Definitions

In these Regulations the following words and expressions have the following meanings (except where the subject or the context requires otherwise) without regard to whether the words are capitalized:

Agent	Shall mean any person designated by a shipping company to act on its behalf at the petroleum port.
Approved System	Shall mean a system of a type that has been tested and approved by a competent authority such as a government agency representative or a classification society.
Boat	Shall mean any lighter, tugboat, motorboat, rowboat including fishing boats, barge, ship equipped with lifting gear, wooden Boat, sailboat or any other ship, other than tankers, which does not exceed one hundred net registered tons.
Bare or Naked Lights	Shall mean anything which may cause ignition of inflammable gases and shall include open lights, mobile telephones, other electrical equipment not classed as Intrinsically Safe and flame or fire. Manual and mechanical equipment which may produce sparks shall be treated as bare lights.
Dangerous Cargo	Shall include all cargo considered to be dangerous by decision of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and those cargoes defined as dangerous by I.M.O.
Exempted Ship	Shall mean ships exempted from pilotage whose master has been granted a Pilotage Exemption Certificate by the Harbour Master.
Excepted Ship	Shall mean Vessels excepted from paying Port Charges. Excepted ships shall include the following Vessels: Vessels of the U. A. E. Defence Forces. Vessels belonging to UAE Customs, Medical and Police Services. Dredgers, survey Vessels and special ancillary non-cargo Boat on contract to the Petroleum Ports Authority or Company. Vessels and ships excepted from such charges by order of H.H. The Ruler.
Facilities	Shall mean anything that facilitates navigation such as lights, buoys, signs, moorings and ancillary facilities.
Forbidden Area	Shall include such area as may be determined forbidden by decision of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
Harbour Master	Shall mean the person appointed by the Petroleum Ports Authority to execute, on its behalf, the duties of the Harbour Master and shall include his assistants or subordinates who are, or may be, duly authorised to act on his behalf. For the purposes of the law the title Harbour Master and Port Officer are interchangeable.
Hot Work	Shall mean any work involving the use of naked lights, in particular, electric welding arcs, welding and cutting torches, blow lamps and other electrical or mechanical instruments liable to cause sparks or flame.
Hazardous Area	An area on shore which for the purposes of the installation and use of electrical equipment is regarded as dangerous. Such hazardous areas are graded into hazardous zone depending upon the probability of the presence of a flammable gas mixture.
IRSHAD	Shall mean Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Operating Company, the service company contracted by the Petroleum Ports Authority, to provide all the services required for Port Operations at any of the petroleum ports under the administrative control of the PPA / Harbour Master.
Installations	Shall include, for instance, any pier, dock, building, structure, tank or storage place, any adjoining land, berth or pipeline, and any equipment and machines used in connection therewith.
Intrinsically Safe	An electric circuit or part of a circuit is intrinsically safe if any spark produced normally or accidentally is incapable, under prescribed test conditions, of igniting a prescribed gas mixture.
Pilot or Loading Master	Shall mean the person designated by the Port Authority to execute the instructions issued to him by the Harbour Master for the proper navigation of ships movement and for assisting them with piloting, mooring, loading and other maritime manoeuvres. The pilot is a duly authorised assistant to the Harbour Master.
Navigation license	Shall mean a license issued to National or International Vessels to operate in UAE territorial waters by the National Transport Authority.
Port Authority	Shall mean the Petroleum Ports Authority (PPA).
Port	Shall mean the areas described in Article 2 hereof and includes all premises and facilities connected therewith.
Pilot	Shall mean Pilot or loading Master.
Port Health Officer	Shall mean the responsible physician or any person empowered to act for him, who is appointed to watch over health matters at the port and execute the laws in force regarding public health, including quarantine laws affecting persons and animals, etc.
Port Dues	Shall mean the charges levied on Vessels by the Government of Abu Dhabi in accordance with Law No. (2) of 1972, as its amended by Law No. (2) of 1984.
Port Charges	Shall mean the charges levied on all Vessels for Port Services as decided by PPA.
Port Control	Shall mean the office responsible for all vessel traffic movements within the port limits and the implementation of the Harbour Master’s instructions pertaining to the management of the Port.
Port Officer	Shall mean the person appointed by the Petroleum Ports Authority to execute, on its behalf, the duties of the Port Officer and shall include his assistants or subordinates who are, or may be, duly authorised to act on his behalf. For the purposes of the law the title Harbour Master and Port Officer are interchangeable.
Ship	Shall mean any ship, drilling ship or boat other than those mentioned in these regulations or object capable of navigation, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Ship’s Master	Shall mean the Captain or his duly authorized deputy or any person who for the time being is in charge of that ship.
Service Harbour	Shall mean a sheltered area by the adjacent land, breakwater and surroundings with limited depth of water to provide loading and unloading facilities, shelter and refuge for smaller size boats. Service Harbour can be man-made, natural or combination of both. It may consist of jetties, slipways or ramp, buildings or warehouse and a transport system.
The Company	Shall mean Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO), Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Ltd. (ADGAS), Abu Dhabi Oil Company (ADOC), Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER), Ruwais Fertiliser Industries (FERTIL), Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd. (BOROUGE).
Tanker	Shall mean the ship designed to carry any hydrocarbon products or its liquid derivatives.
Terminal Berth	Shall mean any berth constructed for the loading/ discharging of petroleum and petroleum derivatives, and shall include anything connected therewith, including pipelines and any ancillary equipment or facilities.
Terminal Safety Officers / Terminal Superintendent	Shall mean person(s) appointed by the Terminal to be responsible for the safety of Loading operations at the various berths within the Port.
Tug	Shall mean  any vessel so designed as to be able to tow any other vessel and any vessel engaged in towing any other vessel whether so designed or not.
Tow	Shall mean push, pull or propel in whatever manner in the custom of the trade.
Vessel	Shall mean the general term for all ships and boats visiting the port.

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