Maritime Welfare Fee concession

09 Dec 2019 / Singapore

Maritime welfare fees apply for each vessel call. Currently, to qualify for the Maritime Welfare Fee concession, the vessel’s port stay must not exceed five days for that vessel call. The current 100% Maritime Welfare Fee concession was part of an earlier economic relief measure to help industry. The concession took effect from 1 October 2012 for a period of five years, and was extended in 2017, to 31 December 2019.

To help industry defray cost in the short term, MPA will extend the 100% Maritime Welfare Fee concession for another 3 years till 31 December 2022. The concession applies to vessels that meet such prevailing qualifying condition(s) as may be notified by MPA from time to time.

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Source: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Shipping Circular No.23 of 2019

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