Tallinna Börs                      BÖRSITEADE                         23.11.05



AS TALLINNA SADAM (PORT OF TALLINN) ADJUSTS THE PORT DUES AND CHARGES 

FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO VESSELS STARTING FROM JANUARY 01, 2006.



On November 22, the Management Board of Port of Tallinn approved the new 

port dues and charges for services rendered to vessels entering into effect 

from January 1, 2006 and adjusting the structure of port dues and charges.



The changes in the structure of port dues and charges introduced by Port 

of Tallinn serve two main objectives – to make the payment procedure more 

simple and transparent and retain the investment and competitive ability 

of port operators in the medium long run perspective. According to the new 

structure of port dues and charges the principles of applying port dues and 

charges will become similar for cargo as well as passenger vessels. Port 

dues and charges will be calculated based on the gross tonnage and number 

of port calls of the vessel and in the future the changes will be related 

to the consumer price index of the Republic of Estonia. 



In the new price list the upper limit of tonnage due will be applied to 

tankers. This is related to the maximum draught limit due to the depth of 

the Danish Straits.



Pursuant to the requirements of the European Union, starting from January 1 

Port of Tallinn will apply an obligatory tonnage based waste fee to all 

vessels. The port will also organize processing of ship-generated waste 

in the port. A vessel operating regular voyages on a regular line has the 

right to apply for exemption from the obligation of delivery of ship 

generated waste in accordance with the procedure of receiving bilge water, 

sewage, garbage and other waste from vessels approved by the Minister of 

the Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia.



According to the system of port dues and charges entering into effect 

starting from the coming year in the future port dues and charges will 

be changed pursuant to the forecasted change in the consumer price index 

of the Republic of Estonia, in general once per year on January 1. According 

to the new price list Port of Tallinn will establish the upper limit of the 

increase in port dues and charges for the next six years and in 2007-2011 

the average total increase of port dues and charges will be up to 12.5% 

from the rates of 2006 port dues and charges. Port dues and charges of Port 

of Tallinn have stayed unadjusted since 1997.





Additional information from:



Sven Ratassepp

Public Relations Manager 

Port of Tallinn



Ph: 6 318 064

E-mail: s.ratassepp@ts.ee