Schedule 7
STORAGE CHARGES
1. General
The attention of port users is drawn to sections 51 and 52 of the Act.
Port users are advised that terminal facilities are meant for the rapid handling of transit cargo and not for warehousing. The storage charges are penal. Port users are reminded that in accordance with section 36 of the Act the Authority is not liable for loss or damage for cargo remaining in a terminal facility after the expiry date of the rent free period.
2. Free Period
The free period shall be as follows—
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(a) import and export cargo 5 days excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
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(b) transhipment cargo including containers transhipped 21 days excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
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(c) empty containers – 15 days excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (Substituted by S.I. 13/2021)
(Substituted by S.I. 64/2010)
3. Computation of free period
The free periods shall be calculated as follows—
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(a) import and transhipment cargo: the free period shall commence at noon of the day following the day the ship is considered by the General Manager to have completed discharge;
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(b) export cargo: the free period shall commence at noon of the day following receipt of the cargo into the port;
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(c) empty containers: the free period shall commence at noon at the day following the day when it is discharged or received into the port or unstuffed in a port.
4. Storage Charges
The charges for all cargo remaining in Port Castries and Port Vieux Fort after the free storage period has elapsed is $3.50 per day or a fraction of the day per ton or part of a ton.
(Substituted by S.I. 64/2010)
5. Removal of Cargo from a Port
Despite anything in paragraphs 1–4 above, the General Manager may instruct the owner of any cargo to remove it from a port within 48 hours of such instruction. If this instruction is not complied with the General Manager may dispose of such cargo at the owner's risk and expense.
6. Transfer of Cargo
Cargo remaining on hand after the free storage period may be transferred to another place of rest and a charge shall be made for such a transfer.
The charge for transferring cargo within a port shall be $10 per ton or part of a ton.