Rates of ship dues

1. Law
2. US Virgin Islands Code
3. Navigation
4. Ship Dues
5. Thomas and St. John
6. Rates of ship dues

• The following dues shall be paid by ships entering and clearing in St. Thomas and St. John:

(1) Vessels of 5 net register tons or less, which discharge or load, per register ton of entire burden, entering and clearing taken together	$0.15
(2) Vessels over 5 but not over 20 net register tons, which discharge or load 1 ton of goods or more, per register ton of entire burden, entering and clearing taken together	$0.15
(3) Vessels over 20 but less than 50 net register tons, per ton of goods discharged or laden	$0.25
(4) Vessels of 50 net register tons or more, per ton of goods discharged or laden	$0.50

• As exceptions to subdivisions (1)–(4) of this section, the following dues shall be paid by ships entering and clearing in St. Thomas and St. John:

(5) Vessels of 20 net register tons or less under United States flag, trading between the islands of the Virgin Islands, U.S.A., which discharge or load 1 ton of goods or more, when engaged in such trade, per register ton of entire net register tonnage, entering and clearing taken together	$0.02
(6) Vessels over 20 net register tons under United States flag, trading between the islands of the Virgin Islands, U.S.A., when engaged in such trade, per ton of goods discharged or laden	$0.02
(7) Vessels mentioned in subdivision (4) of this section, discharging or transshipping fuel oil for use in engines or fossil coal (except as provided in section 242 of this title), for every register ton occupied by fuel oil or fossil coal to be discharged or transshipped	$0.32
(8) Vessels mentioned in subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section to or from which cargo (excepting fuel oil for use in engines and fossil coal) is transshipped directly from or to another vessel, for every ton of goods transshipped, $0.06, except that on transshipment of mineral ores, the rate shall be $0.02 per ton.

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