EF30	Forklift from 10 to 15 tons / dock or warehouse	hour	27
EF31	Forklift from 10 to 15 tons / within ship’s hold	hour	36
EF40	Forklift from 20 to 30 tons/ dock or warehouse	hour	48
EF41	Forklift for more than 30 tons / dock or warehouse	hour	60
PM50	Shovel for medium-sized metal scrap / dock or warehouse	hour	37.5
PM51	Shovel for medium-sized metal scrap / within ship’s hold	hour	51
PM52	Shovel for small-sized metal scrap / dock or warehouse	hour	33.25
PM53	Shovel for medium-sized metal scrap / within ship’s hold	hour	39
BE60		ton	0.60
TR70	Tractor to move cars	unit	1.44
CB80	Truck / dock	trip	15
CB81	Truck / within ship's hold	trip	18
GM90	Mobile forklift from 20 to 25 tons	hour	32.50
GM91	Mobile forklift from 25 to 50 tons	hour	42
GM92	Mobile forklift from 50 to 75 tons	hour	48
GM93	Mobile forklift from 75 to 100 tons	hour	60
GM94	Mobile forklift from 100 to 150 tons	hour	72
CT	Transfer of water by tanker of 12 m³volume	trip	43.2
MTV1	Services of preparation and driving tourist car wether trailed or not	car	16
MTV2	Services of preparation of vehicle that drives others wether trailed or not	vehicle	32

Tariffs

Port of Tripoli distinguishes itself from other neighboring ports by its relatively low tariffs and fees. The tariffs of ships, goods and port services are competitive, enabling Port of Tripoli to be an essential station select by most of the traders and agents who desire to decrease the financial burdens of their merchandise transportation by road and sea.

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Fees on Goods

4.1 Fees on Goods inside Containers

The investment department in Port of Tripoli charges the following fees for imported goods, or goods filled into containers, as follows:

Table 4.1

Destination of Goods	Port fee inclunding porterage by machines, and storage fees for the first 15 days for local consumption goods, and fees for first 15 days for transit goods, free zone with exporting, re-exporting, delivery and receipt from and to the country USD / Container
	size 20 feet			size 40 feet
	dock and transit fees		allowance	dock and transit fees		allowance
	Unit	Tariff	services	Unit	Tariff	services
1- Local consumption or so	Value	75%	30	Value	75%	45
2- Transit, free zone, exporting, re-exporting	20			30
3- Moving from a ship to another without passing by docks (temporary usage of docks for 10 days)	7.5			10
4- For every additional 15 days	15			20

Exempt from the above fees are containers that come by sea, stay inside the port then are shipped by ea (Transshipment), on condition that they don't stay in the port more than 15 days. If they stay longer, they are charged by transit fees described above starting from the 16^th day.

Exempt from 25% of the dock and transit fees mentioned above are raw materials for local consumption industry.

A portion of period is considered as complete period.

4.2 Fees on Empty Containers

Since their emptying or arrival in empty state, containers are charged with the following storage fees:

Table 4.2

Staying Period	Fees per empty unit (USD)
	20 feet	40 feet
First 15 days	nothing / exempted	nothing / exempted
Second 10 days	3	4
Third 10 days	5	6
Fourth 10 days	8	10
Each day after that	1	1.5

A portion of period is considered as complete period.

The investment department of Port of Tripoli charges $ 3 (USD) for every lead lock after the first systematic check.

4.3 Fees on Cars and Vehicles

Cars and vehicles imported for local consumption purposes or so, or re-loaded from transit or free zone, or intended for export or re-export are subject to the following fees:

Table 4.3

Storage period	Local consumption goods (USD)	Transit, Export, Re-export (USD)
Day 1 to day 15 with dock and transit fees	100 - up to 2 tons 150 - 2 to 5 tons 200 - more than 5 tons	10 - up to 2 tons 15 - 2 to 5 tons 20 - more than 5 tons
On each day between day 16 to day 30	2 - up to 2 tons 3 - 2 to 5 tons 4 - more than 5 tons	2 - up to 2 tons 3 - 2 to 5 tons 4 - more than 5 tons
On each additional day after day 30	3 - up to 2 tons 4.5 - 2 to 5 tons 6 - more than 5 tons	3 - up to 2 tons 4.5 - 2 to 5 tons 6 - more than 5 tons

4.4 Fees on Goods

The investment department in Port of Tripoli charges for other types of goods, imported for local consumption or so, or re-loaded as transit or free zone, or intended for export or re-export, fees as decribed in the following table:

Table 4.5

Type of Goods	Immediate Delivery	Port Fees including storage for 15 days - dock or warehouse
	Fees on dock and transit + allowance for porterage USD / ton	Fees on dock and transit + allowance for services USD / ton
Wood	2.25	3
Iron	1.10	2
Granite tablets	4	5
Lentil	2	2.5
Wheat, Barley, Corn, Soybeans	1.25	2
Other Goods	0.75% of Goods' value + 0.5 USD / ton	0.75% of Goods' value + 1 USD / ton
Transit, Free Zone, Export, Re-export	1	1.5

Goods and vehicles that come by land, are unloaded in the general warehouses, and are classified for local consumption will be subject for transit fees that are 0.5% of the value of goods accepted by the customs, in addition to allowances for storage and services related to the type of goods. Goods that remain in their trucks are exempted from this fee.

Regarding trucks that enter the port loaded with goods for customs check or transit, they have to pay a fixed fee of 10$ per day and per truck, starting from the second day of arrival, without counting sundays and holidays.

Raw materials for local consumption industry are exempt from 25% of dock and transit fees mentioned above.

Trucks of direct trailing intended for transit are exempt from storage fees for a 48-hour period.

Exempt from those fees are liquid fuels and supply materials for ships inside basins and beside the docks.