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GABON - NEW SHIPPERS' COUNCIL FEES BASED ON OCEAN FREIGHTS
March 7, 1997


Further to the previous notice on this subject, BIMCO has now received clarification from the Gabonese Shippers' Council on the new fees which will soon come into force. It was established that:


  • The new proposal aimed at taxing the gross freight will only apply to oil and manganese shipments, not against all ocean freights as previously advised.


  • The rate to be applied against oil and manganese cargoes is 8% of gross freight. For other types of cargoes, the fees will continue to be assessed based on the cargo quantity at the following rates:


Administrative Commission:
- ImportFRF 6.00 per ton or cbm
- ExportFRF 4.00 per ton or cbm
- Transit/TranshipmentExempted.
Commission on Trade Rights:
- For coastal serviceUSD 4.00 per ton or cbm
- For other routesUSD 6.00 per ton or cbm


The commission on Trade Rights will be calculated on 40% of the whole cargo on board, except for cargo in transit/transhipment.


  • Collection of the fees related to oil and manganese cargoes is set to begin on 1 April 1997. However, the Shippers' Council has stated that shipowners and operators which have not traded to Gabon since 1 June 1995 may apply to have the fees waived. Such applications should be made to Trading and Shipping S.A., as described below.

  • Ship owners and operators must inform the Shippers' Council of vessels' fixed for Gabonese ports to load or discharge oil and manganese cargoes at the same time that port agents are divided. This information is to be submitted to Trading and Shipping S.A., Gabonese Shippers' Council, (Phone +241 76 32 95, 76 20 88, 72 36 50; fax +241 74 66 55; Telex 5316 GO). Requests for additional information and guidance concerning the fees may also be submitted to Trading and Shipping.

  • The fee are to be collected by the port agents.

  • The fee is officially referred to as the 'Gabonese Traffic Rights Tax'.
Further developments on this matter will be posted continuously on the BIMCO Internet home page at http://www.bimco.dk and reported in the BIMCO Weekly News.
›››News file
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INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milan Smistamento will be retaken in the ZLS of the port and retroport of Genoa
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STUDIES AND RESEARCH
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SHIPPING
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Ankara
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PORTS
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Luxembourg
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SHIPPING
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SHIPPING
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SHIPPING
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Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
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SHIPPING
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
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-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
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SHIPPING
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SHIPPING
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PORTS
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
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SHIPPING
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SHIPPING
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PORTS
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INDUSTRY
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SHIPPING
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PORTS
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PORTS
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PORTS
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JOBS
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PORTS
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EDUCATION
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PORTS
Italian Ports:
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Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
ASSOCIATIONS
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
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MEETINGS
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
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››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
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INDUSTRY
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
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SHIPYARDS
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
INDUSTRY
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Helsinki
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STUDIES AND RESEARCH
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PORTS
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
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SHIPPING
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
ASSOCIATIONS
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
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