MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES Launch hire. The charge will average about $3 per hour; for single trips to or from ships in stream $1 per trip. It is customary for chandler's launches to serve all vessel's officers gratis. The charter rate for launch hire is from $15 to $20 per day, charterer paying for gasoline, oil, and one boatman. Demurrage.-Demurrage charges are based strictly on terms and conditions of charters or contracts of affreightment, varying in each case. Dispatch money.-Same basis as demurrage. Port warden's fees.-None. Surveys range from $15 to $200. Salvage of damaged goods is handled by Norfolk, New York, and Philadelphia firms. Quarantine. Inspection: Fumigation. No charge except for actual cost of material used. Bill of health.-No charge is made for bill of health issued to an American or foreign vessel. Bills of health of each port of call and port of destination may be taken out at a cost of 20 cents each. Anchorage dues.-None. Running lines.-The charge is $2.50 for each operation. Charges for various shipping documents.-Custom brokerage fee for entering and clearing vessels through customhouse is $5 for each operation, or $10 inward and outward. Brokerage fees.-Freight brokers' fees average 14 per cent for securing freight. Customs brokers' fees for handling merchandise through customs is $5 per entry and upward. Agency fees.-Agency fees range from $50 upward, depending on the amount and nature of service performed. Agency fees will average about $100 per ship, for attending to all ship's business, both inward and outward. The charge for making out bill of lading will average about $1 per set. Interpreter's fees.-Subject to agreement. Stamps and taxes.-Stamps required by the United States customs on all entries, etc., are as follows: Up to $100, 25-cent stamp; over $100 and up to $500, 50-cent stamp over $500, $1 stamp. Sling hire.-No charge is made for the use of slings or other gear for the handling of a vessel's cargo, as they are usually furnished by the contracting stevedore. Ship dunnage.-The charge for dunnage will average as follows: Shipping master's fee.-Average charge for securing crew, man, all expenses, $7. each Tonnage dues.-A duty or tax of 2 cents per net ton, and not to exceed an aggregate of 10 cents per ton in any one year, is imposed on all vessels at each entry into a United States port from the following foreign ports or places: North America; Central America; West India Islands; Bahama Islands; Bermuda Islands; Newfoundland; coast of South America, bordering on the Caribbean Sea above and including the mouth of the Orinoco River; and vessels of Sweden and Norway from ports in Sweden and Norway, and in such other cases as may by treaty be provided. A tonnage tax of 6 cents per net ton is imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any other foreign port or place. This tax is not to exceed 30 cents per ton per annum. The tonnage year is computed from the date of the first payment, and expires on the day previous to the corresponding date of the following year. No tonnage tax is imposed on vessels entering a port in distress nor on those not engaged in trade. Light money and alien tonnage tax.-In addition to the regular tonnage used, light money at the rate of 50 cents per net ton and an alien tonnage tax of the same amount are, with certain infrequent exceptions, imposed at each entry thereof into the ports of the United States upon vessels of countries with which the United States has no commercial treaty and upon vessels not exempted by presidential proclamation, except that upon foreign-owned vessels built in the United States the alien tonnage tax is 30 cents per ton. An alien tonnage tax of 50 cents per ton is also imposed upon vessels of American registry carrying one or more foreign officers. Consular fees.-Fees vary; those of several countries are shown below: British.-Every British ship which enters and clears at the customhouse is required under law to deposit its articles at the British consulate, for which the British Government charges a fee of $4.70. No other papers are required. French.-French ships must file at the French consulate all their documents for visa. This formality is not required for ships of other than French nationality. Ships sailing for a French port must get a bill of health and have their manifests visaed if they have taken cargo at the starting port. Danish. The only document required at present under Danish regulations is a bill of health which should be visaed at the Danish consulate and should be accompanied by the clearance papers, the ship's manifest, and bill of lading. The Danish consulate charge of certifying bill of health is $2.70. Norwegian. It is necessary on the arrival in port of a Norwegian vessel for the captain to present to the consul the ship's articles or crew list and certificates of registry for which he receives a receipt for the papers to be presented at the United States customhouse for entry. The charge for this service is $1.10. Italian. For clearing ships, bound to Italian ports: FUEL AND SUPPLIES ELECTRIC CURRENT The water front at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., is served with electric current from the plant of the Virginia Railway & Power Co., which is located on the right bank of the Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River, above the Norfolk & Western Railway bridge. Alternating current of 120 volts, single phase, 60-cycle, is supplied for lighting; and 220, 2,300, and 11,000 volts, 3-phase, 60-cycle, is furnished for power. The normal supply is 25,000 kilowatts per hour with surplus capacity of 9,000 kilowatts per hour. The water front at Newport News is supplied with electric current by the Newport News & Hampton Railway, Gas & Electric Co., located at Hampton, Va. Alternating current of 3,450 volts, 3-phase, 60-cycle, is furnished. The normal output of the plant is 2,500 kilowatts, per hour, with a surplus capacity of 3,000 kilowatts per hour. WATER SUPPLY Fresh water for drinking purposes and for boilers may be obtained through pipe line at the Norfolk Tidewater Terminals, the Municipal Pier and Grain Elevator and at the Imperial Docks, Norfolk, at the rate of 25 cents per ton. Charges for supplying water to vessels in stream in Norfolk Harbor vary from 45 cents to 622 cents per ton, and in lower Hampton Roads, the charge is 75 cents per ton. Piers at Newport News supply fresh water to vessels at the rate of $1.50 per thousand gallons. Water is supplied to vessels in stream at the rate of 50 cents per ton. BALLAST Sand, mud, or dirt ballast is available in any quantity desired, the price varying with the class of ballast taken. E. C. Skinner & Co., River Road, Newport News, Va., delivers sand ballast from lighters in stream or alongside vessels at berth. OIL BUNKERING Four plants are engaged in supplying bunker oil to vessels at Hampton Roads. Three of these are operated by corporations and one by the United States Shipping Board. The plant of the latter, located on Craney Island, is the largest, having a capacity of 1,000,000 barrels and a normal supply of 900,000 barrels. Its facilities, however, are available only to vessels of the Shipping Board except in emergency. Other stations are those of the Standard Oil Co. at Bush Bluff, Norfolk, just north of the Army base; the Mexican Petroleum Corporation and the Texas Co., both on the Southern Branch, Elizabeth River. The combined storage capacity of the commercial stations aggregates 1,000,000 barrels, the normal supply on hand averaging about 700,000 barrels. All of the public plants operate barges equipped to bunker vessels at berth or in stream. A detailed description of these facilities is contained in the following tables. In addition to their ship-bunkering facilities these companies maintain stations in Norfolk and Portsmouth from which smaller craft are supplied with kerosene, gasoline, and oils. The Standard Oil Co. and the Texas Co. also have such plants on the small-boat harbor at Newport News. Fuel-oil facilities—Norfolk, Va. Mexican Petroleum Corporation 120 Broadway, New York City South Norfolk Southern Branch, 8. 403,500. 1. 10. Mexico. Tank vessels 12-inch line from each wharf, re- Tank vessels. 16.3° B. Mexican reduced oil.. 1,000,000. 2 T-head wharves, 4 dolphins.. 40 (Portsmouth). Eastern side of Craney Island. 30.. 103,500. Pipe-line pier. 139 (Norfolk). Southern Branch, Elizabeth River. 600. 25. Total number. Towed or self-propelled. Carrying capacity (barrels) Bunkering capacity (barrels per hour). Hose, size (inches) Total length (feet) Connections (size in inches). Number of holes flanges. Remarks.... in Station is equipped to bunker 2 1,500. 6 and 8. As required. 6 and 8. 6-inch standard, 8-hole; 8-inch standard, 8-hole. |