September 2021
To: Users of Georgia Ports Authority’s (“GPA”) Marine Terminal Operator Schedule (“MTOS”) No 5-A
Effective October 18, 2021, MTO Schedule 5-A Rule 34-520 will be revised to add the below rates and information. Please see the below-excerpted version:
RULE: 34-520
SUBJECT: Container Storage and Container Yard Service Charges
EFFECTIVE: October 18, 2021
ISSUED: September 17, 2021
Relocation (off-terminal) (import and export loaded containers whose terminal dwell time exceeds thirty (30) consecutive calendar days), per container (Note 11)
$675.00 - Truck Relocation
$900.00 - Outbound (from GCT) Rail Relocation
$450.00 - Inbound (to GCT) Rail Relocation
Note 11: The Authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately remove import and export loaded containers from the Authority's facilities and relocate them to an off-terminal Authority or Third-Party storage facility at the expense and risk of the cargo owner after an import or export loaded container dwells on the terminal for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. An off-terminal truck relocation charge of $675.00, per container, to a local (within 10 miles) storage facility, or a rail relocation charge of $900.00, per container, to an inland rail facility and, if applicable, a second rail relocation charge of $450.00, per container, to return the same container back to Garden City Terminal will be assessed to the ocean carrier. Terminal Storage charges will continue to accrue, while the container remains in an off-terminal Authority or Third-Party storage facility, and will be assessed to the ocean carrier. For operating efficiencies, the Authority will not be required to dig for a specific container number stored at the off-terminal storage facilities. The first available container will be provided for subsequent removal from the storage facility.
The Authority, at its sole discretion, will select the off-terminal storage facility. The Authority shall not be responsible for any charges, fines, citations, or other liabilities as a result of hauling loads in violation of weight regulations. Any overweight citation or fine is chargeable to the ocean carrier at cost plus fifteen percent (15%).
