Methodology used in Setting Port Price

The historical costs of providing the service or facility.
The imputed cost of unreimbursed and often unrecorded benefits provided by an outside entity (e.g fire, police, computer etc)
The return on investment for both land and equipment.
The competition from outside, what other ports within the region are charging for the same service.
Important customers especially regular customers with high volumes and strictly use the services of the port.
Political pressures where the landlocked counties within the region served by the port require favourable rate in order to use the port
Goals of the port- the intention of building the port.
- Basic approaches in establishing port tariff structure
- Among the considerable number of factors that should be taken into consideration:
  - Clarification of the relationship between port facilities and users
  - Prevention of double payment
  - Price mechanisms to prevent congestion
  - Simplification of port tariffs