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Compliance 
with 
statutory 
requirements 
for berthing 
Declaration 
of quantity 
and quality 
of 
petroleum. 
petroleum 
derivatives. 
petroleum 
liquids or 
petroleum 
products 
carried by 
vessels 
entering 
harbour. 
leaving 
harbour. 
8. 
A ship, tanker or vessel entering a Nigerian harbour shall comply 
with statutory 
requirements for berthing. loading and discharge of petroleum, 
petroleum derivatives, petroleum liquids or petroleum products. 
9,--(1) The master ofa v 
{carrying petroleum. petroleum derivatis es 
petroleum liquids or petroleum products 
port, deliver a written declaration to the Authority, stating the — 
shall upon entry 
into a prescribed 
(a) quantity and quality of petroleum, petroleum derivatives, petroleum: 
liquids 
or petroleum products contained 
in the vessel: and 
C 
(b) quantity and quality of petroleum. petroleum derivatives, petroleum 
liquids or petroleum products intended to land at that port or any other port 
in Nigeria and specifying the part and type of product. 
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions 
of subregulation (1) of this 
regulation, 
where the agent of a vessel delivers the written declaration to the harbour 
master in anticipation of a vessel's arrival. the master ot “the vessel may not be 
required to make any declaration. 
(3) 
A vessel shall not commence discharge of petroleum, petroleum 
derivatives, petroleum liquids or petroleum products without obtaining v essel 
clearance from the Authority at a prescribed fee. 
10.—(1) 
Petroleum, petroleum derivatives. petroleum liquids or 
petroleum products shall not be exported from Nige 
or export permit. 
ia 
without a valid approval 
(2) 
Crude oil. condensates, liquid petroleum products and natural gas 
liquids shall not be exported from Nigeria without a valid wholesale petroleum 
liquid supply licence from the Authority and export permit. 
(3) The owner of petroleum, petroleum derivatives. petroleum liquids 
or petroleum products to be exported from a port shall, in addition to complying 
with all statutory requirements, deliver to the harbour master, before and after 
loading any ship, written declarations. stating. in the case of a declaration 
made — 
(a) 
before loading a vessel, the approximate quantity of petroleum, 
petroleum derivatives, petroleum liquids or petroleum products with which 
that vessel is to be loaded ; and 
(b) 
after loading 
a vessel, the quantity of 
petroleum, petroicum 
derivatives, petroleum liquids or petroleum products with which the vessel 
has been loaded.