Minister of Transport
Decree No. 75 / 2003
Dated 5/2/2003
The Minimum Tariff
For Shipping Agency Fees for
• General Authorities Law no. 61 for the year 1963
• Presidential decree no. 217 for the year 1978 regarding
the establishment of the
• Presidential decree no. 6 for the year 1967 regarding the
establishment of the
• Presidential decree no. 565 for the year 1980 organizing
and setting the
responsibilities and functions of the Port Said Port
Authority
• Presidential decree no. 494 for the year 1986 regarding
the establishment of the
• Presidential decree no 57 for the year 2002 regarding the
organization of the
Ministry of Transport
• Minister of Transport’s decree no. 70 for the year 1987
(Maritime Transport) and
its amendments regarding the port charges and service
tariffs for ports in the Suez
Canal and Suez
Gulf
of foreign vessels and Egyptian vessels, which are to be
treated equally in all
financial matters.
• Minister of Transport’s decree no. 72 for the year 1987
(Maritime Transport) and
its amendments regarding the port dues and services tariff
for the port of
operators of foreign and Egyptian vessels, which are not
treated in the same way
financially.
• Minister of Transport’s decree no. 147 for the year 1991
(Maritime Transport)and
its amendments dealing with port dues for Port
Said , Suez and Red
Sea ports (in
LE)
• Minister of Transport’s decree no.31 (maritime Transport)
for the year 1998
regarding the setting of licensing charges for the
performance of maritime
transport activities.
• Minister of Transport’s decree no.29 for the year 2002
(Maritime Transport)
regarding the reduction of charges on shipping agency
services for vessels and
yachts.
And based on the approval of the High Council for Ports
during the meeting dated
19/01/2003 of material presented by the Maritime Transport
Sector Chief, the following
has been decided:
Article (1)
The tariff for shipping agency services specified in this
decree applies to all Egyptian sea
ports and Suez Canal
transit:
1.1 Ministry of
Transport Maritime Sector Fees for Vessels in Ports and Suez
Canal Transit.
1.1.1 Basic Fee (Value in US$ per
vessel)
1. Vessels of Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) One Port Two Ports
(Suez Canal Transit)
1.1 Up to 3000 GRT
250 400
1.2 From 3001 – 5000
GRT 300 450
1.3 From 5001 –
10000 GRT 400 600
1.4 From 10001 – 20000 GRT 500
750
1.5 From 20001 – 40000 GRT
600 900
1.6 For each additional 20000 tons over 40000 GRT 100
150
2 Passenger Vessels & Leisure Boats One Port
Two Ports
(Suez Canal Transit)
2.1 Up to 15000 GRT
400 450
2.2 Over 15000 GRT
600 900
3 Other Marine Units
One Port
(Suez Canal Transit)
3.1 Yachts over 60 M long
90 150
3.2 Tug Boats and similar
200 300
Additional Fees
4 Vessel’s stay at port
10% of the basic Fees for each day or part
of a day after
the first 48 hours, which are
free of charge.
5 Vessel’s stay at port for non- 10% of the basic fees for each day or
commercial purposes (provisioning, part of a day after the
first 7 days, which
dry docking, etc…)
are free of charge.
1.1.1 General Conditions:
• Yachts up to 60 m in length are totally exempted.
• 50% discount on Ministry of Transport Maritime Sector Fees
for yachts and leisure
boats over 60 m in length.
• Collection fees of LE 40 per vessel are to be granted to
the shipping agent for
collecting the fees mentioned above in item 1.
• For collectingMaritime Transport Sector fees, port
authorities will receive a 5%
remuneration to be used as employees’ incentives (3% for
port authorities employees
+ 2% for Maritime Transport Sector employees)
• US$ 25 per vessel to be collected as Seamen’s Club fees,
to be deposited with the
Maritime Transport Sector until further instructions
regarding the establishment and
development of the Seamen’s Club and appointment of a
responsible party.
1.2 Minimum charges for shipping agency fees
6 Agency Fees for All
Types of Vessels 6.1 Up to 3000 GRT
US$ 500
6.2 From 3001 – 5000 GRT
US$ 750
6.3 From 5001 – 10000 GRT
US$ 1000
6.4 From 10001 – 40000 GRT US$ 1250
6.5 Over 40000
GRT US$ 1500
• The above charges cover the vessel’s stay for the first 5
days. US$ 50 should be
charged for each day or part of a day thereafter.
• A 50% discount applies on the above mentioned fees for
vessels calling only for
bunkering, dry docking, provisions/supplies, crew change, or
any other noncommercial activities within the port.
• A 50% discount applies when acting as protecting agent.
• A special 50% discount on the above fees applies to cruise
and passenger vessels.
7 Crew Change
(Signing on/off)
• US$25 per person with a minimum charge of US$ 50
• In addition, actual costs for the following expenses and
fees will also be charged:
entry visas, consular fees, customs fees, hotel
accommodation, transportation,
transportion and sea/air port customs clearance.
8 Bank Charges
• 0.1 % of the total amount of the D/A (disbursement
account) with a minimum charge
of US$ 35
9 Cash to Master
• 1% from the total amount of cash delivery with minimum
charge of US$ 35 and
maximum of USD 1000
10 Parcel and Spare Parts Delivery
10.1 Less than 10 kg
US$ 200
10.2 From 10 to 50 kg
US$ 300
10.3 From 51 to 100 kg
US$ 400
• Including clearance at the arrival airport, transport,
delivery and customs formalities,
transit guarantee and shipping agency fees.
• Parcels over 100 kg; add US$ 50 for every additional 50 kg
or part thereof
• Other charges like handling using cranes and storage fees
should be added as
required. 11 Handling Claims
• 1% of the claim value (final judgement)
12 Sundry and General Expenses (other shipping services) for
all kinds of
vessels
12.1 Up to 3000 GRT
US$ 350
12.2 From 3001 – 5000 GRT US$ 400
12.3 From 5001 –
10000 GRT US$ 600
12.4 From 10001 – 40000 GRT US$ 800
12.5 Over 40000 GRT
US$ 1000
The above charges include the following services:
• Postage and petties (local)
• Arabic translation fees
• Fiscal stamps on customs manifest and documents
• Shore leave passes for crew
• Cab hire for agents’ use
• Communication costs (local)
• Cost of photocopies
• Motorboat hire (for immigration, quarantine, customs and
port police)
• Also includes berthing dues for the first 5 days after
which an additional fee of 10% is
applicable for each additional day or part thereof.
• A special discount of 50% on the above general expenses is
applicable for cruise and
passenger vessels.
13. Freight commission for tramp vessels (exluding bulk
carriers, tankers, dust,
phosphate, gypsum,
rice, cement, nitrate in bags, chemical fertilizer, sugar,
potato roots)
• Commission on inward freight is 2% with a minimum charge
of US$ 400.
14. Freight commission
for bulk carriers, tankers, liquid bulk and any other
vessels excepted in
item 13 excluding potato roots, liner and tramp vessels.
• Inward cargo covered by charter party or booking note for
any kind of dry bulk or
liquid bulk (liquid, gas, chemical) is to be excluded from
the above-mentioned
commission, excluding potato root vessels. Instead the
following rates apply :
o Up to 10000 Tons US$ 400
o Over 10000 Tons US$ 25 to be added for each additional
1000 tons 15. Freight commission on
potato root vessels
• US$ 0.15 per Ton (1000 kg)
16. Freight
commission and other service charges on container and liner vessels
16.1 Inward freight commission 2%
16.2 Outward freight commission 4%
16.3 Commission on demurrage collected 2.5%
16.4 Commission on freight collected 0.5%
16.5 Container logistics fee per import/export box US$ 5
16.6 Container logistics fee per transshipment box US$ 4
• Shipping agent’s fees for each transit container where the
container where the volume
of containers exceeds 20000 TEU’s/year may be reduced by
agreement.
17. Sundry and general expenses (other shipping services)
for Suez canal
transit
(for all types of
vessels)
17.1 Up to 3000 GRT
US$ 350
17.2 From 3001 – 5000 GRT
US$ 400
17.3 From 5001 – 10000 GRT US$ 500
17.4 From 10001 – 40000 GRT US$ 600
17.5 From 40000 GRT
US$ 800
Includes the expenses mentioned in item 12 :
• Postage and petties (local)
• Arabic translation fees
• Fiscal stamps on
customs manifest and documents
• Shore leave passes for crew
• Cab hire for agent use
• Communication costs (local)
• Cost of photocopies
• Motorboat hire (for immigration, quarantine, customs and
port police)
Minimum charge for yachts and pleasure boats
18. Agency fees
18.1 Yachts up to 60m in length US$ 50 18.5 Yachts over 60m in length US$ 200
19. General expenses and sundries (other shipping services)
19.1 Yachts up to 60m in length US$ 50
19.5 Yachts over 60m in length US$ 200
• The above mentioned charges include:
o Postage and petties (local)
o Arabic translation fees
o Fiscal stamps on customs manifest and documents
o Shore leave passes for crew
o Cab hire for agent use
o Communication costs (local)
o Cost of photocopies
o Motorboat hire (for immigration, quarantine, customs and
port police)
• All above mentioned fees to be discounted 50% for yachts
over 60m in length
20. Crew change (signing off/on) for yatchs and pleasure
boats
• The actual cost should be charged.
• Agency fees: exempted
21. Parcel and spare part delivery
• Same fees specified in item 10 for liner and tramp an Suez canal transit
22. General
conditions
22.1 Services rendered by the shipping agent.
22.1.1 Negotiations
for sale and purchase of vessels
22.1.2 Charter party
supervision and negotiation
22.1.3 Collecting cargo freight, daily hire fees wherever
necessary and
arranging financial settlement.
22.1.4 Arranging customs clearance and preparing and issuing
freight
documents.
22.1.5 Providing all necessary documents and arranging all
activities
related to shipping agency services in order to accelerate
the cargo
delivery process.
22.1.6 Coordinating and supervising vessel movements
(entering the port,
stay, departure from the port or Suez
canal transit). 22.1.7 Arranging all necessary services for vessel
during their stay in port
or Suez
canal transit.
22.1.8 Reporting
regularly to the principal regarding container booking.
22.1.9 Organising and supervising all operations related to
container
handling, storage, booking, delivery and reloading empty
containers.
22.1.10 Providing
services to vessel and crew during their stay in port.
22.2 These tariffs constitute the minimum charge for the
above-mentioned items.
22.3 If a cruise vessel crosses the Suez
canal before or after calling on an Egyptian port
during the same
voyage and using the same shipping agent without calling on any
foreign port in
between, a 50% discount is applicable on the agency feels.
22.4 Fees for collecting garbage bags from vessles crossing
the Suez canal paid to
Companies licensed to perform maritime works :
22.4.1 First 1
CBM US$ 50
22.4.2 Up to 10 CBM
add US$ 25/CBM
22.4.3 Over 10 CBM
add US$ 10/CBM
22.4.4 Minimum
charge US$ 40
22.4.5 If the service
is not performed, a certificate should be given to the
captain for US$ 25
22.5 Rebates given to ship owners and collected by the
shipping agency on the ship
owner’s behalf should be returned without deducting any
shipping agency
commissions of any kind including long-haul voyages.
22.6 This tariff is valid for liner vessels as of the date
of publishing in the official
Bulletin. It does not apply to contracts signed before the
issue date of this decree.
22.7 The maritime transport sector is responsible through
its technical licensing
Committees for specifying the regulations for revoking the
license of any
shipping agency which does not abide by the contents of this
decree subject to the
approval of the minister of transport.
Article ( 2 )
The above-mentioned tariff applies to Egyptian flag vessels
on the basis of 1 US$=EGP 1
Article ( 3 )
Item A of article 1 of decree no. 31/1998 (Maritime
transport) is amended to state:
“The port authorities
shall collect the Maritime transport sector fees as described
in the decree of the
Minister of transport and deliver the to the Maritime transport
sector at the
Ministry of transport.”
(Other articles remain unchanged) Article ( 4 )
The Maritime transport sector is authorized to revoke the
license of any shipping agency
which does not abide by the contents of this decree for one
month the first time and two
months the second time. If a third breach occurs, the entire
subject is to be presented the
license committee in order to consider the cancellation of
the license.
Article ( 5 )
These fees are to be reviewed every 3 years or as the
necessity arises.
Article ( 6 )
All authorities concerned should proceed with enforcing the
present decree. All texts
contradicting the provisions herein are to be overridden.
Article ( 7 )
The present decree shall be published in the official
bulletin Al-Wakai’ al-Misriya and
shall be enforced from the date of publication.
Minister of Transport
Issued on February 5
th
, 2003
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