Goods and Road and Rail Traffic

PART IV GOODS AND ROAD AND RAIL TRAFFIC

Requirements as to handling and movement of goods in the Port

35. (1) The owner of any goods loaded or discharged at the Port shall ensure that the goods are removed therefrom as soon as practicable and in any case within 7 days unless ABP otherwise agrees.

(2) The owner of any goods shall comply with such directions as the harbour master may from time to time give for regulating the time, place and manner of discharging, loading or otherwise bringing into or removing those goods from the dock estate.

Precaution against goods, etc, falling into Port waters or the dock estate

36. (1) The master of a vessel and a person undertaking the loading of cargo into, or the discharging of cargo from, a vessel shall use or cause to be used such methods as ABP may direct for the prevention of any cargo, dunnage,

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ballast or other materials from falling or escaping into the waters of the Port or onto the dock estate.

  1. (2) If any cargo, dunnage, ballast or other materials does fall or escape into the waters of the Port the master or the person undertaking the loading or discharging of the material shall –

  2. (a) forthwith give notice of the occurrence to the harbour master and, if possible, of the material which has fallen or escaped; and

  3. (b) take steps as soon as practicable for the recovery of such material if the harbour master so directs, and comply with any directions of the harbour master in that regard.

Obstruction or interference on the dock estate

37. No person shall:

  1. (a) except with the permission of ABP, deposit or place on any part of the dock estate any goods or park any vehicle so as to obstruct any road, railway, building, mooring place, plant, machinery or apparatus or the access thereto; or

  2. (b) without lawful authority, use, work, move or tamper with any plant, machinery, equipment or apparatus at the dock estate.

Safe driving of vehicles

38. No person shall drive or otherwise operate a vehicle in the dock estate without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the dock estate.

Supervision of vehicles

39. A person having charge of a vehicle in the dock estate shall at all times comply with any directions of ABP with respect to the loading, discharging, manoeuvring and removal thereof and shall not, without the permission of the ABP:-

(a) leave the vehicle unattended anywhere within the dock estate; or

(b) take it into any shed or working area.

Loads not to leak, spill or drop

40. The owner, driver or other person having charge of a vehicle in the dock estate shall not permit to leak, spill or drop from the vehicle any polluting

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substance or any substance which is likely to present a hazard to other users of the dock estate.

Loads to be secured

41. The owner, driver or other person having charge of a vehicle in the dock estate shall ensure that any load carried thereon or therein is adequately supported and secured where appropriate and that it complies with all such statutory restrictions on the weight of goods to be so carried as are applicable on public roads.

Refuelling etc of vehicles

42. No person shall within the dock estate charge or recharge any vehicle with, or empty it of, fuel except with the permission of ABP or at a place designated by ABP for that purpose.

Precedence of locomotives etc

43. A person driving or otherwise operating a road vehicle within the dock estate shall give way to any locomotive, railway rolling stock or other rail vehicle.

Driving on weighbridges

44. No person shall drive or otherwise operate a vehicle across any weighbridge within the dock estate except for the purpose of weighing the vehicle.

Accidents to be reported

45. Any person driving or otherwise operating a vehicle involved in an

accident in the dock estate whereby any injury is caused to any person or any damage is caused to any property, shall stop the vehicle and report the accident to ABP and shall give his name and address to ABP.