Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 28 - Ports and Airports › Part 1 - TARIFF NO.7 SCHEDULE OF CHARGES, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PORT TERMINAL SERVICES › Chapter 03 - Charges Generally Applicable to Vessels, Agents and/or Owners including Dockage, Mooring, Unmooring, Pilotage, Tug Service and Charges Subject Section › Section 28-1-03-302 - CRANE RENTAL

Current through June 25, 2024
The Container Crane Rental rate is
$500.00 per hour for Mobile Harbor Cranes
$650.00 per hour for Ship to Shore Gantry Cranes
A. The rate quoted in this Tariff does not
				include the costs of hiring a crane operator. The crane operator shall be
				furnished, supervised and employed by the licensed stevedore renting the
				crane(s).
B. Crane rental includes
				crane mechanics.
C. Crane time
				shall be computed from the time the crane(s) is/are ordered to be available
				(desired start-up time), until the crane(s) is/are dismissed and secured.
				Stand-by time, calculated from desired start-up time until the crane(s) is/are
				actually put into use, shall be charged at the rate of $200.00 per hour per
				crane. A setup/take down fee shall be charged at a flat rate of $400.00 per
				crane
D. Crane Downtime
No charge shall be made for downtime due to inclement
				  weather, or non-working meal hours.
For mechanical failure the first 30 minutes of downtime will
				  be considered to be determination of fault time, which time will be payable by
				  the renter. After first 30 minutes a credit of $150.00 will be issued for every
				  15 minutes thereafter plus waiver of rental fees. Downtime will end once crane
				  becomes operable or another crane is made available.
No credit will be issued for downtime as the result of
				  operators) errors or abuse nor gang standby time resulting from mechanical,
				  operator, vessel or inclement weather.
Credit will be reflected on invoice of crane fees
E. A crane rental application
				shall be made no later than 12 hours prior to the desired start-up time. An
				application shall be made to the Deputy Director of Operations. The application
				submitted by the applicant shall include date, time, type and quantity of cargo
				to be handled, and an estimated length the crane(s) will be rented.
F. There shall be a two-hour minimum charge
				for each crane rental. Crane rental shall be billed in 15-minute
				increments.
G. Stevedores shall
				hire only qualified crane operators to operate the cranes. The stevedore shall
				ensure that the crane user will conform to all applicable laws, ordinances,
				rules and regulations of O.S.H.A., all regulations of the United States Coast
				Guard and all other federal and state authorities having jurisdiction over the
				user while operating the crane(s). The Stevedore renting the crane(s), being
				the responsible party, shall have the authority to order the removal from a
				crane any operator that he deems not qualified or who is otherwise operating
				the crane in an unsafe manner.
H.
				The crane(s) is/are furnished with a Container Spreader; all gear/rigging which
				is required to perform a lifting operation other than containers shall be
				furnished by the user. The rate quoted for start up in subpart C of this
				section will apply during any time necessary to complete a rigging operation
				before and after any lifting operations.
I. Vessels, their owners, agents, stevedores
				and all users of the crane(s) shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the
				Mississippi State Port Authority, its Board and employees from and against any
				claim, demand, cause of action or proceeding of any kind or nature arising out
				of, incident to, or resulting from the use of the cranes by the vessels, its
				owners, agents, stevedores and other users of the crane(s), together with all
				costs, expenses, and liabilities incurred as a result of any such claim,
				demand, cause of action or proceeding, including, but not limited to, all
				reasonable attorneys' fees to and through appellate, supplemental and
				bankruptcy proceedings.
J. The
				stevedore renting the crane(s) agrees to operate the crane(s) within its/their
				rated capacity.
K. The Mississippi
				State Port Authority, or its designee, will:
(i) perform a pre-operation
				inspection;
(ii) start and position
				the crane(s) prior to vessel operations; and
(iii) once the vessel has completed
				operations, reposition the crane(s), shut down the crane(s) and perform a
				post-operation inspection.