Port disbursement estimate for a vessel call
Know what a port call should cost before the agent's proforma arrives: each charge priced from the port tariff, for your vessel and your stay.
A vessel port disbursement account calculator
A port disbursement account lists what a ship's call costs: harbour dues, pilotage, towage, berthing and unberthing, mooring, anchorage, port stay charges and port agency charges. Stowlines builds the estimate from the port's tariff, so you have your own figure to set against the agent's proforma.
Each charge shows as its own line. The same engine works for the ship pilotage cost, the vessel towage cost, the berthing cost and the anchorage cost, as far as the tariff sets them.
Marine charges and the full port cost
The tariff prices the marine service charges of the call. Add anything else, such as an agency fee or a survey, as an additional charge for the full port-cost estimate. Any port cost can also be overwritten with the figure you have agreed.
Port charges on GRT, NRT, LOA and TEU
Tariffs charge in different ways, on GRT, NRT, LOA, TEU or the time in port, in slabs or progressive bands, with weekend and holiday surcharges. The estimate follows the tariff for your vessel and your dates and gives the port cost per vessel call, with the voyage's cost per TEU beside it.
A vessel port tariff database for your ports
Keep your tariffs in one port-wise database, for ports worldwide, with their documents and versions, and a port's weekend days and public holidays by country. Every estimate uses them. Build a rotation each way to compare port call costs between ports, and see where a different call or a shorter stay brings the voyage cost down.
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Port Disbursement Estimate, answered.
What is a port disbursement account?
It is the statement of what a vessel's port call costs, usually sent by the port agent: a proforma before the call and a final account after it.
Does this replace the agent's account?
No. It is your own estimate from the tariff, ready before the call, so you can plan the voyage and check the proforma against it.
Can it calculate harbour dues?
Yes, as a line of the port call, where the port's tariff sets them.
What if a port has no tariff yet?
Type the port cost for that call and carry on, or add the tariff so that every later estimate uses it.
Can I use it for any port in the world?
Yes. Any port on the map can be part of a voyage, and its tariff is added to your own database when you need it.
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