S.L. 499.1 Art. 14Authority to assign berths and control berthing.

(1) A ship shall occupy any berth that may be assigned to her by the Authority, whether at any quay or elsewhere, and shall, if so required, move to such other berth as the Authority may direct.

(2) No master shall, except in sudden stress of weather endangering the safety of the ship, shift or change the berth assigned to his ship without obtaining the previous permission of the Authority.

(3) The master of a ship proceeding alongside a quay on another ship shall ensure that the ship has no list, that she is trimmed upright and that all derricks, booms and yards are rigged inboard.

(4) The master of a ship shall not, except with the permission and under the instructions of the Authority, moor his ship in the Grand Harbour -

(a) between the mouth of such harbour and a line drawn from the Fort St Angelo flagstaff to the north-eastern corner of Lascaris Bastion, or

(b) in the area between two lines drawn respectively from Customs House flagstaff to Isola Watch Tower and