>Press Releases Home > Publications and press releases > Press Releases Pilotage dues to be revised from March 1 The minimum pilotage due will be revised from $3,140 to $3,330 from March 1, 1997, a Marine Department spokesman said today (Thursday). The Pilotage Authority who is the Director of Marine will make an order to give effect to the revision in the Government Gazette tomorrow (Friday). "For an average-size ship of 16,000 gross registered tons, the increase of pilotage due will be about 4.5 per cent," the spokesman said. Other revised pilotage dues are as follows: additional pilotage due for any pilotage service performed in the movement of oil rigs is increased from $1,100 to $1,400 per hour; any pilotage service performed beyond a pilotage boarding area will attract additional due and that due is increased from $550 to $700 per half an hour; the additional pilotage due for pilot boarding and disembarking off Ngan Chau is increased from $1,800 to $2,100; the additional pilotage due for pilot boarding and disembark off East Brother Island is increased from $1,800 to $1,900; and the fee for cancelling an engagement of a pilot within in one hour of the requested time is increased from $3,140 to $3,330. The additional due charged for gross registered tonnage will remain the same at 6.5 cents per ton. The revised dues are accepted by the Hong Kong Pilots Association which charges the fees and the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association's members who will pay the fees. The new pilotage dues for 1997 was then endorsed by the Pilotage Advisory Committee. 16 January, 1997
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