1. Foreign-flagged vessels, which call at the ports of Constantza, Midia and Mangalia, have to be represented by a ship-agency company that has concluded a service contract with the Administration.
   In special circumstances a shipmaster may make payments, on own behalf, for services provided before the vessel departs from port.


2. The amounts payable for services provided by the Administration are on ship-owners' account and the payments are to be made through ship-agency companies or directly by the ship-owner (for Romanian-flagged vessels).


3. All tariff rates applied by the Administration are expressed in EURO.


4. Payments for services provided are made in hard currency by foreign-flagged vessels and in equivalent national currency (ROL) by Romanian-flagged vessels
   
   
5. Conversion of tariff rates into other currencies (including the national currency) is made at the official rates of exchange notified by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) for the invoicing day of the service provided, in conformity with the legal regulations in force.


6. The amounts resulting from the application of tariff rates are due before the vessel departs from port and the ship agent is to guarantee the payment thereof on departure of the vessel. On or after departure of the vessel from port, the ship-agent makes the due payments in conformity with the clauses provided by the contract concluded between the respective agent and the Administration.


7. Basic port tariffs are applied as follows:
   
   • port access tariff, basin tariff and quay tariff are applied to vessels moored pierside (including those moored in double berth and other off-pier mooring positions), in compliance with conditions provided in Chapter III - items 1, 2, and 3;
   
   
   • basin and quay tariffs, provided in Chapter III - items 2 and 3, are applied as per ship's LOA to vessels which moor stern-to or bows-to the quay;
   
   
   • port access and basin tariffs are applied to vessels riding at anchor in port waters, inner roads inclusive, as well as to vessels moored alongside the berths which do not belong to the Administration, in compliance with provisions of Chapter III - items 1 and 3;
   
   
   • port access tariff is applied to vessels which are transiting (without staying in port) to/from the Danube-Black Sea Canal or the shipyards in the ports of Constantza, and Mangalia, each time the vessel enters/departs from the port, in compliance with provisions of Chapter III - item 1;
   
   
   • port access tariff is applied only once to vessels that enter or depart from the shipyards in the ports of Constantza and Mangalia, vessels which leave the port for sea trials, as well as military vessels participating in exercises at sea;
   
   
   • no port access tariff is applied to foreign-flagged military vessels coming alongside or staying at military berths in the port of Constantza; since the respective berths belong to the General Staff of the Romanian Naval Forces, there is no justification for the basin or quay tariffs to be applied;
   
   
   • any type of a sea-going vessel may fall under only one of the tariff positions provided by Chapter III, items 1, 2 and respectively 3, in any of the mentioned situations that vessel might be;
8. Quay and basin tariffs are not applied to sea-going vessels on their arrival day in port (except the case in which the vessel makes a port call of less than 24 hours), as the such vessels do not use the port infrastructure for the entire arrival day and respectively departure day.


9. Any service or hire (use) of port equipment is provided on basis of an order, temporary agreement or contract except in case of force majeure. The applicant is obliged to specify in his order all the necessary data that ensure that the service is provided under the best conditions.
   Tariffs related to these services are to be negotiated with the relevant offices of the Administration, depending on the actual conditions under which the services requested by the clients will be provided.


10. Documents accepted as a basis for calculation of port tariffs for all vessels are the International Tonnage Certificate - 1969 (ITC) and Registry or Nationality Certificate.


11. VAT is added to the amounts resulted from the application of tariffs, in conformity with legal norms in force.


12. The Administration applies the tariffs for the use of the tourist port of Tomis to pleasure and fishing craft (yachts, boats, fishing craft, etc), which call at/stay in the ports of Constantza, Midia and/or Mangalia. These tariffs are notified by the Administration on request of the interested parties.


13. Basic port tariffs provided in Chapter III are not applied to surveillance and control vessels of the public port service (belonging to the Romanian Naval Authority, Harbour Master, Coast Guard, Transports Police and other authorities of the Romanian state) and vessels belonging to the Administration, maritime rescue vessels, fire-fighting vessels, marine research vessels and military vessels belonging to the General Staff of the Romanian Naval Forces.


14. During the port call of vessels, the Administration provides collection of residues (petroleum residues, bilge and used water) free of charge by means of specialized vessels, with the exceptions provided in Chapter VI, paragraph 6.

1. A vessel is considered to navigate in liner service if:
   • The vessel navigates on a liner time-schedule between Constantza/Midia/ Mangalia and, at least, one fixed destination to a foreign port. The schedule will be notified by 30 days in advance for a new line and at least by 3 days in advance befeore the end of current month for the next month, in case of ship being already in the liner tim-schedule. This schedule has to contain the following data: name of vessel and port of registry, ship-owner's/charterer's name and head office, shipping route and ports of call, arrival at and departure times from Constantza/ Midia/Mangalia ports, running numbers of voyages.
   
   
   • A ship-owner/charterer has to ensure that at least one monthly call is made at ports of Constantza/Midia/Mangalia.
   
   
   • A ship-owner/charterer has to comply with the time schedule that has notified in advance with the following exceptions:
   a) 5 days earlier or later for passages to/from Black Sea and Near East ports;
   b) 8 days earlier or later for passages to/from other ports.
   
   • A ship-owner/charterer may substitute the vessels nominated in the schedule with other vessels, informing the Administration to this effect. Notification in regard to substitution of a vessel is done by at least 5 days in advance for liner passages to/from Black Sea and Near East ports, respectively  by 8 days for passages to/from other ports.
   
   
   • The vessel loads/discharges general goods (including containerized) and  Ro-Ro 
   
         The  vessels that do not comply with any of the stipulations mentioned above, beginning with the next call, but no sooner than 15 tays, will not benefit from the tariff system related to the liner vessels.
    
   
2. Duration of a port call for river-going vessels is the counted as the period between arrival and departure times locks at Agigea, respectively Midia.
3. The type of vessel as used in this document is defined as follows:


• Bulk-carrier: a vessel that carries solid cargoes in bulk;


• Tanker: a vessel that carries liquid cargoes;


• LPG carrier: a vessel that carries liquified petroleum gases;


• Cargo-vessel: a vessel that carries general cargoes;


• Container-carrier: a vessel the contruction of which is entirely or partialy cellular or a vessel that can be alternatively used as a container carrier or that loads exclusively containerized cargo;


• RORO/Ferryboat: a vessel that carries wheeled transport means (motor vehicles - drivers inclusive, railway carriages - attendants inclusive);


• Passenger vessel: a vessel registered for the exclusive carriage of passengers and their belongings (luggage, privately owned cars and coaches);
• River passenger-vessel: a vessel that has a registered river-class for exclusive transportantion of passengers and their luggage on the Danube and Danube-Black Sea Canal;
• Military vessel: a vessel constructed and equipped to perform military assignments;


• Fishing vessel: a fishing ship with a gross tonnage in excess of 150 GT;


• River cargo-vessel is a vessel that carries goods along inland navigable waterways (barge, lighter and other assimilated thereto)


• Technical vessel is a vessel that provides harbour services in the ports of Constantza/Midia and Mangalia: floating crane, bunkering tank, dredger, lighter, scow, floating elevator, drilling platform, rock-breaker, pontoon, floating bridge, etc.
4. Maritime vessels that do not fall under the types defined above (live stock carriers, reefers, multi-purpose vessels etc.) are assimilated to cargo-vessels, except for the OBO carriers that shall be charged depending on the cargoes carries, respectively as bulk carriers or tankers.


5. Ship' s characteristics used in the present document are defined as follows:


• Lmax (LOA): maximum length measured horizontally on the fore-and-aft plane in metres, between the outer ends of the ship (m);


• GT (TB): gross tonnage shown in documents mentioned in Chapter I - item 10 ;


• RGT (TBR): reduced gross tonnage, as shown in documents mentioned in Chapter I, item 10, to which  basic port tariff rates are applied to tankers, wich certify by documents that they have separate tanks for ballast and they possess the Tonnage Certificate in wich it is expressly mentioned the reduced gross tonnage regardless the cargo shipped, the mode of loading and the aim of the vessel's entry to the Romanian port's. 


• GTU (UTB): gross tonnage unit


• LC (TC): maximum loading capacity of cargo river vessels, expressed in tons (t);


• DT (TD) (displacement tons): total weight of a laden vessel expressed in tons;


• HP (CP): horse power

• GT = (0.2 + 0,02 log10 V) x V


• where V = L x B x D x 0,9


• V = volume of ship's hull (cu.m.)


• L = length (m.)


• B = beam (m.)


• D = draft (m)

1. Port access tariff - is applied per GT(TB) of vessel as shown in ship's papers for each entry in port depending on the type of vessel and differently for the gross tonnage (TB) groups, as follows:

1.1. For liner vessels (which meet the requirements provided in Chapter II, item 1.1) and for the ships employed in liner service (which the requirements provided in Chapter II, item 1.2 and belong to some owners/charters which serving this service with minimum 4 ships - calls by the month) the port access tariffs is applied conform item 3, 4, 5, and 6, as follows:

The same tariffs from the upper table the port access tariffs is applied for the vessels calling only for bunkering, change of crew, disembarking of sick persons.

1.2. For the ships employed in liner service (which the requirements provided in Chapter II, item 1.2 and belong to some/charters which serving this service with minimum 2-3 ships - calls by the month) the port access tariff is applied as follows:

1.3. For the ships employed in liner service (which the requirements provided in Chapter II, item 1.2 and belong to some owners/charters which serving this service with only one ship - calls on the month) the port access tariff is applied as follows:

1.4. Port access tariff is applied to vessels that make a second port call within 30 days from the previous port call (taking the departure time as a reference point) and to vessels which leave the port for the roads and return to port to continue the operations (loading, discharching, repairs etc.) as follows:

2. Quay tariff - is applied per vessel's maximum length (LOA) and number of days in port depending on the type of vessel and the gross tonnage (TB) heading under which the vessel falls, as follows:

* for the river passenger-vessels (with a river class), as well as for the vessels transporting passengers in a regular line regime, in 2004, it is to be applied a quay tariff rate of 5.950 EURO/m/day.

** for the maritime passanger-vessels that are making a port call, which doesn`t exceedes 12 hours, it is to be applied a quay tariff rate of 4.960 EURO/m.

2.5 Bulk-carriers shall be charged with the following tariff:

- when operating the following bulk cargoes: coal and derivatives, phosphates, apatite, iron ore, bauxite, the quay tariff rates to be applied are as follows:

- when operating cargoes other than those stated in the previous paragraph, the quay tariff rates to be applied are as follows:

-when bulk-carriers operating scrap the quay tariff rate corresponding to the cargo-vessel is to be applied as stipulated in the item 2.6., alignment 2, according to the appropriate TB group, in case that the appliance of the tarrif rate is favourable to the ship.

2.6. Cargo-vessels shall be charged with the following tariff:

- when operating the following bulk cargoes: coal and derivatives, phosphates, apatite, iron ore, bauxite, the quay tariff rates to be applied are as follows:

- when operating any other cargoes (except those stated in the previous paragraph), the quay tariff rates to be applied are as follows:

2.7. Container-carriers shall be charged with the following tariff:

- when operate containers, the quay tariff rates to be applied are as follows:

- when operating the following bulk cargoes: coal and derivatives, phosphates, apatite, iron ore, bauxite, the quay tariff rates to be applied are as follows:

- when operate goods other than those foreseen at the above items, the following quay tariff rates are applied :

A vessel of any type which, during loading and unloading operations,  operates more kinds of cargoes is charged with the tariff rates corresponding to the type of vessel and kind of cargo which makes up the greatest weight in the loading /unloading operations..
For vessels falling under one of the following situations:

• vessels which make port calls only for repair works (inclusively compulsory operations preceding the repair works) to be carried out alongside the quay (outside the shipyard), 
• vessels during one call, performing both commercial operations and repair works, 
• maritime vessels that are moored side by side ( no commercial operations performed) in the second and next positions,
  the quay tariff is applied as follows:

3. Basin Tariff  -tariff rates for port basin  is applied per vessel's maximum length (LOA) and number of days in port depending on the type of vessel and gross tonnage (TB) heading under which the vessel falls as follow: