Port of
Sacramento
California, U.S.A.


Rate Schedule 3
SECTION IV - WHARFAGE RULES AND REGULATIONS

DEFINITION OF WHARFAGE:

Issued: 6/1/99

Effective: 6/7/99

Item: 4000

(a)

Wharfage is the charge assessed against cargo or merchandise, vessel's stores, fuel and supplies for passage on, over, under or through any wharf, pier, or bank controlled by the Port of Sacramento or between vessels or overside vessels (to or from barge, lighter or water) when berthed at a wharf, pier or bank controlled by the Port of Sacramento. (See Note 1)

(b)

Wharfage is due from the owners of the cargo or merchandise, vessel's stores, fuel and supplies on which wharfage is assessed. The collection of wharfage must be guaranteed by the vessel, her owners or operators and the use of a wharf or wharves by the vessel, her owners or operators shall be deemed an acceptance and acknowledgment of this guarantee. Wharfage shall be due and payable upon presentation. (see Exception)

Exception:

When it is requested that the wharfage charges be assessed and collected directly from the cargo owner or a federal agency, and where satisfactory guarantee of payment is given to the terminal, the wharfage charges will be assessed and collected from the cargo owner or federal agency making the request in lieu of collection from the vessel as provided above.

Note 1:

Wharfage rates do no include assorting, weighing, marking, sampling, inspecting, coopering, recording marked weights or numbers, or unloading to or from railroad cars or motor vehicles, stevedoring, demurraging, handling, customs charges, revenue stamps or fees of any nature imposed by the State or Federal Government against the shipment or vessels transporting the same.

 

APPLICATION OF WHARFAGE RATES:

Issued: 6/1/99

Effective: 6/7/99

Item: 4100

Except as otherwise provided, wharfage shall be assessed in accordance with the schedule of rates set forth in Item No. 4300 subject to the provisions of this Section, and will be in addition to other charges named in this schedule.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in individual items, the rates are in cents per metric ton (2,204.62 pounds) or per cubic meter (35.314 cubic feet) according to vessel's manifest, on whichever basis the water freight is assessed.

(b)

On merchandise which is not covered by a regular commercial steamship line's manifest, and is not moving under regularly established commercial rates published in commercial tariffs, but is moving to or from ports that are served by vessels operating in regular trade routes, wharfage shall be assessed on the same basis of weight or measurement as the freight charges on such merchandise would have been computed on vessel's operating in such regular trade routes under commercial tariffs and would have been shown on such regular commercial steamship line's manifest, except as otherwise provided in individual items.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided in individual items, on merchandise which is moving on other than a weight or measure basis (e.g. per package, etc.) the wharfage charges shall be assessed per metric ton (2,204.62 pounds) or per cubic meter (35,314 cubic feet), whichever yields the greater revenue.

(d)

Except as otherwise provided in individual items, when the ocean rate is based on a combination of weight and measurement, wharfage charges shall be computed on a measurement basis.

(e)

Cargo, on which wharfage charges have been assessed, and which has not been removed from the terminal, may be reshipped from the same terminal without being assessed a further wharfage charge.

(f)

Wharfage will not be charged on:
(1) Equipment taken on a wharf to handle cargo (but not for shipment).
(2) Baggage when accompanying travelers, not including automobiles.
(3) Cargo which a vessel discharges and reloads prior to departure, in order to load or discharge other cargo (over-stowed cargo).

 

WHARFAGE - ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY GRAIN ELEVATOR OPERATOR:

Issued: 6/1/99

Effective: 6/7/99

Item: 4200

Wharfage on bulk cargo moved from or to the grain facilities over the bulk conveyor system across Pier 5 shall be assessed and collected by the grain facilities operator and remitted to the Port of Sacramento.

 

WHARFAGE RATES, BASIS:

Issued: 6/1/99

Effective: 6/7/99

Item: 4300

Rates are in cents per metric ton or per cubic meter according to vessel's manifest, except as otherwise provided. See Items 5, 10, and 4100.

 

Container Cargo, N.O.S.

Issued: 8/31/04

Effective: 9/1/04

Item: 4310

OUTSIDE OVERALL LENGTH IN METERS

LOADED RATE FACTOR

RATE BASIS

Outside length not over 7 meters

(A)$105.00

per Container

Outside length between 7 & 9 meters

(A)$105.00

per Container

Outside length over 9 meters

(A)$105.00

per Container

VANS, TRAILERS OR CONTAINERS, SHIPPING, EMPTY:

EMPTY RATE

RATE BASIS

Outside length not over 7 meters

(A) $12.71

Per Unit

Outside length between 7 & 9 meters

(A) $15.18

Per Unit

Outside length over 9 meters

(A) $25.35

Per Unit

 

General Cargo

COMMODITY

RATE

RATE BASIS

ISSUED

EFFECTIVE

ITEM

Bulk Cargo (cargo in bulk) N.O.S.

(A) $2.57

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4315

Containers (other than Cargo vans),


shipping, empty, S.U. or K.D., N.O.S., Second hand (used), not including bags or sacks; per metric ton or cubic meter, whichever yields the greater revenue (W/M). This rate will not apply on cargo in the Coastwise, Inland Waterway nor Coastal Trades.

(A) $4.99

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4320

Fertilizer, granular or prilled, in bulk

(A) $2.27

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4325

Fuel, bunker, ex barge to vessel

(A) $3.38

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4330

Fuel, bunker, ex rail car or truck to vessel

(A) $6.77

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4335

General cargo, N.O.S., including vessel's stores and supplies

(A) $9.41

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4340

General cargo, N.O.S., viz.: Coastwise and Inland Waterway Cargo only

(A) $8.63

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4345

Grain, Feed, Seed, Copra, Soybean & Soybean Meal, in bulk

(A) $3.10

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4350

Housing or Building Modules, S.U. or K.D.

(A) $8.69

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4355

Cancelled

(ZZZ)

 

7/3/02

7/10/02

4360

Metal, Scrap, in bulk

(A) $3.23

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4365


Metals, loose, in bundles or packages, viz.:


Angles, bars, blanks, bolts, channels, ingots, nails, nuts, piling, and unfinished shapes, per 1,000 kilograms (Subject to Exceptions 1 & 2)

(A) $4.80

metric ton

8/31/04

9/1/04

4370

Metals, loose, in bundles or packages, viz.:


Coils, sheet, stamping, structurals, tin plate, and wire including barbed wire, per 1,000 kilograms (Subject to Exceptions 1 & 2)

(A) $4.97

metric ton

 

 

 

EXCEPTION NO. 1: When originating from or destined to OCP Territory

(A) $4.26

metric ton

 

 

 

EXCEPTION No. 2: For annual volume exceeding 150,000 metric tons:

(A) $3.86

metric ton

 

 

 


Rice, in bags on pallets

(A) $6.68

 

8/31/04

9/1/04

4375

Rice, in bulk

(A) $3.10

 

8/31/04

10/1/04

4380

Rice, in slings, minimum 4,000 metric tons per vessel.

(A) $6.51

 

8/31/04

10/1/04

4385

Vehicles, Motor, Self Propelling

(A) $24.44

Per Unit

8/31/04

9/1/04

4390


Metals, loose, or in bundles, viz: Pipe, Billets, Wire Rod, Plate, per 1000 kilograms
Annual Tonnage Between:

8/31/04

9/1/04

4395

0 - 49,999

(A) $5.08

metric ton

 

 

 

50,000 - 99,999

(A) $4.67

metric ton

 

 

 

100,000 - 149,999

(A) $4.21

metric ton

 

 

 

150,000 and over

(A) $3.61

metric ton

 

 

 


Wood Chips, in bulk

(A) $1.68

BDU

8/31/04

9/1/04

4400


Lumber & Forest Products, viz. , (See Notes 1 & 2)

Logs, viz., Hardwood

(A) $16.43

MBM

8/31/04

9/1/04

4410

Logs, viz., Softwood

(A) $12.62

MBM

8/31/04

9/1/04

4415

Lumber or Timber, Hardwood

(A) $16.88

MBM

8/31/04

9/1/04

4420

Lumber, Timber or (C)Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF), Softwood

(A) $2.98

Cubic Meter

8/31/04

9/1/04

4425

Ship's Lining or Dunnage

(A) $14.18

MBM

8/31/04

9/1/04

4430

Piles and Poles

(A) $0.22

Per Lineal ft.

8/31/04

9/1/04

4435

Rocks, Sand, Aggregate in Super Sacks

(A) $5.86

Metric Ton

8/31/04

9/1/04

4440

Note 1: Articles discharged or loaded direct to or from the water of any slip, basin or channel, will be assessed the same wharfage applicable as if loaded or discharged over a wharf.

Note 2: If freighted by vessel on other than a BM basis, Cargo, N.O.S. rate will apply.


Port of Sacramento 
P.O. Box 980070 
West Sacramento, CA 95798 
Phone: (916) 371-8000
Fax: (916) 372-4802

Port Director
John G. Sulpizio

Trade Department
Steve Mathis; Director


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