PART I 3. No person shall handle, import, export, load, discharge, transport or otherwise deal with petroleum or cause or permit petroleum to be so handled, imported, exported, loaded, discharged, transported or otherwise dealt with within the port except in accordance with this Part and the recommendations made by IMO and accepted by the Authority and in accordance with the requirements as prescribed by the Authority from time to time:| Provided that in the event of any conflict between these Regulations and the said recommendations made by IMO, the former shall prevail. |
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| 4. For the purposes of this Part the Port Master or the authorised representative of the Surveyor-General of Ships or any Inspector appointed under the Petroleum Act or an Inspector appointed under regulation 25 may go on board any vessel within the port whenever he suspects that any offence against any of these Regulations has been or is about to be committed in any vessel and may call to his aid such assistance as may be necessary. [Cap.229.] |
| TESTS — EXEMPTION — LICENSING |
| Tests to determine class of petroleum |
5. For the purposes of this Part any test to determine to which class of petroleum a sample belongs shall be carried out as follows:| (a) | to determine whether the sample of petroleum is Class “C” petroleum the test shall be carried out by means of the standard Pensky-Martens Closed Tester; and | | (b) | to determine whether the sample of petroleum is of a class other than Class “C” petroleum the test shall be carried out to determine its flash-point by means of the Abel apparatus. |
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| 6. This Part shall not apply to the carriage of petroleum in properly sealed containers where the aggregate quantity thereof does not exceed 25 litres. |
| Restrictions on carriage of Class “A” or “B” petroleum |
7. No vessel shall carry Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum within the limits of the port except —| (a) | in a vessel licensed under the Port of Singapore Authority (Harbour Craft) Regulations; [Rg 3.] | | (b) | in a vessel certified as having been constructed to carry Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum either in bulk or in packages by a classification society recognised for this purpose by the Surveyor-General of Ships; or | | (c) | in a vessel certified as having been constructed to carry Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum either in bulk or in packages by the Surveyor-General of Ships. |
| For the purpose of this regulation, “bulk” means a homogeneous cargo stored loose in free flowing tank and required to be handled by pumping. |
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| Quantity of Class “A” petroleum to be carried |
8. The quantity of Class “A” petroleum to be carried on the deck of a vessel licensed to carry petroleum shall not —| (a) | exceed 500 litres on any vessel within the prohibited area described hereunder —| (i) | the full extent of all rivers entering the port; | | (ii) | the area enclosed by the coastline of Singapore Island contained between Berlayar Light Beacon at the western entrance of Keppel Harbour and the eastern end of the Merdeka Bridge; thence along the northern coastline of Sungei Geylang; thence along the northern coastline of Tanjong Rhu to its north-west extremity; thence along the western coastline of Tanjong Rhu, thence along the western and south-western coastline of the eastern reclaimed land to position Lat 01° 17′ 00″ N, Long 103° 52′ 54″E; thence in a straight line to position Lat 01° 16' 00"N, Long 103° 52' 05"E; thence in a straight line to- Buran Light Beacon; thence due west to meet the coastline of Sentosa; thence along the northern coastline of Sentosa to Tanjong Rimau; thence by a straight line to the origin at Berlayar Light Beacon; and | | (iii) | that part of the Selat Jurong contained between the meridians of 103° 44′ and 103° 42′ East; or |
| | (b) | exceed 5,000 litres per 30 metres of length of the carrying vessel up to a maximum of 25,000 litres in the Port subject to paragraph (a). |
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| 9. Prior to the arrival of a vessel carrying Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum as cargo at the port or if this be impracticable upon the arrival of such vessel the owner, agent or master shall forward written notice thereof to the Port Master. |
| 10. The owner, agent or master of any vessel about to leave the port with Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum on board shall give written notice to the Port Master of his intention to carry petroleum as cargo and such notice shall whenever practicable be given not less than 6 hours prior to any application for a port clearance. |
| Directions on entering port |
11.—(1) No vessel carrying Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum or which has carried Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum as the whole or part of her last cargo shall proceed to —| (a) | any place within the port unless all cargo compartments and systems connected with the carriage of Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum and such other part of the vessel as an Inspector thinks fit and necessary have been certified free from flammable vapour; and | | (b) | any local shipyard or repair facility unless an Inspector has inspected the fuel oil tanks of the vessel and is satisfied that the petroleum vapour in the tanks is 50% of the lower explosive limit or below. |
| (2) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply in the case of a vessel proceeding to a petroleum or special anchorage or an oil terminal. |
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| Loading and discharging of petroleum only |
12.—(1) Petroleum shall only be loaded and discharged within the port at such place or places as the Authority may from time to time direct.| (2) Any person wishing to ballast or gas-free any vessel within the port subsequent to the carriage of petroleum in the vessel shall notify the Port Master who may direct where any such operation shall be carried out and impose such conditions as he may consider necessary in the circumstances. |
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| Restrictions on tank-cleaning |
13.—(1) No vessel shall clean or gas-free its tanks without the prior written permission of the Port Master.| (2) Any application for such permission shall be accompanied by full details of the arrangements proposed for the disposal of sludge, residue or waste material and a true copy of the certificate issued by an Inspector under regulation 25. |
| (3) The owner or person in charge of the tank-cleaning or gas-freeing operation shall ensure that no person who is employed in the cleaning of the tank shall smoke, carry or take into the tank any matches or other substances that produce or are capable of producing any fire or spark. |
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| Compliance with acceptable standards of safety — general |
| 14. The owner or operator of a wharf at which any vessel loads or discharges Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum shall ensure that all loading, discharging or ballasting operations are strictly in accordance with acceptable standards of safety. |
| Compliance with specific safety measures |
15. Without prejudice to regulation 12 the owner, agent or master or person in charge of the vessel shall provide for —| (a) | a competent member of the engine room staff to be available to operate fire pumps or other fire extinguishing apparatus; | | (b) | a sufficient number of crew members to adequately assist such official and engineer; | | (c) | in the case of tankers referred to in regulation 34, a sufficient number of officers and men at all times to ensure the efficient carrying on of the work or, if so required, to remove the vessel; and | | (d) | a watchman to be stationed at each gangway leading to the vessel —| (i) | to prevent smoking by any person; | | (ii) | to prevent access to the vessel by any unauthorised person; and | | (iii) | to warn all persons that flammable goods are being handled on the vessel. |
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| Restrictions on hot work, high speed drilling or similar operations |
| 16. No hot work, high speed drilling or other similar operations on any waterfront facilities or on any vessel shall be carried out during the handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging or transporting of petroleum. |
| Restrictions on repairs and breaking-up |
17.—(1) No repairs, hot work, high speed drilling or other similar operations to any compartment or pipeline which has contained petroleum shall begin or be carried out in any vessel unless an Inspector has certified that he has examined the vessel or such parts of the vessel as are accessible or as he may consider fit or necessary and that the vessel or such parts are in his opinion free from flammable vapour, but nothing in this regulation shall apply to operations which are carried out externally and do not involve burning, welding, rivetting, other hot work or high speed drilling to any compartment or pipeline.| (2) For the purposes of this Part, the term “hot work” shall include any repair or alteration involving chipping, grinding, drilling, rivetting, welding, burning or other fire, spark or heat producing operation. |
| (3) No ship-breaking or dismantling operation shall be commenced until the vessel has been examined by an Inspector and such Inspector has certified that the vessel is free from flammable vapour. |
| (4) No certificate of freedom from flammable vapour shall be valid if any alteration shall have taken place to any pipeline, valve, heating coil or pump or if scale or sediment shall have been removed from a compartment after the certificate has been issued until such vessel or part of such vessel has been further certified as being free from flammable vapour. |
| (5) The master or person in charge of a vessel shall provide and certify on the form prescribed by the Authority such information as an Inspector may demand before a certificate of freedom from flammable vapour is issued. |
| (6) A copy of any certificate referred to in this regulation shall be prominently displayed at or near any means of access to the vessel. |
| (7) The Inspector may grant any certificate referred to in this regulation subject to such conditions as he may in his discretion consider necessary. |
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| Pump-room sea-suction valves |
| 18. Every vessel constructed for the carriage of petroleum in bulk shall have all pump-room sea-suction valves chain locked and sealed and a record shall be made in an appropriate log book and no such seal shall be broken except that in an emergency, a sea-suction valve may be opened on the authority of the master who shall cause the facts to be recorded in the log book. |
| Loading and discharging of petroleum in port |
19. In respect of any vessel loading or discharging petroleum of any description in the port for any reason the following conditions shall be complied with:| (a) | all scuppers and overside deck openings shall be plugged so as to prevent the escape of any such petroleum into the sea; and | | (b) | towing-off wires shall be secured forward and aft and such wires shall —| (i) | be capable of bearing any strain which it may be necessary to impose upon them in towing-off the vessel; | | (ii) | be so suspended that the eyes shall be not more than two metres above the level of the sea; and | | (iii) | be of such length as to provide an effective towing length of not less than 50 metres. |
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| Use of specified anchorages and terminals |
| 20. Subject to section 67 of the Act vessels constructed to carry petroleum in bulk loaded with Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum shall not, except at the discretion of the Port Master, anchor or berth within port limits otherwise than within a petroleum or special anchorage or at an oil terminal. |
| Petroleum to be removed from wharves |
| 21. No person shall place or permit to be placed on any wharf or foreshore or other place any petroleum for a period of time longer than is reasonably necessary for the loading or discharging thereof or in connection with its transport. |
| Limitation of time vessels may remain |
| 22. No vessel which has on board as cargo whether for transport or storage any petroleum of Class “A” or Class “B” shall remain within the limits of the port except in a petroleum anchorage or at an oil terminal for a period of time longer than is reasonably necessary for the loading or discharging, or ballasting after discharge, of such petroleum. |
| Prohibition on handling by night |
23.—(1) Except in respect of the loading or discharging of petroleum in bulk into or from vessels constructed for the carriage thereof in bulk, no petroleum of Class “A” shall be loaded or discharged or otherwise handled into or from any vessel between 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m.| (2) General cargo shall not be handled between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. on any vessel on which there is Class “A” petroleum in bulk unless the Port Master’s permission in writing has been obtained. |
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24. No Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum shall be discharged within the port from any vessel except in accordance with the following provisions:| (a) | in respect of any vessel from which it is intended to discharge any such petroleum which is berthed or moored at an Authority wharf the permission of the Port Master and the Operations Manager shall be obtained; [S 131/93 wef 01/05/1993] | | (b) | in respect of any vessel from which it is intended to discharge any such petroleum which is berthed or moored in the port otherwise than at an Authority wharf, the permission of the Port Master shall be obtained; | | (c) | in respect of any permission required under this regulation written application by the owner, agent or master of the respective vessel shall be made therefor; and | | (d) | in granting any such permission the Port Master and the Operations Manager may impose such conditions as they may think fit. [S 131/93 wef 01/05/1993] |
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| Appointment of Inspectors |
25. The Authority may appoint Inspectors of Petroleum who may —| (a) | board any vessel having petroleum on board or preparing to carry petroleum for the purpose of examining such vessel or its cargo and for the purpose of taking and testing samples of such petroleum; and | | (b) | board any vessel that has carried Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum as the whole or part of her last cargo for the purpose of certifying that the vessel or such part thereof as are accessible is or are in their opinion free from flammable vapour. |
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| Powers of inspection of petroleum |
26.—(1) All petroleum arriving within the port shall be liable to be inspected by an Inspector irrespective of and notwithstanding any previous inspection made or testing certificate obtained and such inspection may or may not include the taking of samples at the discretion of the Inspector.| (2) An Inspector may in the case of bona fide shipments from other ports or places accept a testing certificate previously granted by a competent authority at any such port or place and dispense with the re-inspection of the petroleum. |
(3) The inspection may also be dispensed with at the discretion of an Inspector in the case of —| (a) | shipments of petroleum where the Inspector has reasonable grounds to be satisfied that no danger would be involved in the landing of such shipment without re-inspection; or | | (b) | petroleum declared by the master or the owner of the vessel and cargo containing such petroleum to be Class “A” or Class “C” petroleum. |
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| Methods of inspection by sample |
27.—(1) In relation to the taking of any samples pursuant to this Part an Inspector shall conduct sampling in accordance with the following scale:| (a) | one sample shall be taken from each separate receptacle or tank of petroleum in bulk. For the purposes of this regulation each compartment of double or multiple tanks shall be reckoned as a separate tank unless the petroleum in each compartment is in actual communication with that in the other compartment or compartments and the sectional area of the communication between the compartments is not less than one two-hundredth of the area of the partition between these compartments; | | (b) | if a cargo is composed of different kinds or brands of petroleum, separate samples shall be taken by the Inspector from each kind or brand. Receptacles differently marked, stamped or inscribed shall be held to contain different kinds of petroleum; and | | (c) | in the case of small shipments or packaged petroleum an Inspector may in his discretion accept a certified sample from the owner which sample and certificate shall be proof of the flash-point of such petroleum. |
| (2) The samples referred to in this regulation shall not be less than one litre. |
| (3) Any certificate given by an Inspector as to the result of any sampling conducted by him as hereinbefore provided shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts therein stated provided that it shall not be competent for any person aggrieved by the contents of any such certificate to allege that the same is inaccurate or misleading merely by reason of the scale of sampling if the same shall have been conducted as above-mentioned. |
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28. When packaged Class “A” and Class “B” petroleum is to be carried on deck on any vessel —| (a) | it shall be properly secured and stowed on the weather deck and shall be stowed on end with bungs uppermost one tier high at a distance of not less than 10 metres from any galley, funnel or exhaust; | | (b) | it shall not be stowed on deck within 10 metres of any other petroleum carried as deck cargo; and | | (c) | conspicuous notices in appropriate languages incorporating visual aids shall be posted up prohibiting smoking and the use of naked lights within 10 metres of such petroleum. |
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| Standards of portable receptacles |
| 29. Petroleum not carried in bulk shall be carried in portable receptacles manufactured to appropriate internationally accepted standards and no receptacle shall contain more than 95% of liquid. |
| Safety marking of receptacles |
| 30. Every receptacle containing Class “A” or Class “B” petroleum shall have marked or stamped upon it in conspicuous characters in appropriate languages bearing the words “HIGHLY FLAMMABLE” and there shall also be marked or stamped upon such receptacle the trade name of such petroleum. |
| Restrictions on handling of Class “A” petroleum |
| 31. No packaged petroleum product of any description whatsoever shall be handled either by day or by night by a vessel engaged in loading or discharging Class “A” cargo in bulk or ballasting after discharge of such cargo. |
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| 32. No leaking receptacle containing petroleum shall be placed on board any vessel. |
| Procedure upon discovery of leakage or damaged receptacle on vessel |
33.—(1) The owner, agent or master or person in charge of any vessel in which there is any leaking or damaged receptacle containing petroleum shall —| (a) | ensure that all loading and discharging operations cease immediately on discovery thereof; and | | (b) | inform the Port Master of such leaking or damaged receptacle as soon as possible and shall comply with all directions of the Port Master or his authorised representative relating to the handling and storage of such receptacle. |
| (2) No person shall be permitted into a compartment of a vessel that has contained petroleum unless all precautions shall have been taken to guard against the ignition of flammable vapour and its toxic effect. |
(3) No person shall be permitted to work in a compartment that has contained petroleum unless the following precautions are observed:| (a) | the compartment shall be efficiently ventilated by spark free equipment; | | (b) | all tools used shall be of an approved type and no person shall carry on his person any matches or other means of ignition or enter the compartment wearing footwear which is liable to cause a spark; | | (c) | no less than one set of efficient breathing apparatus and two efficient life lines shall be placed in immediate readiness for use near to the access to the compartment; | | (d) | the lighting provided shall be adequate for the purpose and of an approved type; and | | (e) | any such operation shall be carried out under the personal supervision of a responsible person who is fully conversant with these Regulations and the relevant provisions of the Factories Act [Cap. 104] and any other written law and approved by the master or person in charge of the vessel. |
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| (4) No naked or artificial light other than an electrically self-contained light of an approved type shall be used in the hold of any vessel which is carrying or has carried petroleum. |
| (5) Radio receiving sets which shall include transistor sets shall not be permitted in any hold or compartment containing petroleum. |
| (6) No fire alarm points or emergency call boxes shall be sited where they are likely to be rendered inactive by an explosion. |
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| Precaution to prevent accident |
34.—(1) Every vessel loading or discharging petroleum, ballasting, tank-cleaning or gas-freeing while not certified by an Inspector to be free from flammable vapour shall be equipped and managed so as to take every reasonable precaution to prevent fire, explosion, implosion or accident.| (2) Except with the written permission of the Port Master, and subject to such conditions as he may impose the owner, agent or master of a vessel shall not cause or permit any ship-to-ship transfer of petroleum other than normal bunkering within the port. |
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| 35. Every vessel engaged in the transport or storage of petroleum shall be so equipped, managed and handled as to take all reasonable precautions against the incidence of mishap or accident of any kind and all equipment and fittings shall comply with approved safety requirements. |
| Exhibition of warning notices |
36. Every vessel loading or discharging petroleum, ballasting, tank-cleaning or gas-freeing while not certified by an Inspector to be free from flammable vapour shall exhibit notice boards in appropriate languages —| (a) | at the gangways or entrances to vessels prohibiting smoking, naked lights and unauthorised visitors; and | | (b) | on the off-shore side of the vessel alongside and on both sides of the vessel prohibiting all unauthorised craft from approaching within a distance of 200 metres of such vessel. |
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37.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations liquefied petroleum gas shall be deemed to be petroleum Class “A” and shall be subject in all respects to this Part.| (2) No liquefied petroleum gas which the owner of the vessel or any of his employees or agents knows or ought to know to be flammable shall be taken on board any vessel to which these Regulations apply for carriage in that vessel as cargo unless adequate ventilation is provided in the area in which such petroleum is kept or stored. |
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