3.5.2. The number and power of tugs needed for the mooring operations is regulated by the "Obligatory
Regulation of Ports," or is determined by the Harbor Piloting Service in agreement with the captain of
the ship.
3.5.3. Ships in group A are give a discount of 20%.
Ships that are more than 250,000 cubic meters in volume will be charged for the tug services as 250,000
cubic meters in volume.
3.5.4. Ships with a faulty, non-operational main engine will be charged for mooring as non-self-
propelled ships of group L.
3.5.5. Charges for the work of tugs during mooring, cast-off and relocation of ships in groups D, E, K,
and L will be set by the sea commercial ports.
3.6. Charges for Combined Lighter Carrier Service
3.6.1. Lighter containers, from the moment of their transfer from the lighter carrier (sea or river line tug)
to the moment of their transfer to the lighter carrier (line tug), excluding services rendered by the crew on
duty (substitute crew), are charged according to rates in Table 3.6.
Table 3.6. Rates for the servicing of lighter containers (per entrance, in rubles for ships on domestic voyage,
or in U.S. dollars for foreign ships or ships on foreign voyage).
Basins
Black-Azov and Baltic
Far Eastern
Northern, ports of Kamchatka
Type
Rate category
of
lighter
I
II
III
I
II
III
I
II
III
container Rubles/US$
Rubles/US$
Rubles/US$ Rubles/US$ Rubles/US$
Rubles/US$
Rubles/US$
Rubles/US$
Rubles/US$
LEW(?)
On internal roadstead
420/756
315/567
165/297
505/909
380/684
200/360
630/1134
470/846
250/450
On external roadstead
375/675
270/486
120/216
450/810
325/585
145/261
560/1008
405/729
180/324
DM(?)
On internal roadstead
520/936
420/756
265/477
625/1125
505/909
320/576
780/1404
630/1134
400/720
On external roadstead
440/792
335/603
185/333
530/954
400/220
220/396
660/1188
500/900
280/504
3.6.2. The charges listed include the following obligatory services rendered by the port:
Category I charges (servicing of the lighter container with loading and unloading in the port) includes
the cost of port services in receiving the lighter container from the lighter carrier (line tug), towing to the
accumulation basin (AB) and back, from AB to the cargo pier of the port and back, two operations of
opening and closing of the lids, one relocation in the process of cargo operations, provision for gangway
for two days with two operations (installation and removal);
Category II charges (servicing with unloading or loading of the lighter container in the port) include the
cost of services listed in Category I, without the inclusion of one lid opening and one closing operations,
relocation, installation, removal, and use of the gangway during two days;
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