LANDING CHARGES ġ S.L.10.28 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.28
LANDING CHARGES REGULATIONS
4th April, 1973
LEGAL NOTICE 32 of 1973, as amended by Act XVII of 1991.
Title .
Regulations.
Charges payable 
by consignees.
Amended by:
XVII. 1991.81.
2. The charges payable by consignees of goods to a person,
firm or body, other than the Malta Maritime Authority   or its
contractor, who undertakes the landing from ship’s tackle to any
wharf or other place appointed for the purpose of the goods
specified in Column 1 of the First Schedule to these Regulations
shall be those shown in Column 2 or in Column 3 of Part I of the
said Schedule or in Column 2 of Part II thereof; such charges shall
be payable whether or not such person, firm or body is specifically
mentioned in the bill of lading:
Cap. 352.
Cap. 171.
Provided that where cranes have to be used for cargo of an
exceptional nature or where the use of cranes is obligatory under
the Malta Maritime Authority Act, or under the Port Workers
Ordinance, an additional charge to cover the additional expense
incurred shall be payable by consignees.
Manner of 
calculating 
charges.
3. The charges shown in the First Schedule to these
Regulations shall be calculated in the manner set out in the Second
Schedule to these Regulations:
Provided that for the purpose of calculating charges on unit
loads or unitised cargo, the tonnage shall be calculated on the
actual cargo forming the unit load or the unitised cargo and shall be
calculated in the manner specified in the Second Schedule to these
Regulations:
Provided further that when both the actual weight and
measurement in respect of every bill of lading of unit loads or
unitised cargo is not recorded in the ship’s manifest or bill of
lading, the rates shall be calculated on the overall weight or
measurement of the cargo and the trailer or container on which or
in which such cargo is loaded.
Regulations not to 
apply when goods 
received under 
ship’s tackle.
4. These regulations shall not apply to consignees who
receive their goods under ship’s tackle.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Regulation 2)
CHARGES PAYABLE BY CONSIGNEES
Part I
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Goods Where lighters are 
used
Where lighters are 
not used
L c m  L c m 
( a ) Cement, soda, sulphur and coal in
bags, per ton ................................... 1.05,0 0.95,0
( b ) Onions, carobs, oats, pollars, cotton,
seed, oil cake, barley, bran, coke
and malt, in bags, and potatoes in
bags; chests, boxes or similar
packing, per ton .................. 1.18,0 1.04,0
( c ) Iron joists, beams, girders, rails,
metal rods including angle iron and
sheets, ingots, wine in casks,
earthenware pipes and fittings, per
ton .................................................. 1.15,0 1.02,0
( d ) Refrigerated cargo, per ton ............. 1.04,0 0.93,0
(e) Scrap metal (other than aluminium -
loose, per ton ................................ 1.29,0 1.12,0
(f) Scrap aluminium - loose, per ton ..... 1.98,0 1.82,0
(g) Motor and aviation spirit in cans or
drums and explosives, including
ammunition and pyrotechnics, per
ton .................................................. 0.98,0 0.83,0
(h) Chairs, loose or in bundles, each;
willows, canes  et similia  in bundles,
per bundle; empty drums of a
capacity of 40 gallons and over,
each ................................................ 0.04,2 0.03,3
( i ) Empty wine and beer casks, each .... 0.23,7 0.20,0
( j ) Accompanied motor cars (other than
cars driven on or off a car ferry),
each ................................................ 2.26,3 2.26,3
( k ) All other cargo (other than cargo in
bulk), per ton .................................. 1.00,0 0.85,0
( l ) Flour, wheat and sugar in bags, per
ton .................................................. 0.93,0 0.78,0
( m ) Bulk cargo not handled at
Government Silo -
(i) wheat, per ton ........................... 0.91,0 0.80,0
(ii) Carobs, oats, cotton seed and
barley per ton ............................ 1.27,0 1.18,0
(iii) Other grains, per ton ................. 0.92,0 0.83,0
LANDING CHARGES ġ S.L.10.28 3
PART II
SECOND SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3)
MANNER OF CALCULATING RATES
Table
(iv)  Deffun  and marble chippings,
per ton ...................................... 1.15,0 1.05,0
(v) Other bulk cargo, per ton ........... 0.95,0 0.86,0
(vi) Bagging and tying, per ton ........ 0.11,7 0.11,7
(vii) Bucket conveyor feeding:
( a ) Grain (other than wheat),
per ton ................................ 0.60,0 0.54,2
( b ) Wheat, per ton .................... 0.49,2 0.43,3
In this Schedule "accompanied motor car" means a private motor car
accompanying a person travelling to or from Malta but shall not include a private
car imported into Malta for the first time by a resident of Malta after a visit abroad.
Column 1 Column 2
( a ) Cattle, including working horses, mules and
donkeys ............................................................... 33c7 per head
( b ) Sheep and swine .................................................. 18c7 per head
The charges shown in Part II of the Schedule cover all wages to port workers
from hold to farm.
Column 1 Column 2
(i) Flour, grain, sugar, carozo nuts, briarwood,
potatoes, onions and coal and coke, in bags
and potatoes in bags, chests, boxes or similar
packing .......................................................... Ħ
per deadweight ton of
1,000 kilos per ton
(ii) Bulk cargo .....................................................
(iii) Frozen meat ...................................................
(iv) Wine in casks .................................................
(vi) Earthenware pipes, bends and fittings .............
(vi) Accompanied motor cars as defined in the
First Schedule ................................................ per motor car
(vii) Ground nuts, in bags ...................................... at three times the
deadweight tonnage of
1,000 kilos per ton
(viii) Empty drums of a capacity of 40 gallons and
over ............................................................... per drum
(ix) Chairs in bundles or loose .............................. per chair
(x) Willows, canes  et similia , in bundles .............. per bundle
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(xi) Unpacked mobile equipment consigned to or
shipped by the Government or the Armed
Forces of Malta .............................................. where the measurement
tonnage at 40 cub.ft. per
ton exceeds the
deadweight at 1,000 kilos
per ton by more than five
times, at five times the
deadweight tonnage
(xii) Bagged cargo wet at the time of handling ....... at double the normal
tonnage
(xiii) Corpses .......................................................... at double the norma1
tonnage
(xiv) All other cargo not otherwise enumerated ....... at either the measurement
tonnage at 40 cub.ft. per
ton or the deadweight
tonnage at 1000 kilos per
ton, whichever be the
greater.
