Reduction and consolidation of port charges will be implemented from April 1

On March 2, the Ministry of Transport website released a notice on reducing and merging port charges and other related matters. The main contents of the notice are:

Reduction and consolidation of port operation service charges

Cancel the government pricing of port facility security fees and include it in the port operation lump sum fee as a sub-item. The charging standard of this sub-item shall not be higher than the original charging standard.

Targeted reduction of pilotage (berth shifting) fee standards

The pilotage (berth shifting) fee charging structure is adjusted to reduce the pilotage (berth shifting) fee base rates for international ships sailing on the following ports by category, as follows:

Shenzhen Port, Meizhou Bay Port, Rizhao Port and Jinzhou Port will reduce the base rate of pilotage (berth shifting) fees by 15% .

The Port of Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, Dalian Port, Tangshan Port, Qingdao Port, Lianyungang Port, Zhanjiang Port, Fuzhou Port, Fangchenggang Port, Weihai Port, Huanghua Port, Yantai Port, Xiamen Port and Quanzhou Port will reduce the base rate of pilotage (berth shifting) fees by 10% .

Improve the tugboat fee charging policy

For Chinese-flagged vessels of 150 meters or less entering or leaving the Yangtze River mainline ports , the shipowner shall decide whether to use tugboats based on actual conditions, provided that safety is ensured.

For cross-border sellers, ports play an important role in the entire transportation chain. After the products are loaded into containers, the costs involved in placing them at the port and shipping them by sea account for the bulk of the costs of the entire transportation chain.

According to the editor, in late February, as factories resumed work after the Chinese New Year , the container volume at China's eight major ports increased by 18.1% year-on-year. Export container volume increased by 26.7%, while domestic container volume decreased by 2%.

Among them, Shanghai Port , Ningbo -Zhoushan Port and Xiamen Port all grew by more than 30%. The cargo throughput and container volume of the three major ports on the Yangtze River, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, increased by 19.9 % ​​and 13.2% respectively.

In February, cargo throughput at major coastal ports in China increased by 2.5% year -on-year, and container throughput at eight major ports increased by 2.8%. Among them, cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports increased by 10.2%, and international trade cargo throughput increased by 2.1%.

The release and implementation of the new policy of the Ministry of Transport is undoubtedly a major policy benefit for cross-border sellers. The further reduction and standardization of port charges will reduce the operating costs of sellers and help them cross-border.

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