DUE Fairway and Port Dues Declaration

The DUE notification is used to provide the shipowner's details and, where applicable, information related to fairway dues for a vessel call arriving in Finnish territorial waters or at a Finnish port.

The notification includes, for example, information concerning the payment of fairway dues, the party liable for fairway dues, the jointly liable representative referred to in the Fairway Dues Act, and any grounds for a reduction or exemption from fairway dues.

If the Act of Fairway dues does not apply to the port call, only the shipowner's details must be provided.

For more information on fairway dues decisions and invoices related to a port call, see the section Fairway Dues.

Required fields

Remark DE-003-01

Complete this field if you wish to provide additional information related to fairway dues processing, fairway dues calculation, or the port call that cannot be reported in other fields.

For example, provide justifications for a reduction of fairway dues, non-collection of fairway dues, the fairway dues calculation, a vessel combination, or any other special circumstance affecting the processing of fairway dues.

The information entered in this field is used in official processing. If you have no special information to provide, leave the field blank. Do not repeat information that is already provided in other fields.

Fairway due liable party DE-077-21

Select Yes if the reporting organization acts as the jointly liable representative authorized by the shipowner in accordance with the Fairway Dues Act.

When you select Yes, the details of the person liable for fairway dues will be generated on the decision based on the reporting organization's information stored in Nemo organization management.

Select No if:

the reporting organization does not act as a jointly liable representative under the Act of Fairway dues; or
the Act of Fairway dues does not apply to the port call. In this case, only the shipowner's details are reported in the DUE notification.

If the shipowner is established outside the EU/EEA, the shipowner must have a jointly liable representative established in the EU/EEA for fairway dues purposes.

Complete the details in the Fairway Dues Liable Party or Shipowner section regardless of whether Yes or No is selected in this field.

For more information about payment of fairway dues and jointly liable representatives, see Customs (Tulli) – Fairway Dues.Opens in a new tab

For more information about authorization for a jointly liable representative, see Customs (Tulli) – Permits and Decisions Service.Opens in a new tab

Periodic fairways dues declaration DE-077-03

Select Yes if the vessel's fairway dues for the current calendar year are paid in advance in connection with the first port call of the year.

With advance payment, the vessel's fairway dues for the entire calendar year (1 January to 31 December) may be paid at once up to the maximum amount specified in the Act of Fairway dues. After this, no additional fairway dues will be charged for subsequent port calls during the same calendar year.

If necessary, provide supplementary details in the Additional Information About the Notification field (DE-003-01).

Example: "The vessel's fairway dues for calendar year 2026 are paid in advance up to the maximum amount specified in the Fairway Dues Act."

No fairway dues declaration reason DE-077-02

Select the reason on the basis of which fairway dues are not collected for the port call, or on the basis of which a reduction or other exceptional handling of fairway dues is requested.

Available options:

FAD-01 – Bunkering or loading/unloading within the same port area

FAD-02 – Crew change

FAD-03 – Damaged cargo

FAD-04 – No loading/unloading of cargo or passengers

FAD-05 – Loading/unloading only empty containers belonging to the vessel operator or owner

FAD-06 – Other reason

FAD-07 – Research/training vessel

FAD-08 – Ship's stores

FAD-09 – Shipyard/repair

FAD-10 – Towage

FAD-11 – Work vessel directly connected to shipping operations

Provide additional information in the Remark DE-003-01 field in the following situations:

1. Fairway dues already collected for another port call

Select FAD-06 – Other reason and provide the Visit ID of the port call for which the fairway dues have already been collected.

Example:

"Fairway dues collected for another port call FI20260512-018-7."

2. Reduction or Exemption from Fairway Dues

Provide, where necessary, supplementary information regarding the reduction, exemption, or other exceptional arrangement related to fairway dues.

Only provide additional information that is not evident from the selected reason code but may affect the processing of fairway dues.

Fairway dues liable party or shipowner

Provide in this section the details of the shipowner responsible for fairway dues.

If the Fairway Dues Act applies to the port call, report the details of the shipowner liable for fairway dues.

Do not report the details of the agency or other representative submitting the port call notification unless that organization is also the shipowner responsible for the fairway dues.

The shipowner's details must be reported regardless of whether the reporting organization acts as a jointly liable representative under the Fairway Dues Act or whether the Fairway Dues Act applies to the port call.

The information reported in this section will appear on the fairway dues decisions and invoices generated for the port call.

Fairway dues decisions and invoices can be downloaded from the Fairway Dues Calculation view of the port call, which is accessed through the Notifications view of the port call.

For more information on fairway dues decisions and invoices related to a port call, see the Fairway Dues section.

Fairway due liable part name DE-077-13

Enter the name of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner.

Fairway due liable party identification number DE-077-11

Enter the valid EORI number of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner.

Example: FI1234567-8

An EORI number (DE-077-11) or an additional identification number (DE-077-12) must be provided for the fairway dues liable party or shipowner. Both may be provided if available.

If the shipowner declared as liable for payment has an RVA authorization granted by Customs, provide the valid EORI number.

If an EORI number is not available, leave this field blank and instead complete the Additional Identification Number field (DE-077-12).

Fairway due liable party additional identification number DE-077-12

Enter another identification number for the fairway dues liable party or shipowner if an EORI number is not available.

The identifier may be, for example, a Business ID, VAT number, or other company registration number.

Fairway due liable party address street DE-077-15

Enter the street address of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner. Include the street number in this field.

Fairway due liable party address postal code DE-077-18

Enter the postal code of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner, where applicable.

Also select the postal code standard used:

5 – ISO
6 – UN/ECE

Normally, use value 5 – ISO, which is the most commonly used international postal code standard.

Fairway due liable party address city name DE-077-19

Enter the city or postal locality of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner.

Fairway due liable party address country DE-077-20

Select the country of the address of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner.

Fairway due liable party email address DE-077-14

Enter the email address of the fairway dues liable party or shipowner.

Example: example@organisation.fi