PORT RELATED EXPENSES

Please refer to the following chart to have an idea of the expenses that your vessel will incur when docking or anchoring in Panama


Vessel that berths for bunkers

Vessel that berths for cargo ops

one time payment

$100

one time payment

$200

Custom Fees

Weekdays

$26

weekends and holidays

$31

Launch Hire

daytime (0600-1800)

$165-$180

nightime (1800-0600) / weekends / holidays

$230

Lights and Buoys Fees

Pollution Fee

per GRT

$0.05

per GRT

$0.02

Mooring and Unmooring

<9000 GRT

$105

15,000>GRT>9000

$165

25,000>GRT>15,000

$225

More than 25,000 GRT

$285

Dockage Fees (vessels working cargo)

For the First 24hrs (or part) per GRT / min $50

$0.075

Second 24hrs, per hour or fraction per GRT

$0.005

Subsequent hourly rate per GRT

$0.075

Dockage Fees (vessels bunkering)

per GRT per 24hrs

$0.10

Anchorage Fees (vessels awaiting orders and repairing)

per GRT per day / min $3

$0.03



Anchorage Fees (bunkering vessels)

per GRT / min $250 / max $1500

$0.05

Pilotage

(applicable only when vessel is not passing the Canal)

(costs are per feet of draft)

LOA < 20ft

$27.00 per ft

30ft < LOA > 20ft

$34.00 per ft

LOA > 30ft

$40.00 per ft

Pilot Launch

$100 per hour

Channel Fee

(applicable only when vessel is not passing the Canal)

LOA < 20ft

$7.00 per ft

(costs are per feet of draft)

30ft < LOA > 20ft

$11.50 per ft

LOA > 30ft

$15.00 per ft

Tug Hire

Fixed Fee per Tug per maneuver (docking / undocking)

$1195

Special Tug Services per hour per tug base to base

$1425

Water

Connection

$50

Disconnection

$50

Cost of Water per Ton

$3

Water (by barge)

Barging Fee (Cristobal)

$2,000

Barging Fee (Balboa)

$2,250

Pumping Charge: 1 to 50 tons

$50

Pumping Charge: 51 to 100 tons

$75

Pumping Charge: over 100 tons

$100

Cost of Water per Ton

$3

Stores, Lube Oil, Safety Equipment, etc.

Delivery at Cristobal not exceeding 3hrs

$2,000

Delivery at Balboa not exceeding 4hrs

$2,250

Additional Charge per hour in excess of the above

$250

Lube Oil pumping cost per Drum

$5

Barging Fees when Bunkering

0 to 500 mt

$3,350

$1.60 per mt in excess of 500mt

Other Government Fees

Agricultural Quarantine

$15

Ministry of Health

$21 / hour

Fumigation

$250



Inmigration Fees:

Creewmembers signing on or signing off while the vessel is in Panamanian waters or Ports must be cleared by the immigration services of the Republic of Panama. A mandatory seaman's VISA for embarking on Panamanian crewmembers is required. The cost is $10.

During regular working hours, crew or passengers embarked or disembarkerd do not have to pay extra duties. On the other hand, between 1600 and 0700 hours the following duties apply:

a.1600-2100
b.2101-0500
c.0501-0700
d.All day Saturday, Sundays and Holidays

$20
$30
$20
$30
 

United Canal Agents