Traffic control fee for seagoing vessels entering the Netherlands

Pursuant to a covenant between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Customs charges seagoing vessels a traffic control fee.
The traffic control fee is a levy to cover the charges that the government incurs with the traffic control system (shore radar).

The traffic control fee is only levied in the following tariff areas:

• Westerschelde
• Nieuwe Waterweg
• Noordzeekanaal
• Den Helder
• Eems