port charges
Docking payment dues
Port charges are fees levied on vessels for using harbor facilities and services—docking, pilotage, cargo handling, and anchorage.
These costs factor into shipping rates and international trade calculations: The port charges at Rotterdam were higher than expected.
Also called port dues or harbor fees.
- wharfagePier usage fee
- tonnage duesFees based on ship capacity
- stevedoringLoading and unloading ships
- dock workersLaborers at shipping ports
- towagePulling vessels for pay
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- shipping costsfreight rates, postage, shipping rates, stamps, shipping costs
- port feesdockage, wharfage
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- pilotagepilots, harbor pilots, pilot boat, marine pilots, river pilots
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