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ZONGULDAK PORT REGULATIONS
August 24, 2008 |
Date of Decision of Council of Ministers: 9.6.1958,No: 4/10424
Date of Base Law:14.4.1341,No: 618
Date of Official Gazette Published:13.8.1958,No: 9980
CHAPTER ONE
Port Limits
Article 1 – Zonguldak Port is the sea area between Filyos (Excluded) in lat. 41˚.34′.45″ North, long 32.04′.30″ East and Çavuşağzı (Included) in lat. 41˚.23′.10″ North, Long. 31˚.37′.50″ East
Zonguldak city port within port limits is the sea area rounded by imaginary lines drawn 300 meters true north from Zonguldak lighthouse, and to Balkaya point from the end of this 300 meters, and the coastline.
Zonguldak city port is separated to two sections as inner and outer ports;
I – Inner port is the sea area inside northern and western breakwaters and the imaginary line between the tips of these breakwaters.
II – Outer port is the sea area between limits of inner port and outer lines limiting Zonguldak city port.
SECTION TWO
Anchorage Areas
Article 2 – Outer port is the free anchorage area for ships. However, anchoring, stopping or swinging partly or in full of all marine transport craft into the area included by imaginary lines drawn north and to tip of western breakwater from Balkaya point, from the tip of northern breakwater to 292˚30′ true direction and to tips of both breakwaters is prohibited.
Article 3 – Ships loaded with explosive or combustible goods drop anchor in eastern side of the imaginary line drawn to true north from the lighthouse in the tip of the northern breakwater in outer port area, not closer than 1 cable (one tenth of a mile) to the breakwater or shore.
Article 4 – Basically, Zonguldak inner port is a coal port. Sea craft can not occupy this port for reasons like sheltering, waiting or repair. But if the port is occupied for compulsory reasons acceptable to the Harbour Master, a fee is charged from these craft in accordance with the tariff, determined by the port management and approved by the related Ministry.
SECTION THREE
Loading, Discharging and Carriage of Explosive and Combustible Goods
Article 5 – Loading and discharging of explosive and combustible cargo within Zonguldak city port limits is carried out in accordance with provisions of Regulations Regarding Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Merchant Ships, Regulations Regarding Inspection of Gunpowder, Explosive Substances, Guns and Parts and Hunting Equipment and Regulations Regarding Precautions to Be Taken in the Workshops Working with Combustible, Explosive, Dangerous and Harmful Substances and by taking the necessary safety precautions in the way prescribed below:
I – Combustible Goods:
a) Loading and discharging of bulk combustible goods is carried out in (Gölağzı) and (Uzunkum) sections to the east of the city.
b) Loading and discharging of combustible goods in closed containers is carried out by berthing to passenger berth (old breakwater) in the inner port.
II – Explosive Goods:
a) Ships loaded with more than 50 tonnes of explosives anchor in the area designated to them in outer port and unload their cargo maximum in 50 ton lots to transhipment craft to be discharged in the old breakwater in inner port and load in the same manner.
b) Ships with cargoes up to 50 tons (50 included) may carry out loading and discharging directly by berthing to old breakwater in the inner port. Not more than one ship or transhipment craft loaded with such goods may stay in the inner port at the same time.
Explosive and combustible goods on the old breakwater in inner port discharged from ship or transhipment craft or to be loaded to ships or transhipment craft are to be forwarded to their destinations without delay in shortest time or loaded to ship or transhipment craft.
Oil bunker products are to be supplied directly to ships in the passenger berth in inner port (old breakwater) or to ships at anchor in the outer port by means of loading to suitable craft from this breakwater and sending out.
In the places other than mentioned above in Zonguldak city port loading or discharging of explosive and combustible goods is prohibited.
Loading, discharging and transhipment from one ship to another of explosive and combustible goods is carried out during the time between sunrise and sunset.
CHAPTER FOUR
Berthing and Mooring Places in Inner port and Loading and Discharging Services
Article 6 – Berthing and mooring places in the inner port, as indicated in the plan attached, are as follows:
a) Pole berth,
b) Coal berth,
c) Stores berth,
d) Municipality wharf,
e) Passenger berth,
f) Stern mooring place for passenger ships (Buoy No. 1),
g) Stern mooring place for bunkering ships (Buoy No. 2)
The allowable activities in berthing and mooring places are as follows:
a) Discharging of mine poles in pole berth;
b) Loading of coal in coal berth;
c) In stores berth: Loading and discharging of stores belonging to Turkish Coal Management Organization; (Other cargoes belonging to other private or corporate identities may be loaded or discharged in this berth with the consent of Turkish Coal Management Organization)
d) In the municipality wharf; loading and discharging of small craft loaded with commercial cargoes;
e) In the passenger berth; embarking and disembarking of passengers or loading or discharging of cargoes and bunkers for passenger ships;
f) In buoy No. 1 bunker (coal) supply of passenger ships, loading and discharging of cargoes and embarking or landing passengers as necessary;
g) In buoy No. 2, bunker (coal) supply of other ships, loading and discharging of cargoes
Article 7 – Allowable numbers in berth and the length and draft conditions, to which the ships berthing or mooring to places set out in Article 6 are dependant, are shown in the loading regulations of Turkish Coal Management Organization.
Article 8 – Ships loading coal cargoes in the port are berthed to loading places in accordance with their sequence in the watch table kept by Harbour Master and categories of cargoes.
Article 9 – Ships berthing to pole, stores, passenger berths and mooring to buoys No.1 and No.2 are subject to their respective sequence among themselves. In determination of this sequence, the records of the Harbour Master’s office are principal.
Article 10 – Marine transportation craft bigger than 50 DWT (50 included) loading coal can not enter to inner port without being recorded to watch log.
Article 11 – Big and small all ships staying, loading or discharging in the coal, pole, stores, passengers berths and buoys in No.1 and No.2 make manoeuvring and shifting as advised by the port management. In case of disagreement, parties proceed as per the decision of the Harbour Master.
Article 12 – Loading and discharging works in the ships berthed and moored in berths and buoys in accordance with the sequence receipt issued by the Harbour Master’s office are carried out by the port management. Disputes arising on loading and discharging works and berthing and mooring aspects of the ships are settled by the Harbour Master.
SECTION FIVE
Conditions of Entry to and Exit from the Inner Port and
Space Allocated to Small Marine Transport Craft in the Inner Port
Article 13 –It is prohibited for ships bigger than 150 GRT to enter to inner port without the permission of Harbour Master.
Article 14 – (Amended: 5.2.1966 - 6/5957 K.)
Ships bigger than 150 GRT are required to take pilot when entering to or exiting from the inner port or when berthing to berths or mooring to buoys or leaving such spaces. Ships of 500 GRT or bigger in addition, shall employ a tugboat and ships of 5000 GRT and bigger shall employ two tugboats.
Warships and naval auxiliaries bigger than 500 tons displacement (500 included) are required to take pilots as well. Tugboat is assigned to such ships as per their request or as per necessity. Ships less than 500 tons displacement may request for a pilot or tugboat if they deem necessary. Such services given to warships are carried out free of charge.
The pilotage mentioned above is the compulsory employment of pilots as per the nature of the case but not the compulsory pilotage.
The pilots are allowed to embark the ships before sanitary pratique is granted but they are subject to sanitary precautions that are applied to ships arriving from disease infected areas.
The signal to request a pilot is, as per the custom, two prolonged and one short blast with the ship’s whistle and the signal to call the pilot boat when disembarking a pilot is one prolonged and one short blast. In addition, ships hoist international flags and give the night signals.
Article 15 – (Abolished: 5.2.1966 - 6/5957 K.)
Article 16 –100 meter part from the shore of the area limited by the imaginary line between Beylikoluk place and the tip of the old breakwater and the sea area surrounded by the imaginary line from this tip to eastern corner of the stores berth is the anchorage area for ships up to 150 GRT (150 included). Such ships have to wait in anchorage in the outer port if no space is found in this area.
Maintenance and regular illumination of the wharf within this area and specially turning on the light on the tip of this wharf between sunset and sunrise and loading and discharging services and collection of charges shall be carried out by the management operating this wharf. Article 17 – The signals to ships entering to and exiting from the inner port are displayed in the signal mast on northern breakwater, hoisted as indicated in the attached drawing, consisting of signs of balls and cones during morning and red and green lights in the evening. The effects of these signals are valid as long as they are displayed.
Article 18 – The mooring ropes requested by the ships in case of insufficiency of own ropes they are required to have, to stay in the berth in a safe manner during stormy weather or swells, are supplied by the port management as per the tariff.
SECTION SIX
Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 19 – Navigation within the port is subject to the provisions of “Regulations of Preventing Collisions at Sea” All craft with or without engines, staying and navigating in the port display such signs and lights, compulsory in accordance with this Regulations.
Turkish and foreign ships entering to port hoist their national flags and company pennants and in addition, foreign ships hoist the signal flags corresponding to their call signals.
Ships hoist their national flags and company pennants during daytime for the period of their stay in the port.
Article 20 – Ships passing in proximity of the craft engaged with diving, underwater works and fishing shall do so with a speed not harming such activities as possible.
Article 21 – Owners or agents of foreign ships entering port or Turkish ships arriving from foreign ports shall notify Harbour Master, coastal health, customs and security authorities and port management at least 24 hours before, or for the ships carrying explosive goods 3 days before, about the company, flag, last port of call and cargo on board.
Article 22 – Ships shall take the necessary precautions in the openings around their hull belonging to water or steam discharges to prevent any harm to the craft alongside or around them.
Article 23 – Discharging of sweepings, rubble, oil and similar polluting substances and tank or bilge washing, either from shore or from the ships aboard berths and wharves and moored to buoys or in anchorage area is prohibited.
Article 24 – Ship masters, agents and customs, coastal health and safety authorities shall notify Harbour Master immediately in writing about all kinds of accidents and other important events occurred in the port and they shall respond to every question of Harbour Master without delay.
Article 25 – People losing anchor in the port or dropping any objects to the sea in any way that may harm the ships or negatively affect the safety of navigation shall notify the Harbour Master immediately about the incident by pointing their location.
Article 26 – Passenger ships arriving from Turkish or foreign ports or departing to such ports embark and disembark their passengers and load and unload their cargoes directly in passenger berth.
Passenger ships moored to buoy No. 1 or anchored to outer port for the unavailability of chance to sail to the inner port load and unload their passengers and passenger belongings in municipality berth in the inner port during favourable weather.
During unfavourable weather conditions, the passengers and passenger belongings of ships moored to buoy No. 1 are loaded and unloaded from the place indicated by the port management with the approval of customs, security and shore health authorities.
Article 27 – Entries to and exits from foreign ships are subject to the permission of the customs and security authorities.
All marine craft carrying passengers, passenger belongings and seamen from foreign ships shall have necessary life saving equipment on board and shall be permitted by port, customs and security authorities to operate.
Article 28 – Quantities and types of life saving equipment on board and passenger capacity of the craft shall be posted in a visible place of all craft transporting passengers within the port.
Article 29 – Marine craft can not get alongside to transit ships and ships without a sanitary free pratique.
Article 30 – Foreign ships arriving to port can not contact with shore before sanitary, security and customs inspections are completed and permission granted by the involved officials.
Article 31 – The orders issued by the Harbour Master related to precautions to ensure discipline, order, security and navigation safety shall be followed by all involved persons immediately.
Article 32 – The inspection teams of customs, security and coastal health, when witnessed to actions in contrary to this Regulation, shall write a fact finding report and deliver this report to Harbour Master’s office and a copy of the report to their superiors.
Article 33 – The actions in contrary to the provisions of this Regulation is penalized in accordance with Article 11 of the “Law on Ports”, numbered 618.
Temporary Article – Passenger ships shall land and take their passengers and passenger properties by marine craft by dropping anchor from forward and mooring to berth from aft in the place indicated by (A) in coal berth, until the passenger berth mentioned in this Regulation becomes operational.
Article 34 – Zonguldak Port Regulations dated 10 April 1329 is abolished.
Article 35 – This Regulation comes into force upon its publishing in accordance with 2. Article of Law on Ports
Article 36 – The provisions of this Regulation is executed by Council of Ministers.
THE TABLE SHOWING COMING INTO FORCE DATES OF REGULATIONS BRINGING AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO THE REGULATIONS CAME INTO FORCE BY THE DECISION OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DATED 9/6/1958 AND NUMBERED 4/10424.
Related to the decree bringing the “Regulations amending or adding” into force:
Date Number
Articles coming into force on different dates
Date of coming into force
5/2/1966
6/5957
11/3/1966
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