New Yachts Fees in St Vincent & the Grenadines

Created by webmaster. Last modified on 2002-08-19 00:50:54
Contributors: Sally Erdle, Caribbean Compass
Topic: Cruising Information
Countries: St Vincent & the Grenadines

A new Yachts License Act covering fees payable by vessels carrying passengers for hire in the waters of St. Vincent & the Grenadines came into effect on January 1st, 2002. These fees apply to locally based boats, foreign-based bareboats, and foreign-based crewed charterboats.

Please note that THERE ARE NO NEW FEES FOR PRIVATE CRUISING YACHTS visiting SVG -- these new fees are only for vessels carrying paying passengers. Unfortunately, due to a misinterpretation of the wording of the new law, during the first few days of its implementation a number of private cruising yachts were mistakenly charged extra fees while clearing Customs at the various ports of entry in SVG. Cash refunds to cruising yachts which were charged in error in Bequia are now available from the Bequia Revenue Office. A number of skippers have already collected their refunds there. Steps are being taken to make refunds available at other ports of entry in SVG as soon as possible.

Sally Erdle, www.caribbeancompass.com