Basic port tariffs are applied as follows:

- port access tariff, basin tariff and quay tariff are applied to vessels moored pierside (including those moored in double berth and other off-pier mooring positions), in compliance with conditions provided in Chapter III - items 1, 2, and 3;

- basin and quay tariffs, provided in Chapter III - items 2 and 3, are applied as per ship's LOA to vessels which moor stern-to or bows-to the quay;

-port access and basin tariffs are applied to vessels riding at anchor in port waters, inner roads inclusive, as well as to vessels moored alongside the berths which do not belong to the Administration, in compliance with provisions of Chapter III - items 1 and 3;

- port access tariff is applied to vessels which are transiting (without staying in port) to/from the Danube-Black Sea Canal or the shipyards in the ports of Constantza, and Mangalia, each time the vessel enters/departs from the port, in compliance with provisions of Chapter III - item 1;

- port access tariff is applied only once to vessels that enter or depart from the shipyards in the ports of Constantza and Mangalia, vessels which leave the port for sea trials, as well as military vessels participating in exercises at sea;

- no port access tariff is applied to foreign-flagged military vessels coming alongside or staying at military berths in the port of Constantza; since the respective berths belong to the General Staff of the Romanian Naval Forces, there is no justification for the basin or quay tariffs to be applied;

- any type of a sea-going vessel may fall under only one of the tariff positions provided by Chapter III, items 1, 2 and respectively 3, in any of the mentioned situations that vessel might be