Marine safety charges, seafarer licensing and ship registration fees

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

Marine safety charge table

Ship registration fees table

Seafarer licensing fees table

What is the marine safety charge?

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.

How the marine safety charge is calculated

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.

Licensing and registration fees

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.

Marine safety charge from 1 July 2011

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 –
a) $15 multiplied by the overall length of the ship in metres
b) $4.50 per unit of gross tonnage of the ship

Annual

7. Any commercial ship or commercial river raft not included in any other category

Greater of –
a) $18.75 multiplied by the overall length of the ship in metres
b) $5.63 per unit of gross tonnage of the ship

Annual

 

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Ship registration fees (Part A and B)

All fees are in New Zealand dollars and include goods and services tax (GST).

Part A of the Register

Fee (GST incl)

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

 

 

Part B of the Register

Fee (GST incl)

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

All fees are in New Zealand dollars and include goods and services tax (GST).

Masters And Mates Certificates

   

Certificate to be issued

Rule Part

Fee (GST incl)

Certified deckhand

32.3A

$236.13

Local launch operator (LLO)

32.9

$416.04

Revalidation of local launch operator

32.9

$236.13

Local launch operator endorsements

32.9

$236.13

Inshore launchmaster (ILM)

32.10

$416.04

New Zealand offshore watchkeeper (NZOW)

32.11

$544.84

New Zealand offshore master

32.12

$728.84

New Zealand offshore master holding NZOW

32.12

$236.13

STCW95 (for offshore master)

32.13

$311.78

STCWF endorsement (for offshore master)

32.14

$311.78

Mate of a deep sea fishing vessel

32.15

$728.84

Master of a deep sea fishing vessel

32.16

$728.84

Officer in charge of navigational watch of a foreign-going ship

32.17

$728.84

Chief mate of a foreign-going ship

32.18

$1,040.62

Master of a foreign-going ship less than 3000 gross tonnage

32.19

$736.00

Master of a foreign-going ship (master mariner)

32.19A

$736.00

New Zealand chief mate (yacht)

32.19A

$728.84

New Zealand master (yacht less than 500 gross tonnage)

32.19B

$728.84

New Zealand master (yacht)

32.19C

$728.84

Marine Engineers Certificates

   

Certificate to be issued

Rule Part

Fee (GST incl)

Marine engineer class 6

32.20

$523.38

Marine engineer class 5

32.21

$523.38

Marine engineer class 4

32.22

$523.38

Marine engineer class 3

32.23

$523.38

Marine engineer class 2F

32.24

$1,084.58

Marine engineer class 2

32.25

$1,040.62

Marine engineer class 2 endorsed C/E

32.26

$311.78

Marine engineer class 1

32.27

$523.38

Electrotechnical Officer

32.27A

$523.38

Ratings Certificates

   

Certificate to be issued

Rule Part

Fee (GST incl)

Advanced deckhand

32.4

$416.04

Advanced deckhand fishing endorsement

32.5

$416.04

Deck watch rating certificate

32.6

$236.13

Engine room watch rating certificate

32.8

$236.13

Able seafarer deck

32.7A

$236.13

Able seafarer engine

32.8A

$236.13

Electrotechnical rating

32.8B

$236.13

Miscellaneous

   

Certificate to be issued

Rule Part

Fee (GST incl)

Pilot licence

90.41

$236.13

Pilotage exemption certificate

90.61

$236.13

GMDSS radio operator

32.29 & 32.46

$236.13

Tanker endorsements (class 1 and 2)

32.30 & 32.47

$236.13

Ro-ro passenger ship endorsement

32.31 & 32.48

$236.13

Sailing vessel endorsement

32.32

$236.13

High speed vessel endorsement

32.33

$236.13

Revalidation of certificate of competency

31A & 31C

$236.13

Compass adjuster

45.35

$311.78

Replacement certificates and licences (when lost)

 

$236.13

Second or subsequent examination Attempt

32

$166.62

Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to master of foreign-going ship

s4 MTA

$1,090.71

Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to first/second mate of foreign-going ship

s4 MTA

$1,090.71

Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to marine engineer class 1

s4 MTA

$1,090.71

Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to marine engineer class 2

s4 MTA

$1,090.71

Recognition of non-New Zealand certificate as equivalent to marine engineer class 3

s4 MTA

$1,090.71

 

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For more information

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