Port of Viana Tariff - 2025

Tarifas do Porto de Viana - 2024

The Board of Directors, in a meeting held on December 5, 2024, resolved as follows:

Under paragraph a) of article 2 of the Tariff Regulation, occupancy rates for buildings and landfills within the port operation area to be applied in the Port of Viana do Castelo were set as follows:

A. Freight parking:

1. The following fees are due for the use of uncovered areas for freight parking:
   a) Containers: €2.2108 per square meter and per month;
   b) Ro-Ro Cargo: €1.1054 per square meter and per month*;
   c) Project Cargo: €1.1054 € per square meter and per month*;
   d) Other Breakbulk and Bulk Cargo: €0.7056 per square meter and per month.
   * In 2025, the fee for Ro-Ro Cargo and Project Cargo will be €0.8985 per square meter and per month.
   
   
2. For the use of covered area for freight parking, a fee of €1.4231 per square meter and per month is due.

B. Other occupations:

1. For the use of covered areas for workshops and tools to support port operations, a fee of €2.2108 per square meter and per month is due.
   
   
2. For the use of covered area for other purposes, a fee of €12.0927 per square meter and per month is due.
   
   
3. For the occupation of land or water plans by infrastructure and equipment for the production of electrical energy, a fee of €2.2108 per square meter and per month is due.
   
   
4. For the occupation of land or water plans for construction purposes (fencing/shipyards, mobile platform or scaffolding) a fee of €2.2108 per square meter and per week is due.
   
   
5. For the occupation of land or water plans with other structures or special installations on the ground within the scope of operations, a fee of €4.4216 per square meter and per month is due.
   
   
6. For the occupation of land dedicated to vehicle parking, a fee of €2.2108 per square meter and per month is due.
   
   
7. Other occupations and uses not expressly provided for in previous numbers are subject to a fee of €8.8432 per square meter and per month.

The request for the use of uncovered and covered areas for freight parking and other uses must be addressed to Port Operations and Security Department, for a monthly period. Port areas to be requested may be for the whole or part (plot/lot) available, and must include dedicated areas to the merchandise and handling operations, allowing free access to the cargo at all times and cannot be taken up by other uses.

The request for the use of port area for other purposes must be addressed to Port Operations and Security Department, for a monthly period and in exceptional circumstances it may be for a shorter period. Areas to be requested may be for the whole or for part (plot/lot) available and may not be used for other uses.

Rate values set out in paragraph 1 will be updated with effect from 1 January of each year, by applying the average annual rate of change in the consumer price index recorded in September of the previous year, excluding housing, for Portugal, published by the National Institute of Statistics.

Fees shall be settled immediately after the provision of services, unless another procedure is determined by the Port Authority.

Payment of these fees does not exempt payment of any other fees provided for.

Users of uncovered and covered areas and land occupation are subject to these taxes.

Service Order E-008 of 25.05.2018 is revoked

This Service Order shall come into force from 1 January 2025.

In view of the significant increases in electricity supply costs in recent months, the APDL Board of Directors decided at its meeting on 26 May 2022 to update the tariff for the supply of low-voltage electricity to vessels (OPS), to be applied in the port of Leixões, the port of Viana do Castelo and the Douro Waterway.

This Order-in-Council no. E-006 publishes the tariff shown below:
- Low-voltage electricity supply to vessels (OPS) - €0.2305 per kWh

The approved tariff will come into force on 1 June 2022.

By decision of the APDL Board of Directors on 25 January, the following water supply tariffs were set for the Port of Viana do Castelo:

a) Prices per cubic metre of water supplied:

Supplies to fixed land installations, on a continuous basis for periods of more than 30 days - (6.1085 € / m3)
Isolated, temporary or provisional supplies via land branches, for periods of less than 30 days - (9.7735 € / m3)
Supplies by pier sockets - (9.7735 € / m3)
Supplies by tanker lorry - (19.5471 € / m3)

In addition to these amounts, there is a fixed sewage tariff of €5.5147 per month. The minimum quantity per tanker supply requisition is 20 m3.

b) Monthly availability charge (fixed water supply charge)

c) Fees for suspension and reconnection of the water service

For non-compliance with user obligations - €50.48
At the user's request for technical repairs (per journey) - €25.24

At the user's request except in cases of technical repair (per journey) - €145.98

This Service Order comes into force on 1 February 2024. VAT at the rate of 6% will be added to the fees.

The Board of Directors, in a meeting held on December 5, 2024, resolved as follows:

Under paragraph a) of article 2 of the Tariff Regulation for the ports of Leixões and Viana do Castelo, the Cargo Handling Fees, for loading and unloading ships, were reviewed and standardized at all non-concessioned docks in the ports of Leixões and Viana do Castelo, by including them in the Infrastructure Use and Stevedoring Company Activity Fee (TUIEAEE) at non-concessioned docks in the ports of Leixões and Viana do Castelo, namely:

1. For the handling of cargo, loaded and unloaded from ships, the following fees are due:
   a) Containers: €18.5976 € per TEU;
   b) Ro-Ro Cargo:
   - Trailers: €11.5836 per unit
   - Light vehicles: €0.5792 per unit
   - Other Ro-Ro Cargo: €0.4744 per ton
   c) Project Cargo: €0.7440 per ton*
   d) Other Breakbulk and Bulk Cargo: €0.4744 per ton
   
   *In 2025, the fee amount for the project cargo will be €0.6045 per ton.
   
   
2. Rate values set out in paragraph 1 will be updated, with effect from 1 January of each year, by applying the average annual rate of change in the consumer price index recorded in September of the previous year, excluding housing, for Portugal, published by the National Institute of Statistics.
   
   
3. Fees shall be settled immediately after the provision of services, unless another procedure is determined by the Port Authority.
   
   
4. Payment of these fees does not exempt payment of any other fees provided for.
   
   
5. Stevedoring companies licensed to handle cargo, loaded and unloaded from ships, are subject to these fees.

Service Order E-008 of 09.12.2019 is revoked.

This Service Order shall come into force from 1 January 2025.