September 2021
To: Users of Georgia Ports Authority’s (“GPA”) Marine Terminal Operator Schedule (“MTOS”) No 5-A, No 10-A and No 11
Effective October 1, 2021, the GPA will implement the following changes to the MTOS:
No 5-A General Charges
Rule 34-175 Dockage Charges
- Increase of 3% to Container Vessel (0-650ft), RoRo/Vehicle Vessel (0-650ft & 651ft - Over), Vessels/Barges (0-525ft & 526ft - Over)
- Increase minimum dockage from $875 to $900
Rule 34-176 Drone Policy
To ensure the safety of the Authority employees, customers, and other terminal visitors, the Authority will permit only its authorized employees (who are also Federal Aviation Authority certified pilots) or its contractors (also Federal Aviation Authority certified pilots), working expressly for the Authority, to operate drones or other unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) authorized on or in the airspace above its terminals. The Port Police Director will determine which Authority employees or contractors are authorized to operate drones on terminal. All other persons are strictly prohibited from operating a drone or UAS on or in the airspace above Authority terminals. The decision whether to approve or deny any request for drone or UAV operation shall be within the sole discretion of the Authority.
FEES - The Authority may waive the below fees if it has a data-sharing agreement with the customer.
SERVICE/PRODUCT FEE
Stock Footage / B-Roll Footage $0 (Free)
Drone Operator Plus Rental $850, per day
Video Editing Negotiated Rate
Rule 34-177 Fresh Water
- Increase 2%, per short ton
- Minimum charge adjusted from $300 to $310
Rule 34-180 Minimum Charges
- Crane lift charge from $600 to $612, per lift
- Forklift handling charge from $60 to $65, per lift
- Storage from $60 to $65, per unit
- Toplift charge from $532 to $544 per lift
Rule 34-185 Passengers Embarking or Debarking
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Increase from $35 to $40, per passenger
- Increase minimum charge from $7,500 to $10,000, per call
Rule 34-189 Terminal Security Surcharge
- Increase from $7.81 to $7.89, per container, (Fully cellular container vessels)
- Increase from $4.00 to $4.06, per linear foot, (Noncellular and all other vessels, including barges)
Rule 34-190 U.S. Military Deployments or Exercises
- Increase 3%, per measurement ton
No 5-A General Rules
Rule 34-025 Charges For Equipment, Labor and Materials
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Materials or equipment purchased or leased for provided services will be charged at actual cost plus thirty-five percent (up from thirty percent) for procurement.
Rule 34-045 Demurrage, Detention or Per Diem
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The Authority will not be responsible for any demurrage, detention or per diem on chassis, container, motor vehicle, railcar, or vessel, except for any portion of the charge caused by the Authority’s own negligence, or in instances where the Authority has specific agreements in place with the beneficial cargo owner; otherwise, the Authority will hold the account responsible and will assess a charge of a cost plus thirty-five percent (up from thirty percent) for handling and administration.
Rule 34-106 Vessel To Vacate Berth
- Failure to comply with an order to vacate will result in a charge to the vessel of $2,500, per hour, for non-compliance (up from $1,400)
Rule 34-110 Responsibilities For Cleaning Facilities
- If facilities are not returned to a suitable condition, the Authority will take the necessary steps to make the facilities suitable for further use, including the assessment of a minimum charge of $700 (up from $500)
Rule 34-136 Use of Automated Systems
- If the Authority discovers its systems are being manipulated to avoid legitimate charges assessed by the Authority, the offending party will be invoiced a penalty of $320, per container (up from $300)
Rule 34-191 TWIC Escort Service Charges and Special Port Police Service Charges
Georgia Vehicle Escorting, LLC (GVE), is the sole vendor authorized to provide TWIC escort services on the Authority’s terminals. However, the Authority’s Port Police may, at their sole and absolute discretion, also provide TWIC escort or special services. The applicable rates are as follows:
Please contact GVE at info@GeorgiaVE.com or 912-677-5631 to obtain rates.
- SPECIAL PORT POLICE SERVICE CHARGES
Port Police $150.00, per police officer, for the first two (2) hours and $100.00, per police officer, for each additional hour
When an attorney, insurance representative, or other individual visits an Authority terminal to gather details related to an accident or recreate an accident scene, and the Authority is not a party to the accident, the requestor will be charged $ 275.00, per police officer, per hour. This rate includes the Police TWIC Escort Service Rate.
- Hazardous Container Escort Services
See MTO Schedule Rule 34-521.
No 5-A Breakbulk/RoRo Cargo and General/Miscellaneous Charges
Rule 34-280 Stevedore Use Charge on Breakbulk and RoRo Cargo
- Increase of 3% applied from/to point of rest and direct shipside from .65¢ to .67¢, per short ton
Rule 34-285 Wharfage Charges on Breakbulk and RoRo Cargo - Brunswick and Savannah
- Cargo weighing less than 150k lbs., adjusted from $5.25 to $5.35, per short ton
- Cargo weighing more than 150k lbs., adjusted from $7.96 to $8.12, per short ton
- Lumber from $4.38 to $4.47, per short ton
- Automobiles from $6.09/unit to $6.21/unit
Rule 34-290 Miscellaneous Services
- Increase of 3% for selected miscellaneous service events
No 5-A Breakbulk/RoRo Cargo Handling Charges
Rule 34-305 Boats, Yachts and/or Hulls and Related Accessories
- Increase of 2% for designated lengths and consolidating tier level lengths from 5ft to 10ft for selected dimensions
- Arches, cradles, fly bridges, keels, or masts, not lifted with boat/yacht from $214 to $218, per unit
- Trailers, not lifted with boat/yacht from $148 to $151, per unit
- Boat cradle disposal charge from $918 to $925, per cradle
Rule 34-310 Clay, Sand
- From $9.30 to $10.00, per short ton
Rule 34-315 Granite, Marble, Stone
- From $7.35 to $8.00, per short ton
Rule 34-320 Household Goods and Personal Effects
- From $35.25 to $36.00, per short ton
Rule 34-325 Lumber and Related Articles
- Category “A” (plywood, veneer, dowels) from $9.75 to $10.00, per short ton
- Category “B” (lumber, timber) from $12.75 to $13.00, per short ton. In strapped bundles from $8.25 to $9.00, per short ton
- Category “C” (logs, pilings, poles) from $12.50 to $13.00, per short ton (strapped) and from $15.50 to $16.00, per short ton (loose)
Rule 34-330 Machinery and Parts
Rule 34-335 Metal Articles
- Category “A” (iron, steel) from $9.63 to $10.00, per short ton
- Category “B” (grates, flanges) from $12.50 to $13.00, per short ton
- Category “C” (bands, bolts, clamps) from $17.00 to $18.00, per short ton
- Category “D” (cylinders, silos, tanks) increase ranges from .75¢ to $1.00, per weight tier
- Category “E” – Nonferrous (aluminum, brass, bronze) from $10.61 to $11.00, per short ton
Rule 34-340 Military Ordinance
- Vehicles, tracked or wheeled, self-propelled from $164 to $169, per unit
- Not self-propelled from $18 to $19, per short ton
- Cargo, NOS from $18 to $19, per short ton
Rule 34-345 Modular Housing and Mobile Homes
- Set up and on wheels (not requiring tow) from $164 to $169, per unit
- Set up and not on wheels (requiring tow) from $20 to $21, per short ton
Rule 34-350 Paper or Paper Articles
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Category “A” (linerboard, pulpboard) from $7.83 to $8.00, per short ton
- Category “B” (newsprint, wrapping paper) from $9.60 to $10.00, per short ton
- Category “C” (tissue, waste paper) from $15.60 to $16.00, per short ton
Rule 34-351 Rubber
- Crated from $11.50 to $12.00, per unit
- Loose from $21.00 to $22.00, per unit
- Palletized from $14.35 to $15.00, per unit
Rule 34-355 Vehicles, Aircraft and Parts
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Vehicles exceeding 10,000 lbs., each from $164.00 to $169.00, per unit
- Trailers (flatbed, dolly, drop / step-decks) from $164.00 to $169.00, per unit
- Aircraft from $650.00 to $800.00, per unit
- Parts for aircraft and vehicles from $18.00 to $19.00, per short ton
Rule 34-360 Woodpulp
- Loose bales/rolls from $7.83 to $8.00, per short ton
- Unitized bales/rolls from $6.82 to $7.00, per short ton
No 5-A Breakbulk/RoRo Cargo Storage Charges
Rules 34-365 thru 34-425
No 5-A Bulk Cargo Charges
Rule 34-465 Stevedore Use Charge on Bulk Cargo
- Dry Bulk from .33¢ to .34¢, per short ton and Liquid Bulk from .39¢ to .40¢, per short ton
Rule 34-470 Wharfage Charges On Bulk Cargo
- Dry Commodities, NOS from $2.32 to $2.39, per short ton
- Liquid Commodities, NOS (includes petro chemicals) from $2.42 to $2.49, per short ton
- Biofuels from 0.18¢ / BBL to 0.19¢ / BBL
- Fertilizer, Liquid from $1.49 to $1.54, per short ton
- Oils (other than petroleum or pulpmill liquids) from $1.28 to $1.32, per short ton
- Petroleum and Petroleum products (crude or refined oil, fuel, fuel oils, gas and lubricating additives) from 0.18¢ / BBL to 0.19¢ / BBL
- Stumps from $3.32 to $3.42, per short ton
No 5-A Container Rules
Rule 34-502 Storage on Empty Containers
- Revision is noted in blue text: Empty containers marshaled on Authority terminals will be assessed an excess empty container storage charge. The charge is applicable for each empty container exceeding the Allowable Empty Container inventory for the monthly reporting period. Computation of the Allowable Empty Container inventory for the monthly reporting period:
- Step 1: The Export Throughput Leg, which comprises the loaded and empty containers for the last three (3) months prior to the current monthly billing period is used to calculate the weekly average.
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Step 2: Multiply the weekly average of the Export Throughput Leg by a factor of .90%.
- Step 3: The weekly average as calculated in Step 2 is multiplied by the number of days in the current billable month. The number of empty containers allowed will be compared to the actual cumulative empty containers on terminal for that month. If for the reporting period the actual cumulative empty container inventory exceeds the Allowable Empty Container inventory, the difference will be assessed the empty container terminal storage charge in Rule 34-520. This will be calculated and invoiced on a monthly basis to the ocean carrier or agent.
Rule 34-484 Container Transloading Services
With the exception of Hazardous Class 9, the Authority strictly prohibits the transloading of all other hazardous classes on Authority facilities. The penalty for such hazardous transload violation includes a fine of up to $15,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. In determining the amount of the penalty, the Authority shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation committed and, with respect to the violator, the history of prior offenses, and other matters justice may require.
Rule 34-505 Container Definitions
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Out of gauge international container free time for import or export – 5 consecutive calendar days
No 5-A Container Charges
Rule 34-509 Rolled Export Loaded Containers
- When an export loaded container is rolled from its original vessel (Vessel #1) to a subsequent vessel (Vessel #2), the Tier 1 rate will apply. If the same export loaded container is rolled from Vessel #2 to another to come vessel, the Tier 2 rate will apply. In the event an export loaded container is placed in a “NULL” status, the Tier 1 rate will be assessed.
- Tier 1 Rate = $200.00, per rolled container
- Tier 2 Rate = $300.00, per rolled container
Rule 34-510 Stevedore Use Charge on Containerized Cargo
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From .65¢ to .67¢, per short ton
Rule 34-512 Out of Gauge Surcharge
- From $125.00 to $579.00, per container, flatrack or platform, per use
Rule 34-513 Vessel Restow
- From $45.00 to $46.35, per container – Applies to Cell-To-Cell and Cell-To-Dock-To-Cell
Rule 34-515 Wharfage Charges on Containerized Cargo
- From $5.25 to $5.35, per short ton
Rule 34-520 Container Yard Services
- Cellular Vessels, Non-Contract Consolidated Rate from $250.00 to $350.00, per container or chassis
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Non-Vessel Move Terminal Use Fee (import and export) via truck or rail from $200.00 to $225.00, per container
- Terminal Storage – Chassis or containers for sale, out of service or major damaged status from $83.00 to $85.00, per day
- Terminal Storage - Excess chassis land use from $3.83 to $4.00, per chassis
- Terminal Storage - Non-married tri-axle, genset and company / trucker owned chassis from $83.00 to $85.00, per chassis, per day
- Terminal Storage - Empty container from $3.83 to $4.00, per container
Terminal Storage - International loaded container after free time expires:
Days 1-3 from $13.00 to $15.00, per TEU, per day
Days 4-6 from $26.00 to $28.00, per TEU, per day
Days 7-20 from $39.00 to $41.00, per TEU, per day
Each additional day $82.00, per TEU, per day
Terminal Storage – Out of Gauge containerized cargo after free time expires:
Days 1-3 $25.00, per TEU, per day
Each Additional day $60.00, per TEU, per day
- Flip – from $86.10 to $91.00, per container
- Providing / applying hazardous placards from $25.00 to $30.00, per placard
- Seal change from $15.00 to $16.00, per container
- Segregation - ground or mounting container to chassis for inspection from $59.00 to $60.00, per container, per move
- Weighing containers (gross, tare, net), per container:
- Upon Arrival from $15.00 to $16.00
After arrival/placement in wheeled location from $118.00 to $125.00
After arrival/placement in stack location from $353.00 to $365.00 (Using Truck Scale)
After arrival/placement in stack location from $186.00 to $192.00 (Using RTG Crane Scale)
No 5-A Equipment Leasing Charges
Rule 34-625 Equipment Leasing Rates
- Increase of 2%
- Note 4 – container or mobile crane equipment lease charge to handle import or export breakbulk cargo via a container ship will increase
- from $399.00 to $490.00, per 6-minute increment
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Note 5 – Boat Lift Surcharge for Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal: On lifts to or from a cellular vessel where the boat exceeds
- 35 feet in length, the applicable per six (6) minute increment ($490.00), per lift, will be assessed, as well as a $68.00, per foot, surcharge for each foot exceeding 35 feet.
Rule 34-626 Ship-To-Shore Container Crane and Mobile Harbor Handling Surcharge
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When steel wires, ropes, slings, etc., are used in conjunction with the ship to shore container crane or mobile harbor crane to safely discharge, or load, out of gauge cargo onto flatracks, open-top, loaded or empty containers to or from a vessel, the handling surcharge will increase from $399.00 to $490.00, per 6-minute increment.
No 5-A Labor Charges
Rule 34-630 Labor Rates
No 10-A James D. Mason ICTF Charges
Rule 34-035 Free Time
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An export rail arrival that is out-gated for off-terminal fumigation and will return to the Authority to load a vessel – from no free time to three (3) consecutive calendar days.
Rule 34-210 Facility Storage For International Loaded Containers
Terminal Storage - International loaded containers after free time expires:
Days 1-3 from $13.00 to $15.00, per TEU, per day
Days 4-6 from $26.00 to $28.00, per TEU, per day
Days 7-20 from $39.00 to $41.00, per TEU, per day
Each additional day $82.00, per TEU, per day
No 11 Appalachian Regional Port
Rule 34-205 Facility Storage For International Loaded Containers
Terminal Storage - International loaded containers after free time expires:
Days 1-3 from $13.00 to $15.00, per TEU, per day
Days 4-6 from $26.00 to $28.00, per TEU, per day
Days 7-20 from $39.00 to $41.00, per TEU, per day
Each additional day $82.00, per TEU, per day
Rule 34-210 Facility Storage Rate On Empty Containers
- From $3.83 to $4.00, per container
Rule 34-220 Non-Rail Container Rate
- From $200.00 to $225.00, per container
These charges will be available for viewing at www.gaports.com under MTOS Schedules on October 1, 2021.
Questions may be addressed to your GPA account representative.
