S.L. 499.12 Art. 17Authority’s berthing prerogative for ships carrying substances in bulk.

(1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, ships carrying substances shall be moored, berthed or anchored in such particular places within the ports and territorial waters of Malta, as the Authority may from time to time direct and shall not, without the written permission of the Authority, be moved therefrom except for the purpose of directly leaving a port or for proceeding directly to a tank-cleaning berth recognised by the Authority.

(2) At the discretion of the Authority, subject to the properties of the substances, ships having on board dangerous packaged cargoes in containers not exceeding 500 litres each in capacity and in total quantities not exceeding:

(a) 3000 litres of volatile dangerous cargoes;

(b) 6000 litres of non-volatile dangerous cargoes;

(c) 4500 litres in the aggregate of volatile and non-volatile dangerous cargoes shall not be deemed to be ships subject to the berthing restrictions specified in subregulation (1) by reason of the carriage of such dangerous cargoes, providing that such dangerous cargoes be in containers stored on deck or in a compartment kept closed throughout the whole of the ship’s stay in the waters of Malta.