Effective 1st July 2013, the Port of Melbourne has increased it's tariffs.
A major component of this is POMC's requirement to recover the annual Port Licence Fee (PLF) of $75 million, which is increased by CPI each year, that was introduced by the Victorian Government last year.
For 2013-2014, it is estimated that the total amount of PLF to be recovered is $80 million and includes an amount "under" recovered in 2012-2013.
New rates to to apply from 1st July 2013 are as follows -
* Wharfage for loaded twenty foot containers will increase by $3.20 to $64.40 per TEU plus GST.
* Wharfage for empty containers will increase by $0.80 to $16.00 per TEU plus GST,
* Motor vehicles charges will increase by an average of $1.82 per motor vehicle to $37.96 plus GST,
* Channel fees will increase on average by 5.2%,
* The Channel Deepening Project (CDP) Infrastructure fee will remain at its 2012-2013 level,
* The transhipment rate remains unhchanged at 35% of the standard published rate for both domestic and international movements.
