Maritime Safety Act Amendment Act
Estonia · Riigikogu · 14 September 2026
The bill amends the regulation of waterway fees in the Maritime Safety Act. The amendments establish waterway fee discounts based on the ships' environmental performance in order to encourage the use of environmentally friendly ships and investments in green technologies. The unit price of cruise ships and the upper limit of the waterway fee paid for one ship visit will be increased to harmonize them with the fee rates of other ship types. In addition, the exception according to which there was will be abolished bunkering in the anchorage area is exempt from paying the waterway fee. Since it may be an environmentally hazardous activity, maintaining the exemption is not justified. At the same time, the exemption from the waterway fee remains valid for the bunkering of alternative and renewable fuels.