VTMS

Dues for Traffic Management System

28. Dues for services of the Vessels Traffic Management System (VTMS) equipped with Coastal Radar System (CRS) shall be collected at the following rates per one cu.m. of the volume from vessels of all groups, except C, D and F for each inward and outward passage, as well as for each passage in transit through the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal.

Table 3. Rate of Dues for VTMS (in USD per cu.m.)

Port	For vessels on foreign-going voyages	For vessels on cabotage voyages
Dnepro-Bugsky	0.0049	0.00049
Ilyichevsk	0.0094	0.00094
Kerch	0.0130	0.00130
Mariupol	0.0060	0.00060
Nikolaev (sea port) including the river port of Nikolaev	0.0071	0.00071
Oktyabrsky	0.0055	0.00055
Odessa	0.0094	0.00094
Kherson (sea port)	0.0057	0.00057
Yuzhny	0.0094	0.00094

Note 1. Vessels which are passing in transit through the canals of the commercial sea ports of Nikolaev and Kherson in order to call at the river ports shall pay the VTMS dues according to the rates of the sea port of Nikolaev and the sea port of Kherson respectively.

Note 2. Vessels proceeding to the river port of Nikolaev, the Oktyabrsky and Dnepro-Bugsky ports, the sea and river ports of Kherson shall pay dues for the services of the Nikolaev sea port VTMS according to the rates of the port they are abound for.

The mentioned dues shall be collected with a discount of 70 percent for transit passage of VTMS of ports Ilyichevsk, Odessa and Yuzhny in the following cases:
1) Limited visibility;
2) At request of the Shipmaster under any conditions of visibility.

For the ferries of the Ilyichevsk – Varna ferry line a 50% discount on the dues shall be applied.
Dues for the VTMS services shall be collected for services actually rendered.
If no services have been rendered (the coastal radar system is not operational or just no services have been given) the VTMS dues shall not be collected.

29. Loaded gas-carriers, chemical-carriers and tankers passing in transit shall be subject to compulsory radar pilotage by VTMS of the port of Ilyichevsk at the following rates:
- 0.0006 USD per cu.m. per mile - for vessels on foreign-going voyages;
- 0.00006 USD per cu.m. per mile - for vessels on cabotage voyages

Charges for passage through VTMS by transit shall be included into the disbursement account at the nearest port of arrival (departure) of the vessel with subsequent transfer of the funds to the corresponding ports.

30. A shipmaster who, having ordered the services of VTMS, later rejects them, shall pay the full amount of dues for ordered services.

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