Article 55 - Noxious materials

No unsanitary or noxious materials or goods from any ship shall be deposited at the installations. The Harbour Master may order the removal, confiscation or destruction of any materials or goods which are or have become noxious or which the Port Health Officer may deem to be harmful to health, without any compensation. The cost of removal, confiscation or destruction of the materials or goods, and the cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation of the area shall be at the expense of the ship owners concerned.

Article 56 - Expulsion

The Harbour Master may expel from the port any ship carrying obnoxious goods or goods considered by the Port Health Officer to be deleterious to be deleterious to health.

Article 57 - Discharge waste

No refuse of any kind shall be discharged overboard or into the installations of the Port.

Article 58 - Animals

No savage animals shall be allowed on any ship using the Port or any installation.

Article 59 - Fire fighting

Boats permitted to enter the Port Limits shall be provided with adequate fire-fighting equipment, and shall not be left unmanned.

Article 60 - Project permit

Projects within the petroleum port limits must obtain the permission of the harbour master in writing before mobilisation.

Article 61 - Transiting boats

With due observance of the terms of the following Article, the Port shall be used only by boats operating under the Port Authority’s directions and such other boats/small ships as are or may be authorized to do so after granting Entry Permit issued by the Harbour Master.

Article 62 - Removal of ships

Boats and small ships to which the terms of the preceding Article apply shall leave the port when required by the Harbour Master to do so. Where they are not in a condition which enables them to sail, or where their Masters or owners fail to commence or complete the necessary repairs within a reasonable period, the Company may, in compliance with the Harbour Master’s instructions, declare that such ships and boats have come to constitute an obstruction in the sense intended hereof.

Article 63 - Port regulations

Boats and ships using the Port shall be subject to the Port Regulations and the Harbour Master’s authority.

Article 64 - Alcohol

It is forbidden to move alcoholic beverages from ship to shore or from shore to any ship or from one ship to another.

Article 65 - Entry

No person shall enter the Port limits area unless he is authorised to do so.

Article 66 - Visitors

No visitors shall be allowed to go onboard and no crew members shall be allowed to land except by an authorisation from the Harbour Master.

Article 67 - Approach to vessels

No boat shall approach ships in Port within a distance of less than 365 meters except with the Harbour Master’s permission. The terms of this Article shall not apply to Government Vessels.

Article 68 - Swimming

No swimming or fishing shall be allowed in port waters from ships.

Article 69 - Dangerous goods

Reporting Dangerous Goods

Before arrival, the Master or Agent  submits the following documents to the Port Office.

1. Manifest



2. Dangerous Goods Notes in an approved form, (includes the quantity, load, type and source of loading and the port of discharge.)



3. Stowage Plan



4. An approved certificate confirming that loading of such dangerous materials was completed in the proper and safe manner and is packed as stipulated under: “International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code – IMDG Code” and that special markings were affixed to it.
   It was stowed in the proper manner that would lessen to the maximum extent possible any damage to maritime environment in the event of its accidental drop in sea waters.

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