New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter XVII - Albany Port District Commission
Part 800 - General Rules And Regulations
Section 800.8 - Wharfage
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The term "wharfage," as used in these rules and regulations, refers to the privilege of moving cargo over the dock, wharf or pier or the loading or discharging of vessels overside when berthed at dock, wharf or pier. It shall also apply against liquid moved from vessels to tanks or from tanks to vessel through pipe lines. It does not include sorting, piling, weighing, handling, inurance, custom charges, revenue stamps, or fees of any nature imposed by the State or government against the shipment or vessels transferring the same.
(b) All vessels and their owners landing goods on the wharfs or receiving goods from or over the wharfs or delivering or receiving liquids or other commodities by pipe lines or delivering or receiving goods from vessels while said vessel is berthed at a wharf, thereby contract to pay and are responsible for the wharfage on the same at the rates provided to be collected, either from vessels, their owners or their agents.
