The following towboat companies operate in the port. Some are engaged solely in towing barges, lighters, carfloats, and other small craft, while others specialize in vessel towage and assistance. Coastwise towing service is also available. Atlantic Transport Company, Chamber of Commerce Building Baltimore Towage & Lighterage Company, Mercantile Trust Building Curtis Bay Towing Company, Mercantile Trust Building Wyatt Estep, 1914 Park Avenue Harbor Towing Corporation, 2325 Boston Street Charles H. Harper, National Marine Bank Building RUNNING LINES The following charges, taken from the tariff of a company specializing in furnishing line service, can be considered representative for the port: Straight Time Making fast, per vessel Letting go, per vessel $14.00 10.50 Shifting lines for vessels shifting from head berth to 20.80 Shifting lines vessel breasting across slip from pier to 20.80 Where vessel in breasting across slip from pier to pier, 20.80 Overtime For services performed before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and for all service on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, there is an overtime differential charge of $3.35 per hour or fraction for each man employed, subject to a four-hour minimum, such charges to be prorated if more than one vessel is served during the minimum period. TERMINAL SERVICES PERFORMED BY RAILROADS Practically all deep-draft vessels engaged in the foreign and domestic general cargo trades at the port are accommodated at marine terminals owned or operated by the trunkline and terminal railroads serving Baltimore. All bulk grain vessels and most bulk ore vessels entering Baltimore are also handled at railroad facilities. Rates and conditions governing the services provided by the railroads are contained in pertinent carrier tariffs, and are discussed in this report on page 259 The sections following in this chapter are concerned with services and charges at the municipal and private piers in the port. DOCKAGE Dockage is the charge levied against vessels for berthing at wharves, piers, or seawall structures, or for mooring to vessels so berthed. Municipal Piers. No dockage is assessed against vessels berthing at municipally operated piers when they load or discharge cargo on which wharfage is collected. Scows and barges are allowed free dockage when they pay wharfage exceeding $2 per day. Vessels, including scows and barges, subject to dockage are charged at the following rates; Double the above rates apply for every day over 6 and treble for every day over 12. The city Board of Estimates has the power to negotiate special dockage charges for lengthy periods. Privately Operated Piers.- The privately operated general cargo piers in Baltimore do not charge dockage. Practice in regard to dockage varies at piers operated by industrial firms for their own use. At some of these installations there is no dockage, at others the charge is nominal. The American Sugar Refining Company terminal tariff sets the dockage charge at its pier at 44 for each of the first 200 tons net register and 2.5¢ for each additional net ton per 24 hour period or fraction. At the public lumber terminal operated by Atlantic Terminals, Inc., in Fairfield, self-propelled vessels are assessed a dockage charge of $100 per 24 hours, with a $100 minimum. Barges, lighters, and other non-self-propelled vessels are charged $2 per 24 hours or fraction thereof. WHARFAGE Wharfage is the charge assessed against cargo for its use of a wharf. Municipal Piers.- A wharfage charge is levied on all merchandise landed or shipped from municipally operated piers. Rates vary according to the commodity and the length of time merchandise remains on the piers. Lumber, which moves across municipal piers in considerable quantity, is charged wharfage at the rate of 25¢ per thousand board feet for 10 days. Private Piers.- No wharfage is assessed against cargo moving across the privately operated general cargo terminals at Baltimore. LUMBER HANDLING The following charges for various services involved in the handling of lumber at Baltimore are taken from Atlantic Terminals, Inc., Tariff FMB #27, dated September 1, 1955, and can be considered as indicative of the rate level for such services in the port. The charges are for service during the regular work week, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. When services are required outside of the regular hours additional charges are assessed reflecting the overtime wages of labor and supervisors. Rates are per 1,000 feet net board measurement unless otherwise specified. Backhandling For Truck Delivery Green lumber, loose, shipside to truck delivery area Per MNBM $2.40 Green lumber, packaged, shipside to truck delivery area Note: The foregoing rates include wharfage of 5¢ per MNBM Per MNBM $ 2.00 2.65 Loading Trucks Loading lumber at truck delivery yard onto open trucks: 2.00 From one or two lots, requiring segregation, tallying and handling extra 2.25 3.25 From not more than three lots, tallying and handling extra From not more than four lots, tallying and handling extra Packaged lumber loaded at 25¢ less per MNBM than rates preceding Loading into closed or covered trucks, additional per MNBM Loading from storage, for handling and transportion to tailgate, additional per MBM Gross 3.25 1.00 1.00 Loading Railroad Cars Loading open top cars, owner's blocking, stakes, and wire 3.50 20.00 Tallying Straight length lot, one size, one length, no handling Random length lot, 2" and larger, one size, no handling Handling .50 1.50 1.00 Straight length lot, one size, one length, to furnish specific number of pieces/footage .75 Random length lot, 1", one size, to furnish specific number of pieces/footage 3.00 Random length lot, 2" or larger, one size, to furnish specific number of pieces/footage 2.00 Backhandling For Open Storage From truck delivery yard From shipside and piled, green lumber, loose, no free time 1.00 2.90 2.50 Rates as above, with 6,000 pieces of lath equivalent to 1,000 feet of lumber. Shingles Rates as above, with 40 bundles of 16" or 18" shingles, or 30 bundles of 24 shingles, equivalent to 1,000 feet of lumber. Free Time Free time allowance is 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holi- HEAVY LIFTS Charges for handling heavy lifts and extraordinarily long pieces of cargo are usually contained in steamship line tariffs. However, there are occasions when shippers make their own arrangements with operators of floating heavy lift equipment to handle their heavy lift shipments. In either case the rates are usually assessed according to the weight or size of the individual pieces. Under certain conditions it is possible to hire equipment on an hourly or daily basis. |