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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING A COASTAL VESSEL LICENCE AND COASTAL VESSEL CLEARANCE IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING A COASTAL VESSEL
LICENCE AND COASTAL VESSEL CLEARANCE IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS
INDUSTRY
Code: DPR Guide 0016 - 2020

Revision Date: 2nd October 2020

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5. APPLICATION FOR COASTAL VESSEL CLEARANCE
A Vessel clearance is required before any vessel can carry out loading or discharging
operations in the Nigeria oil and gas. Before any vessel is granted vessel clearance to
discharge/load at any facility, the Importer/Exporter shall notify the DPR at least three (3)
days prior to the arrival of the vessel at a Nigerian Port via the online portal or hard copy
application as may be necessary. The following documents shall be submitted alongside
the application:
i.
Evidence of payment of a Vessel Arrival Notification fee of Two Hundred &
Twenty Thousand Naira only (N220,000:00) to the DPR through the designated
electronic payment system on the Petroleum Product Import Permit electronic
portal of the DPR.
ii.
Financial documents that includes:
a. Copy of “Form M” raised for the transaction (for imports);
b. Copy of Letter of Credit for the transaction;
c. Letter from a bank attesting that the transaction was funded through the
bank;
d. Copies of all relevant invoices; and
e. DPR Valid Import Permit.
iii.
Loading/Cargo document that includes:
a. Certificate of Quality of the consignment issued by the exporting refinery
or a competent authority in the country of origin;
b. Copy of Certificate of Quantity (Mother & Daughter Vessels);
c. Copy of Cargo Manifest; and
d. Copy of Ullage Report/Cargo Transfer Certificate.