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New marine safety charges (MSC), ship registration and seafarer licensing fees apply from 1 October 2010.
What is the marine safety charge?
How the marine safety charge is calculated
Licensing and registration fees
The marine safety charge (MSC) is a fee paid by all New Zealand commercial vessels and visiting foreign commercial vessels to New Zealand. This is used by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) to fund a wide range of safety, regulatory and monitoring functions that benefit the sector.
The marine safety charge allows Maritime New Zealand to maintain important services critical to vessel safety, such as aids to navigation, the distress radio network, investigation of maritime accidents, oversight of the International Safety Management and Safe Ship Management systems and improving safety education and awareness among vessel operators.
The method for calculating the marine safety charge varies according to vessel type. The rate is based on deadweight tonnage, passenger capacity or vessel length. See the table below.
Charter boat and small passenger vessels within the Safe Ship Management (SSM) system, who carry fewer than 12 passengers, are less than 45m in length, and who do not proceed beyond restricted limits or embark on an international voyage, are NOT classed as passenger vessels under the MSC rates. These vessels instead fall under the “other” category in the MSC regulations, ie category 7 in the table of charges. The “passenger ship” category in the MSC is for large passenger ships which do not fall under SSM.
Registration and licensing rates depend on the type and level of documentation being sought.
These charges are payable only when seafarers apply for a new licence or certificate, or when they seek to renew or revalidate their license or certificate.
Those applying for recognition of foreign non-STCW certificates will be assessed for the issue of the equivalent New Zealand certificate. They will therefore pay the same fee for the issue of that New Zealand maritime document as set out in the relevant schedule of the regulations.
Read the tables of charges.
CATEGORY OF SHIP |
Rate for 2011/2012 Financial year (GST exclusive) from 1 July 2011 |
Basis of payment |
1. Foreign non-passenger ship (with summer load line) |
11.84 cents per deadweight tonne 4.02 cents per deadweight tonne |
First New Zealand port visit per voyage Subsequent New Zealand port visits per voyage |
2. Foreign non-passenger ship (with no summer load line) |
17.25 cents per unit of gross tonnage of the ship 4.31 cents per unit of gross tonnage of the ship |
First New Zealand port visit per voyage Subsequent New Zealand port visits per voyage |
3. Foreign passenger ship |
$3.30 multiplied by the passenger capacity of the ship |
Each New Zealand port visit |
4. New Zealand non-passenger ship |
$2.86 per deadweight tonne |
Annual |
5. New Zealand passenger ship |
$277 multiplied by the passenger capacity of the ship |
Annual |
6. New Zealand fishing ship |
Greater of – |
Annual |
7. Any commercial ship or commercial river raft not included in any other category |
Greater of – |
Annual |
Part A of the Register |
Current fee 2010/2011 |
Initial registry – new build ship over 24 m |
1,572.18 |
Initial registry – new build ship under 24 m |
1,309.47 |
Initial registry/re-registry – existing ship over 24 m |
2,007.64 |
Initial registry/re-registry – existing ship under 24 m |
1,833.87 |
Initial registry – demise charter ship |
2,182.44 |
Provisional certificate of registry |
874.00 |
Exemption from Part A registration (s6(3) of the Ship Registration Act 1992) |
855.60 |
Temporary pass |
612.31 |
Transfer of ship or shares in a ship |
524.40 |
Transmission of ship or share in a ship by operation of law |
524.40 |
Replacement certificate of registry |
207.51 |
Caveat |
411.96 |
Change of ship’s name |
333.24 |
Change of port of registry |
333.24 |
Alterations to ship |
333.24 |
Appointment/change of representative person |
104.27 |
Change of name or nationality of owner, mortgagee, charterer, representative person |
130.84 |
Endorsement of master’s details on certificate of registry |
85.87 |
Registration of mortgage |
174.80 |
Alteration of terms of mortgage by endorsement |
174.80 |
Variation of priority of mortgages |
174.80 |
Transfer of mortgage |
174.80 |
Transmission of mortgage by operation of law |
179.91 |
Discharge of mortgage |
119.60 |
Certified transcript of registry |
87.91 |
Certified copy document |
87.91 |
Computer print-out of registry details |
87.91 |
Inspection of the Register |
41.91 |
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PART B OF THE REGISTER |
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Initial registration |
435.47 |
Provisional certificate of registration |
435.47 |
Renewal of registration (within 6 months before expiry) |
349.60 |
Re-registration (within 6 months after expiry) |
414.00 |
Replacement certificate of registration |
179.61 |
Change of ship’s name |
130.84 |
Change of registered owner’s name |
130.84 |
Certified transcript of registration |
87.91 |
Certified copy document |
87.91 |
Computer print-out of registration details |
87.91 |
Inspection of the Register |
41.91 |
Seafarer licensing fees |
Current fee 2010/2011 |
Certified deckhand |
236.13 |
Advanced deckhand |
416.04 |
Advanced deckhand fishing endorsement |
416.04 |
Deck watch rating certificate |
236.13 |
AB certificate |
236.13 |
Engine room watch rating certificate |
236.13 |
Local launch operator (LLO) |
416.04 |
Revalidation of local launch operator (LLO) |
236.13 |
Local launch operator (LLO) endorsements |
236.13 |
Inshore launchmaster (ILM) |
416.04 |
New Zealand offshore watchkeeper (NZOW) |
544.84 |
New Zealand offshore master |
728.84 |
New Zealand offshore master holding (NZOW) |
236.13 |
STCW (for offshore master) |
311.78 |
STCWF endorsement (for offshore master) |
311.78 |
Mate of a deep sea fishing vessel |
728.84 |
Master of a deep sea fishing vessel |
728.84 |
Officer in charge of navigational watch of a foreign-going ship |
728.84 |
Chief mate of a foreign-going ship |
1,040.62 |
Master of a foreign-going ship less than 3000 gross tonnage |
736.00 |
Master of a foreign-going ship (master mariner) |
736.00 |
Marine engineer class 6 |
523.38 |
Marine engineer class 5 |
523.38 |
Marine engineer class 4 |
523.38 |
Marine engineer class 3 |
523.38 |
Marine engineer class 2F |
1,084.58 |
Marine engineer class 2 |
1,040.62 |
Marine engineer class 2 endorsed chief engineer |
311.78 |
Marine engineer class 1 |
523.38 |
GMDSS radio operator |
236.13 |
Tanker endorsements (class 1 and 2) |
236.13 |
Ro-ro passenger ship endorsement |
236.13 |
Sailing vessel endorsement |
236.13 |
High speed vessel endorsement |
236.13 |
Revalidation of certificate of competency |
236.13 |
Compass adjuster |
311.78 |
Replacement certificates and licences (when lost) |
236.13 |
Second or subsequent examination attempt |
166.62 |
New Zealand chief mate (yacht) |
728.84 |
New Zealand master (yacht less than 500 gross tonnage) |
728.84 |
New Zealand master (yacht) |
728.84 |
Pilot’s licence |
236.13 |
Master’s pilotage exemption |
236.13 |
Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to master of foreign-going ship |
1,090.71 |
Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to first/second mate of foreign-going ship |
1,090.71 |
Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to marine engineer class 1 |
1,090.71 |
Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to marine engineer class 2 |
1,090.71 |
Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to marine engineer class 3 |
1,090.71 |
For more information about the new fees and charges, please contact:
Maritime New Zealand
General Manager of Corporate Services
Phone (NZ only): 0508 22 55 22
International: +64 (04) 473-0111
Email enquiries@maritimenz.govt.nz
