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China and Liberia renew their agreement in marine field
The ships of Liberian flag will continue to benefit of a reduction in price on the harbour taxes in case port of call in the Chinese ports
September 12, 2018
After the conclusion of the "Forum on China- Africa Cooperation", slid 4 the held conference 3 and september to Beijing in the course of which China has been confronted with all the nations Africans, China and Liberia have renewed the agreement which signed on November 3, 2015 between the two nations in marine field, understanding whose expiration previewed in 2019 is postponed five-year-old.
In the within of the agreement the ships that fly Liberian flag will continue to benefit of a reduction in price on the harbour taxes in case port of call in the Chinese ports, reduction in price of 28% that - it has evidenced the naval Registry of Liberia - corresponds to an increase of thousand dollars to the day of the installments of hire with reference to a travel of one hundred days. Moreover the Liberian Registry has emphasized that this agreement clearly confers to Liberia an advantage respect to other States of flag, as that of the Marshall Islands, than they do not have diplomatic relations with China and that they do not benefit of some reduction in price on the harbor dues if of ports of call in the Chinese ports.
The agreement previews also the institution of a combined technical committee through which China and Liberia can collaborate on topics as those of the Port Are been Control, of the formation of the crews and the future policies for the marine transport.
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