Darwin Port Charges Revised
Darwin Port Corporation has advised that, effective 1 July 2015, port charges will be indexed by 0.8% applying the Darwin All Groups CPI for the March 2015 quarter. With the low percentage change of less than 1% most standard port charges will see a very minimal increase and some tariffs were not indexed at all. - Introduction of infrastructure support contribution for visiting foreign navy berthing at Fort Hill Wharf or East Arm Wharf at the rate of 25 cents per GRT per day. The new Port Changes have been introduced to better reflect the utilisation of port resources and recovery of operational costs. Any enquiries in relation to port charges should be directed to General Manager Port Development, Mr Peter Dummett on 08 8922 0688 or via email at [email protected].
Revised Port Tariffs for Darwin
The [Northern Territory] Government has approved the following changes in the [Darwin] port tariffs: * introduction of a fixed berthage charge of $2,000 per call (ex GST); * 15% increase to the daily berthage tariff from the current $0.2545 to $0.2926 per GRT per day (ex GST); * 30% increase in wharfage rates for general cargo, livestock and containerised cargo. These new tariff changes will come into effect on 1st February 2015 and apply to vessels berthing and loading cargo at East Arm Wharf, Fort Hill Wharf and Stokes Hill Wharf. The schedule of port charges reflecting the changes is available on the Corporation’s website for your reference. Source: Extract from Darwin Port Corporation (www.darwinport.nt.gov.au) letter dated 8 December 2014
