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In program an increase of the harbour taxes to Bremen/Bremerhaven
It will be applied by on 1° January. In 2018 an update of the system of rate making will be introduced
November 24, 2016
The government of the Land of Bremen has preannounced an increase of the amount of the harbour taxes applied in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven that will be introduced next 1° January. "With this light increase - the senator to the Economy, job and ports of the German Land, Martin Günthner has explained - he will be able himself to be answered in adapted way to the current situation of the market and the competition. The State of Bremen - it has emphasized - is continuously investing in its harbour infrastructures in order to assure of the competitiveness and in order to guarantee certainties and efficiency of the activities in the ports. Therefore this adaptation of the taxes is necessary".
Günthner has announced also a review of the system of taxation on the tonnage of the ships that they land to the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven, than currently is applied to ships until a tonnage of 125.000 tons, with an amount for ton of tonnage that varied based on the type of ship and to the type of traffic for which it is used. The senator has specified that the system will be modified with effect from on January 1°, 2018 and that will hold account of steady increase of the dimension of the ships that has returned the limit of 125.000 tsl not more online with the truth of the market.
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