Wharfage Charges




12 MAY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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WHARVES

(c) Except as provided in subparagraph (a) hereof, when labour is paid for but not worked in
the following circumstances the full time which the labour is paid for will be charged to the ship:
Provided, further, that when such payment is incurred in other than the working hours specified in
paragraph 1 (a) hereof the Department will meet 9d. per hour of the cost of the time paid for but not
worked:

(i) When waterside workers are ordered down or ordered back and are entitled to be paid for
a minimum period and the work is completed before the minimum period has expired.

(ii) When waterside workers are transferred from one job to another and are entitled to payment
for a minimum period in respect of one or both jobs.

(iii) When waterside workers are transferred from one job to another and are entitled to con-
tinuous pay or a retaining fee. The charge will be made to the ship to which the waterside
workers are transferred.

(d) In the case of the Department’s employees who are not paid in terms of the Waterfront
Industry Tribunal’s orders, a charge for a minimum period shall not be made against the ship.

  1. Sundays and Holidays—(a) No vessel shall discharge or take in livestock at any railway wharf
    on Sundays except in cases of extreme urgency, and the captain or agent of the vessel shall give the
    Stationmaster at the port at least two hours’ notice in writing of the intention to load or discharge the
    stock, and must, before the loading or discharging is commenced, obtain the written consent of the
    Stationmaster thereto.

(b) Except where cargo is worked or passengers are landed or embarked on Sundays or public
holidays (including waterside workers’ annual picnic days), berthage charges will not be enforced at
wharves under the control of the Department in respect of such days.

Sections 130, 131, 132, and 133. Reserved for future use

  1. Westport Wharves

The following charges will apply for the use of the Department’s cranes at Westport wharves:

For use of steam-crane, per ton (minimum charge, except as otherwise provided, 54s.) .. s. d.
Minimum charge for use of 12-ton steam-crane (when specially ordered) .. .. 9 0
Minimum charge for use of 20-ton steam-crane (when specially ordered) .. .. 120 0
Exceptional cargoes (as determined by the Department) to be charged per day, or otherwise
as may be determined by Chief Stationmaster, Westport.
The charge for cranage does not include the cost of haulage to the crane when the goods
have been previously deposited at a distance therefrom.

  1. Reserved for future use


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🚂 Wharfage Charges - Payment for Labour Not Worked

🚂 Transport & Communications
Wharves, labour, charges, waterside workers, minimum periods, ship

🚂 Wharfage Charges - Livestock and Holidays

🚂 Transport & Communications
Wharves, livestock, Sundays, holidays, berthage charges

🚂 Westport Wharves - Crane Charges

🚂 Transport & Communications
Wharves, Westport, cranes, charges, steam-crane, exceptional cargoes
  • Chief Stationmaster, Westport