No. S 182
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996
(Act 7 of 1996)
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
(Dangerous Goods, Petroleum and Explosives) Regulations 1997
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Communications, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Dangerous Goods, Petroleum and Explosives) Regulations 1997 and shall come into operation on 9th April 1997.
Definitions
2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“approved magazine” means any magazine constructed in accordance with the recommendations laid down by IMO;
“approved strong-room” means any strong-room or safe, approved by the Authority for the safe-keeping of arms;
“approved wharf” means a wharf approved by the Authority for the purposes of these Regulations;
“arms” includes —
(a)arms, air-guns, air-pistols, automatic guns, automatic pistols, or any other kind of gun from which —
(i)a shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged; or
(ii)noxious fumes can be emitted,
and any component part of such arms; and
(b)bayonets, swords, daggers, spears and spearheads;
“authorised officer” means —
(a)an authorised employee of the Authority;
(b)a police officer or customs officer; or
(c)any person authorised by the Authority in writing for the purposes of these Regulations;
“Class “A” petroleum” means any petroleum the flash-point of which is less than 23 degrees Celsius and includes liquefied petroleum gas;
“Class “B” petroleum” means any petroleum the flash-point of which is 23 degrees Celsius or more but less than 60 degrees Celsius;
“Class “C” petroleum” means any petroleum the flash-point of which is 60 degrees Celsius or more;
“dangerous cargoes” means any of the following cargoes, whether packaged, carried in bulk packagings or in bulk within the scope of the following regulations:
(a)oils covered by Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
(b)gases covered by the Codes for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk;
(c)noxious liquid substances or chemicals, including wastes covered by the Codes for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk and Annex II of MARPOL 73/78;
(d)dangerous, hazardous and harmful substances, materials and articles including environmentally hazardous substances (marine pollutants) and wastes, covered by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code; and
(e)solid bulk materials, possessing chemical hazards and solid bulk materials hazardous only in bulk (MHBs) including wastes, covered by Appendix B of the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes,
and includes any empty uncleaned packagings (such as tank-containers, receptacles, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), bulk packagings, portable tanks or tank vehicles) which previously contained dangerous cargoes, unless the packagings have been sufficiently cleaned of residue of the dangerous cargoes, and purged of vapours, so as to nullify any hazard, or have been filled with a non-dangerous substance;
“dangerous goods” means dangerous cargoes in packaged form;
“explosive” means any explosive within the meaning of the Arms and Explosives Act (Cap. 13);
“group” means the Authority’s group of dangerous goods as set out and described in the First Schedule and used for all purposes connected with transporting, conveying, storing, depositing, handling or other dealings with dangerous goods;
“Inspector” means an inspector appointed under the Petroleum Act (Cap. 229) or an Inspector of Petroleum;
“Inspector of Dangerous Goods and Explosives” means a person appointed as an Inspector of Dangerous Goods and Explosives under regulation 75;
“Inspector of Explosives” means a person appointed as an Inspector of Explosives under the Arms and Explosives Act;
“Inspector of Petroleum” means a person appointed as an Inspector of Petroleum under regulation 27;
“IMO” means the International Maritime Organisation;
“MARPOL 73/78” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2nd November 1973, as modified and added to by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto;
“oil terminal” means any place having permanent means of loading or discharging petroleum, whether in bulk or packaged into or from any vessel;
“petroleum” includes —
(a)the liquids commonly known by the names of Rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burma oil, kerosene, paraffin oil, petrol, gasoline, benzol, benzoline, benzine, naptha; and
(b)any like flammable liquid, whether —
(i)a natural product;
(ii)a product made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale or any other bituminous substance; or
(iii)by-products of the substances referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii);
“Port of Singapore Authority” means the Port of Singapore Authority established under the Port of Singapore Authority Act (Cap. 236);
“terminal manager” means a terminal manager, or any person in charge of an approved wharf, or their respective representatives.
(2)  In these Regulations, a reference to a special anchorage, a petroleum anchorage, a quarantine and immigration anchorage, an explosives anchorage or a dangerous goods anchorage means the anchorage —
(a)designated as such under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Port) Regulations 1997 (G.N. No. S 187/97); or
(b)declared as such by the Port Master under section 43(d) of the Act.
PART I
CARRIAGE OF PETROLEUM
Compliance with this Part
3.—(1)  No person shall within the port —
(a)handle, import, export, load, discharge, transport or otherwise deal with petroleum; or
(b)cause or permit petroleum to be handled, imported, exported, loaded, discharged, transported or otherwise dealt with,
except in accordance with this Part and the recommendations made by IMO that are accepted by the Authority.
(2)  If there is a conflict between these Regulations and the recommendations made by IMO referred to in paragraph (1), these Regulations are to prevail.
Power to board vessels
4.—(1)  For the purposes of this Part, an authorised person may —
(a)go on board any vessel within the port whenever he suspects that an offence against any of these Regulations has been, or is about to be, committed in or on any vessel; and
(b)call to his aid such assistance as may be necessary.
(2)  For the purposes of paragraph (1), an authorised person means the Port Master, the authorised representative of the Director of Marine, an Inspector appointed under the Petroleum Act (Cap. 229) or an Inspector of Petroleum.
TESTS, EXEMPTIONS AND LICENSING
Tests to determine class of petroleum
5.  For the purposes of this Part, a test to determine to which class of petroleum a sample belongs is to be carried out as follows:
(a)to determine whether the sample of petroleum is Class “C” petroleum, the test is to 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 to determine its flash-point is to be carried out by means of the Abel apparatus.
Exemption from this Part
6.  This Part does not apply to the carriage of petroleum in properly sealed containers where the aggregate quantity of the petroleum does not exceed 25 litres.
Restrictions on carriage of Class “A” or “B” petroleum
7.—(1)  No person shall cause or permit a vessel to carry Class “A” petroleum, or Class “B” petroleum, within the limits of the port except —
(a)in a vessel licensed under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) Regulations 1997 (G.N. No. S 183/97);
(b)in a vessel certified, by a classification society recognised for this purpose by the Director of Marine, as having been constructed to carry Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum either in bulk or in packages; or
(c)in a vessel certified by the Director of Marine as having been constructed to carry Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum either in bulk or in packages.
(2)  For the purpose of this regulation, “bulk” means a homogeneous cargo stored loose in a free flowing tank and required to be handled by pumping.
Quantity of Class “A” petroleum to be carried
8.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel that is licensed to carry petroleum shall not cause or permit the quantity of Class “A” petroleum to be carried on the deck of the vessel to exceed —
(a)500 litres, where the vessel is within any of the following areas:
(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 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds N, Long 103 degrees 52 minutes 54 seconds E; thence in a straight line to position Lat 01 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds N, Long 103 degrees 52 minutes 05 seconds 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)the part of the Selat Jurong contained between the meridians of 103 degrees 44 minutes and 103 degrees 42 minutes East; or
(b)5,000 litres per 30 metres of length of the carrying vessel but subject to a maximum of 25,000 litres, where the vessel is in any other area of the port.
Notice of arrival
9.  The owner, agent or master of a vessel carrying Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum as cargo shall, before the vessel arrives at the port, or if this is impracticable, upon the arrival of the vessel, give written notice of the vessel’s arrival to the Port Master.
Notice of departure
10.—(1)  The owner, agent or master of a vessel about to leave the port with Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum on board shall give written notice to the Port Master of his intention to carry the petroleum as cargo.
(2)  The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall whenever practicable be given not less than 6 hours before any application for a port clearance.
Directions on entering port
11.—(1)  No person shall cause or permit a vessel that is, or was, carrying Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum as the whole or part of the vessel’s last cargo to proceed to —
(a)any place within the port unless —
(i)all cargo compartments and systems connected with the carriage of Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum; and
(ii)such other parts of the vessel as an Inspector thinks 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) does not apply to a vessel proceeding to a petroleum anchorage, a special anchorage or an oil terminal.
Loading and discharging and other operations
12.—(1)  Petroleum shall only be loaded or discharged within the port at such place or places as the Authority may direct.
(2)  A person who wishes to ballast or gas-free any vessel within the port after the carriage of petroleum in the vessel shall notify the Port Master who may —
(a)direct where the ballasting or gas-freeing operations are to be carried out; and
(b)impose such conditions on the ballasting or gas-freeing operations as he considers necessary.
Restrictions on tank-cleaning
13.—(1)  No person shall cause or permit the cleaning or gas-freeing of a vessel’s tanks without the prior written permission of the Port Master.
(2)  Any application for permission under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by —
(a)full details of the arrangements proposed for the disposal of sludge, residue or waste material; and
(b)a true copy of the certificate issued by an Inspector under regulation 27.
(3)  The owner or person-in-charge of the tank-cleaning or gas-freeing operation shall ensure that no person employed in the cleaning of the tank —
(a)smokes; or
(b)carries or takes into the tank any matches or other substance that produces, or is capable of producing, a fire or spark.
Compliance with acceptable standards of safety
14.  The owner or operator of an approved wharf at which a vessel loads or discharges Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum shall ensure that all loading, discharging or ballasting operations are carried out in accordance with acceptable standards of safety.
Compliance with specific safety measures
15.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel shall provide —
(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 the member referred to in paragraph (a) and the engineer;
(c)in the case of a vessel referred to in regulation 36, a sufficient number of officers and men for the efficient carrying on of work at all times or, if necessary, to move the vessel; and
(d)a watchman to be stationed at each gangway leading to the vessel —
(i)to prevent smoking by any person on or near the vessel;
(ii)to prevent access on the vessel by any unauthorised person; and
(iii)to warn all persons on or near the vessel that flammable goods are being handled on the vessel.
Restrictions on hot work, high speed drilling and similar operations
16.  No hot work, high speed drilling or other similar operation shall be carried out during the handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging or transporting of petroleum on any waterfront facility or on any vessel.
Carrying out of hot work, high speed drilling or other similar operations or ship-breaking or dismantling operations
17.—(1)  The owner of a shipyard, or his employee or agent who has control over any works to be carried in a shipyard, shall ensure that —
(a)no hot work or high speed drilling; and
(b)no other fire, spark or heat producing operation,
shall be carried out in the shipyard on or in any compartment or pipeline of a vessel which contains, or had contained, petroleum unless a certificate is issued in respect of the work to be carried out.
(2)  The owner, master or agent of a vessel shall ensure that no hot work, high speed drilling, or any other fire, spark or heat producing operation, is carried out at any other place within the port —
(a)on or in the vessel if the vessel carried petroleum as the whole or part of her last cargo; or
(b)on or in any compartment or pipeline of the vessel that contained petroleum,
unless a certificate is issued in respect of the work to be carried out.
(3)  The owner, agent or master of a vessel shall ensure that no ship-breaking or dismantling operation is carried out on the vessel unless a certificate is issued in respect of the work to be carried out.
(4)  This regulation does not apply to the carrying out of any hot work for which a hot-work permit has been issued under regulation 40 of the Factories (Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing) Regulations (Cap. 104, Rg 11).
(5)  In this regulation and in regulations 18 and 19, “certificate” means a certificate of freedom from flammable vapour issued by an Inspector of Petroleum upon an application made under regulation 18.
Issue of certificate of freedom from flammable vapour
18.—(1)  An application for a certificate for the purposes referred to in regulation 17(1), (2) or (3) is to be made by the master of the vessel concerned or by a person who is in charge of the works proposed to be carried out to or on the vessel.
(2)  In considering whether to issue a certificate an Inspector of Petroleum may, if he considers it necessary —
(a)require the applicant to provide any information; and
(b)examine the vessel or any part of the vessel.
(3)  In issuing a certificate under this regulation, the Inspector of Petroleum may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.
(4)  A certificate is not valid if, after the certificate has been issued —
(a)any pipeline, valve, heating coil or pump on the vessel is altered;
(b)the scale or sediment is removed from a compartment of the vessel; or
(c)the ballast conditions of the vessel have been changed.
Display of certificate of freedom from flammable vapour
19.—(1)  The master of the vessel shall —
(a)display prominently a copy of the certificate at all times at the main gangway to the vessel; and
(b)produce the certificate on the request of any person.
(2)  No person shall display any certificate that is forged or altered, or is invalid by reason of regulation 18(4).
Pump-room sea-suction valves
20.—(1)  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel constructed for the carriage of petroleum in bulk shall ensure that —
(a)all pump-room sea-suction valves on the vessel are chain locked and sealed;
(b)a record of the locking and sealing is made in an appropriate log book; and
(c)no such seal is broken except in an emergency.
(2)  Where there is an emergency, the sea-suction valve may be opened on the authority of the master who shall cause that fact and the nature of the emergency to be recorded in the log book referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
Loading and discharging of petroleum in port
21.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel from which petroleum of any description is being loaded or discharged anywhere in the port shall comply with the following conditions:
(a)all scuppers and overside deck openings shall be plugged so as to prevent the escape of any 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 not be more than 2 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.
Use of specified anchorages and terminals
22.  Subject to section 43 of the Act, the owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel constructed to carry petroleum in bulk that is loaded with Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum shall not cause or permit the vessel to anchor or berth within port limits except —
(a)within a petroleum anchorage or a special anchorage, or at an oil terminal; or
(b)with the permission of the Port Master.
Petroleum to be removed from wharves
23.  No person shall cause or permit petroleum to be placed on a wharf, the foreshore or other similar place for a period of time longer than is reasonably necessary for the loading or discharging of the petroleum or for the petroleum to be transported.
Limitation of time vessels may remain
24.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel which has on board as cargo (whether for transport or storage) Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum shall not cause or permit the vessel to remain within the port limits —
(a)except in a petroleum anchorage or at an oil terminal; and
(b)for a period of time longer than is reasonably necessary for the loading or discharging of the petroleum, or for ballasting after discharge of the petroleum.
Prohibition on handling by night
25.—(1)  No person shall cause or permit Class “A” petroleum to be loaded, discharged or otherwise handled into or from any vessel between 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m. except for the loading or discharging of petroleum in bulk into or from vessels constructed for the carriage of petroleum in bulk.
(2)  No person shall cause or permit general cargo to be handled between 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m. on any vessel on which there is Class “A” petroleum in bulk unless the Port Master’s permission in writing is obtained.
Conditions of discharge
26.—(1)  No person shall cause or permit Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum to be discharged within the port from any vessel unless —
(a)in the case of a vessel berthed or moored at an approved wharf, the permission of the Port Master and the terminal manager is obtained; and
(b)in the case of any other vessel berthed or moored in the port, the permission of the Port Master is obtained.
(2)  The permission referred to in paragraph (1) must be applied for in writing by the owner, agent or master of the vessel.
(3)  The Port Master and the terminal manager may, in granting the permission referred to in paragraph (1), impose such conditions as each thinks fit.
Appointment of Inspectors of Petroleum
27.  The Authority may appoint Inspectors of Petroleum who may —
(a)board any vessel that is carrying petroleum on board, or that is being prepared to carry petroleum for the purpose —
(i)of examining the vessel and its cargo; or
(ii)of taking and testing samples of the petroleum being carried; and
(b)board any vessel that has carried Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum as the whole or part of the vessel’s last cargo for the purpose of certifying that the vessel, or such part of the vessel that is accessible, is in the Inspector’s opinion free from flammable vapour.
Powers of Inspector of Petroleum
28.—(1)  All petroleum arriving within the port may be inspected by an Inspector notwithstanding any previous inspection made or testing certificate obtained.
(2)  The inspection referred to in paragraph (1) may, at the discretion of the Inspector, include the taking of samples of petroleum.
(3)  An Inspector may, in the case of bona fide shipments of petroleum from other ports or places accept a testing certificate previously granted by a competent authority at such other port or place and dispense with the re-inspection of the petroleum.
(4)  The inspection may, at the discretion of an Inspector, also be dispensed with in the case of —
(a)shipments of petroleum where the Inspector has reasonable grounds to be satisfied that no danger is involved in landing the shipment of petroleum without re-inspection; or
(b)petroleum declared by —
(i)the master of the vessel;
(ii)the owner of the vessel; or
(iii)the owner of the petroleum carried on the vessel,
to be Class “A” petroleum or Class “C” petroleum.
Methods of inspection by sample
29.—(1)  Where samples of petroleum are taken by an Inspector under this Part, the Inspector is to conduct the sampling in accordance with the following scale:
(a)one sample is to be taken from each separate receptacle or each tank of petroleum in bulk;
(b)if the cargo on a vessel is composed of different kinds or brands of petroleum, separate samples are to be taken by the Inspector from each kind or brand 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 is to be proof of the flash-point of the petroleum.
(2)  For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), receptacles that are marked, stamped or inscribed differently from each other are to be taken to contain different kinds of petroleum.
(3)  The samples referred to in this regulation must not be less than one litre.
(4)  For the purposes of this regulation, each compartment of double or multiple tanks is to be reckoned as a separate tank unless —
(a)the petroleum in each compartment is in actual communication with that in the other compartment or compartments; and
(b)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.
(5)  A certificate issued by an Inspector as to the result of the sampling conducted by him under this regulation is to be taken as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
PACKAGED CARGO
Carriage on deck
30.  When packaged Class “A” petroleum or packaged Class “B” petroleum is carried on the deck of a vessel, the owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of the vessel shall ensure that —
(a)it is properly secured and stowed on the weather deck;
(b)it is stowed on end with bungs uppermost one tier high at a distance of not less than 10 metres from any galley, funnel or exhaust;
(c)it is not stowed on deck within 10 metres of any other petroleum carried as deck cargo; and
(d)conspicuous notices in appropriate languages and incorporating visual aids are posted up prohibiting smoking and the use of naked lights within 10 metres of the petroleum.
Standards of portable receptacles
31.—(1)  Petroleum not carried in bulk shall be carried in portable receptacles manufactured to appropriate internationally accepted standards.
(2)  The portable receptacles referred to in paragraph (1) must not contain more than 95% of liquid.
Safety marking of receptacles
32.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel in which receptacles containing Class “A” petroleum or Class “B” petroleum are carried shall ensure that there is marked or stamped on each receptacle —
(a)the words “HIGHLY FLAMMABLE” in conspicuous characters and translated into appropriate languages; and
(b)the trade name of the petroleum.
Restrictions on handling of Class “A” petroleum
33.  No person shall cause or permit packaged petroleum product of any description to be handled on a vessel while a vessel is engaged in —
(a)loading or discharging Class “A” petroleum in bulk; or
(b)ballasting after discharge of Class “A” petroleum.
SAFETY — GENERAL
Safety measures
34.  No person shall cause or permit a leaking receptacle containing petroleum to be placed on board any vessel.
Procedure upon discovery of leaking or damaged receptacle on vessel
35.—(1)  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel in which there is a receptacle containing petroleum that is leaking or damaged shall —
(a)ensure that all loading and discharging operations cease immediately on discovery of the leak or damage;
(b)inform the Port Master of the leaking or damaged receptacle as soon as possible; and
(c)comply with all directions of the Port Master, or his authorised representative, relating to the handling and storage of the leaking or damaged receptacle.
(2)  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel shall ensure that no person is permitted to enter or remain in a compartment of a vessel that contained petroleum unless all precautions have been taken to guard against the ignition of flammable vapour and the toxic effect of the flammable vapour.
(3)  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel shall ensure that no person is permitted to work in a compartment that contained petroleum unless the following precautions are observed:
(a)the compartment is efficiently ventilated by spark free equipment;
(b)all tools used are of an approved type;
(c)no person is to —
(i)carry on his person matches or other means of ignition; or
(ii)enter the compartment wearing footwear which is liable to cause any spark;
(d)not less than one set of efficient breathing apparatus, and 2 efficient life lines, are to be placed near to the access to the compartment and be ready for immediate use;
(e)the lighting provided is to be adequate for the purpose and of an approved type; and
(f)any work to be carried out is under the personal supervision of a responsible person who must —
(i)be fully conversant with these Regulations and the relevant provisions of the Factories Act (Cap. 104) and any other written law; and
(ii)be approved by the master or person-in-charge of the vessel.
(4)  No person shall cause or permit naked or artificial light, other than an electrically self-contained light of an approved type, to be used in the hold of any vessel on which petroleum is or was carried.
(5)  No person shall cause or permit radio receiving sets, including transistor sets, to be brought or kept in any hold, or compartment, containing petroleum.
(6)  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel shall ensure that no fire alarm points or emergency call boxes are sited where they are likely to be rendered inactive by an explosion.
(7)  In this regulation, “approved type” means a type approved by the Authority.
Precautions to prevent accident
36.—(1)  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel —
(a)on which petroleum is loaded or discharged or on which ballasting, tank-cleaning or gas-freeing operations are carried out; and
(b)which has not been certified by an Inspector to be free from flammable vapour,
shall ensure that the vessel is equipped and managed so that every reasonable precaution is taken 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, master or person-in-charge of a vessel shall not cause or permit any ship-to-ship transfer of petroleum other than normal bunkering within the port.
Unsafe equipment
37.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel engaged in the transport or storage of petroleum shall ensure that the vessel is so equipped, managed and handled so that —
(a)all reasonable precautions are taken against the incidence of mishap or accident of any kind; and
(b)all equipment and fittings on the vessel comply with approved safety requirements.
Exhibition of warning notices
38.  The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a vessel -
(a)on which petroleum is loaded or discharged, or on which ballasting, tank-cleaning or gas-freeing operations are carried out; and
(b)which has not been certified by an Inspector to be free from flammable vapour,
shall ensure that notice boards in appropriate languages are exhibited on the vessel —
(i)at the gangways or entrances to the vessel to prohibit smoking, naked lights and unauthorised visitors; and
(ii)on the off-shore side of the vessel alongside and on both sides of the vessel, to prohibit all unauthorised craft from approaching within a distance of 200 metres of the vessel.
Liquefied petroleum gas
39.  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, or cause to be taken, by them on board a vessel for carriage in that vessel as cargo unless adequate ventilation is provided in the area in which liquefied petroleum gas is kept or stored.

Made this 5th day of March 1997.

PETER HO HAK EAN
Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
[MINCOM PS 396/1-006; PY/LD/1.02/LKS; AG/SL/59/95]
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