Transport Canada - Airport and Port Programs

1. This Notice may be cited as the Public Port Facilities Storage Charges Tariff Notice.

"port facility" means a wharf, pier, breakwater, terminal, warehouse or other building or work located in, on or adjacent to navigable waters used in connection with navigation or shipping and includes all land incidental to its use;

"public port facility" means a port facility designated as a public port facility under section 65 of the Canada Marine Act;

"storage" means a charge payable on goods that remain at a public port facility or in a building at such a facility.

3. Storage charges calculated in accordance with this Notice are payable in respect of goods that remain at a public port facility or in a building at such a facility.

3.1. Subject to Section 6, this Notice applies in respect of the goods carried on all vessels, including vessels owned by Her Majesty in right of any Province or by the government of any foreign country.

4. Storage charges shall be calculated on the basis set out in Schedule "C" in an amount determined by multiplying the unit basis set out in Column II of an item described in Column I by the relevant rate set out in Column III of that item.

4.1. The storage charges prescribed by this Notice are due on demand and shall be paid to Transport Canada or its representative pursuant to the terms and conditions of the invoice.

4.2. The storage charges prescribed by this Notice are in addition to any other charges prescribed in any other Notice or that may be owing to Transport Canada.

5. Transport Canada and/or its representative reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to estimate the area used for the storage of goods and the total area so estimated shall be used for the purpose of this Notice.

(a) a Canadian warship, naval auxiliary ship or other ship under the command of the Canadian Forces, a ship of a visiting force within the meaning of the Visiting Forces Act or any other ship which it is under the command of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

(b) goods brought in by a vessel that is exempted from the payment of such charges by the terms of any agreement between Canada and any foreign country;

(c) the first five consecutive days that goods intended for outward shipment remain on the wharf, except where arrangements have been made in advance to reserve storage space on the wharf for those goods, or

(d) a public port facility that is leased under the authority of, or in respect of which a separate tariff of tolls and dues is made by the Governor in Council.

Item	Column I Description	Column II Unit Basis	Column III Rate Jan. 1, 2004 (in Dollars)
1.	Storage for goods in sheds other than frost-proof sheds, per day	square metre	0.25
2.	Storage for vegetables and root vegetables in frost-proof sheds:
	(a) unheated sheds
	(i) for the first 10-day period or part thereof after initial entry into the shed for the purpose of consolidating a shipment	N/A	no charge
	(ii) for the subsequent 5-day period or part thereof, for the period	square metre	0.81
	(iii) for each additional 10-day period or part thereof where a shipment is not removed from the shed prior to the 16^th day, for the period	square metre	1.67
	(b) heated sheds
	(i) for the first 5-day period or part thereof after initial entry into the shed for the purpose of consolidating a shipment	square metre	2.79
	(ii) for the second 5-day period or part thereof, for the period	square metre	2.21
	(iii) for each additional 5-day period or part thereof, for the period	square metre	1.38
3.	Storage for goods other than vegetables and root vegetables in frost-proof sheds, where space is not required for vegetables or root vegetables, per day	square metre	0.35
4.	Storage for goods on wharf, per day or part thereof	square metre	0.13
5.	Storage for goods elsewhere at a public port facility, per day or part thereof	square metre	0.09

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