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[Subsidiary]

Use of Government buoys and moorings.

Berthing of vessels.

Vessels alongside berthed vessels. (Cap. 313, sub. leg.)

CAP. 313]

Shipping and Port Control Regulations

[1985 Ed.

43. (1) Except with the permission of the Director, no vessel shall moor to a Government mooring buoy,

(2) A vessel shall be secured to a Government mooring buoy by her anchor cable.

(3) A vessel which is moored to a Government mooring buoy shall not-

(a) swing ship for compass adjustment; or

(b) test main propulsion machinery.

(4) When a tropical cyclone warning signal is hoisted at the Port Communications Centre every vessel (other than a dead ship) which is moored to a Government mooring buoy shall clear anchor and cables and prepare the main propulsion machinery to full power conditions and such vessel shall, if so directed by the Director, leave the mooring buoy,

(5) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contra- vened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.

44. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), no vessel shall berth at any berth other than at the berth allocated to the vessel by the Director.

(2) A vessel which is berthed shall not leave the berth unless---

(a) directed to do so by the Director; or

(b) permission to do so is obtained from the Director. (3) This regulation shall not apply to any vessel to which Part IV of the Ordinance applies.

(4) If without reasonable excuse this regulation is contra- vened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to a further fine of $1,000 for every hour or part of an hour during which the vessel remains in a berth in contraven- tion of this regulation after the master thereof has been directed by the Director to move from such berth.

45. (1) Save as provided in this regulation or as permitted by the Director, no vessel shall lie alongside any other vessel which is berthed anywhere in a port, other than in a typhoon shelter specified in the Shipping and Port Control (Typhoon Shelters) Regulations.

(2) An oil bunkering vessel not exceeding 2000 tons net register may lie alongside another vessel for the purpose of bunkering.

(3) Vessels to which Part IV of the Ordinance applies may lie alongside a ship-

(a) not more than 3 abreast at the gangway of the ship;

(b) not more than 5 abreast at other parts on either side of the

ship;

(c) not more than 4 abreast alongside if the ship is moored at

any wharf;

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