How port charges are paid at the Port of Guanta: Circular 002-2026, currently in force

The circular, issued in the framework of the organizational, operational and logistics restructuring of Bolipuertos and signed by its President, Contralmirante Germán Edoardo Gómez Lárez, is addressed to all shipping lines, vessel agents, customs agents and consignees operating at the public commercial ports the company administers. As of September 2026 it remains active and is the operative reference for how port charges are settled at Guanta.

Two practical points matter for carriers and cargo interests planning a call. First, the billing counterpart: port services at Guanta are invoiced directly by Bolipuertos, S.A. Second, the payment channel: the circular provisionally keeps in force the established channels for payments in foreign currency, which it designates as Importadora y Transporte GONAVI and Servicios Logísticos OCK, while payments in national currency are made directly to Bolipuertos in the cases where that applies.

On the calculation basis: port charges for cargo services at the Port of Guanta and across the ports under Bolipuertos administration are applied on a Revenue Ton basis, meaning weight or measure, whichever is greater. This is not an interpretation: Bolipuertos itself set it out in Circular BP-PRE N° 0141 of 2019, addressed to port operators, shipping lines and vessel agents, which states that the correct calculation formula established in Article 8 of the Tariff Regime for berth services, specifically for codes IP-SM-01-06 (loading and discharge of general cargo) and IP-SM-01-11 (loading and discharge of vehicles, transport, machinery and similar above 5 tons), is a tariff per ton or cubic meter, determined by whichever of the two units is greater.

That is the basis T&T uses in every pre-arrival cost estimate, so principals see their exposure calculated the way it will actually be invoiced, rather than discovering the difference between weight and measure once the vessel is alongside. On light, voluminous cargo the gap between the two is not academic: it is the number that decides whether a call comes in on budget.

What T&T does with this for its principals: we prepare the pre-arrival cost estimate against the applicable charges and the actual cargo particulars, and keep the documentary record of each call complete and consistent from start to finish. Both official documents are available for download below; for a call-specific estimate, write to info@ttstevedoring.com with your cargo list and ETA.