PORT MARINE CIRCULAR No. 07 of 2015 REVISIONS TO GAS FREE INSPECTION CHARGES
MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
PORT MARINE CIRCULAR
No. 07 of 2015
5 Jun 2015
Shipping Community
Harbour Craft Community
REVISIONS TO GAS FREE INSPECTION CHARGES
Pursuant to Regulation 11 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
(Dangerous Goods, Petroleum and Explosives) Regulations, 2005, any vessel which
has carried1 Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum2 is not allowed to proceed
to any place within the port or into shipyards unless the vessel has been certified
free from flammable vapour by an Inspector of Petroleum.
- The Gas Free Inspection charges have remained unchanged since MPA’s
formation in 1996. Following MPA’s recent scheduled review and industry
consultation, the revisions to the charges are as follows:
(a) Standardise Gas Free Inspection Charge:
For vessels with tonnage of less than 1,000 GT, a charge of $250 applies;
for every additional 5,000 GT thereafter or part thereof, an additional charge
of $70 applies.
(b) Delay/Waiting Charge:
Delay/Waiting charges are at $150 per hour or part thereof.
(c) Cancellation Charge :
(i) Cancellation charges are at $150 per occurrence.
(ii) The cut off timing for the application of cancellation charge has been
aligned to that of Gas Free Inspection Booking.
1As a whole or part of her last cargo.
2 Class “A” petroleum means any petroleum the flash-point of which is less than 23 degrees Celsius and includes
liquefied petroleum gas. Class “B” petroleum means any petroleum the flash-point of which is 23 degrees Celsius
or more but less than 60 degrees Celsius.
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(d) Outside Normal Operating Hours Surcharge :
A 100% surcharge applies3.
- All the revisions will take effect for inspection bookings made for 1 July 2015
onwards, with the exception of (cii), which will take effect for bookings made for 1
January 2016 onwards.
- For any queries or clarifications, please contact:
Name Email Telephone
Mr Steven Qian steven_qian@mpa.gov.sg DID: 6375 1661
Ms Sherry Teoh sherry_teoh@mpa.gov.sg DID: 6375 1736
YVONNE CHAN
DIRECTOR (CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT)/ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
3 Normal operating hours is defined as follows: Weekdays - 0800 to 1800 hours; Saturday - 0800 to 1300 hours.
The surcharge applies to cancellation and delay/waiting charges for inspections conducted outside normal
operating hours.
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