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The Port Regulations made the 26th April, 1977, as amended by the Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 [Act 56 of 2020], and consolidated with Law 4 of 1997 (part) enacted the 24th March, 1997. Consolidated with \u2014 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 made the 19th July, 1977, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1978 made the 10th January, 1978, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1978 made the 2nd May, 1978, Port (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 1978 made the 16th May, 1978, Port (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations, 1978 made the 8th August, 1978, Port (Amendment) (No.5) Regulations, 1978 made the 10th October, 1978, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 made the 20th April, 1979, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 made the 3rd January, 1980, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1980 made the 12th February, 1980, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 made the 23rd June, 1981, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 made the 9th November, 1982, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 made the 14th June, 1983, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1983 made the 4th October, 1983, Port Authority (Safety Equipment on Vessels) Regulations, 1984 made the 24th January, 1984, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 made the 18th December, 1984, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 made the 9th April, 1985, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1985 made the 30th July, 1985, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 made the 25th February, 1986, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1986 made the 25th March, 1986, Port (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 1986 made the 30th September, 1986, Port (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations, 1986 made the 4th November, 1986, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 made the 20th October, 1987, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 made the 21st June, 1988, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1988 made the 23rd August, 1988, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 made the 29th June, 1990, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 made the 27th August, 1991, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 (sic) made the 1st September, 1991, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 made the 19th May, 1992, Publication Details Continued Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 made the 13th September, 1994, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 made the 4th March, 1997, Port (Grand Cayman Crane Services) Regulations, 1997 made the 4th March, 1997, Port (Amendment) (Port Dues) Regulations, 1997 made the 15th April, 1997, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2001, made the 24th July, 2001, Port (Amendment) (Container Fees) Regulations, 2002 made the 27th August, 2002, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 made the 30th May, 2006, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 made the 14th August, 2007, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 made the 9th March, 2010, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 made the 7th September, 2012, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 made the 3rd May, 2013, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 made the 17th May, 2016, Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2016 made the 14th October, 2016, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 made the 28th April, 2017, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 made the 19th November, 2019, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 made the 9th March, 2021, Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 made the 20th December, 2023, and Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 made the 24th January, 2024 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 made the 20th March, 2025. Consolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2025. Note (not forming part of these Regulations): This revision replaces the 2025 Revision which should now be discarded. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations Port Authority Act (2025 Revision) (2026 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations Regulation PART 1 \u2013 PRELIMINARY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"PART 2 - NAVIGATION 18.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Arrangement of Regulations Port Regulations (2026 Revision) 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_66\", \"num\": \"66.\", \"text\": \"Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations PART 3 - CONTROL OF PORTS 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_99\", \"num\": \"99.\", \"text\": \"102. No conveyance of goods into or out of a port area without proper gate pass and customs PART 4 - PORT DUES Arrangement of Regulations Port Regulations (2026 Revision) PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS PART 6 - RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 146B. Submission of application for authorisation of watersports event and designation of Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations PART 7 - LICENCE FEES: LOCAL VESSELS PART 8 - CRANE SERVICES SCHEDULE 1 LIGHTHOUSES SCHEDULE 2 DANGEROUS CARGO SCHEDULE 3 FORM - PA. 1 FORM - PA. 2 FORM - PA. 3 Pre-Arrival Notification Vessel Information SCHEDULE 4 PRESCRIBED PORTS SCHEDULE 5 DIVERS DOWN FLAG SCHEDULE 6 DEMARCATED NAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS SCHEDULE 7 PORT ANCHORAGE AREA SCHEDULE 8 WATERSPORTS AREAS SCHEDULE 8A WATERSPORTS AREAS SCHEDULE 9 NAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS ENDNOTES Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 1 Port Authority Act (2025 Revision) (2026 Revision) PART 1 \u2013 PRELIMINARY\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Port Regulations (2026 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In these Regulations \u2014 \u201caggregate\u201d includes clay, sand, granite, glass, shale, sandstone, gravel or other stone commonly used for road-making, building construction or land filling; \u201canimal\u201d means an animate creature other than a human being; \u201capron\u201d means the place of loading or discharge of goods and the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers; \u201cAuthority\u201d means the Port Authority established by section 3; \u201cberth assignment\u201d means the granting of permission to use a specified berth; \u201ccargo handling dues\u201d means a charge assessed against a consignee or agent for handling cargo from vessel hook to place of rest or vice versa; \u201ccharge\u201d means monies chargeable by the Authority by virtue of these Regulations; Regulation 2 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) \u201cchecking\u201d means the service of counting and checking cargo against appropriate documents for the account of the cargo or the vessel, or other person requesting the same; \u201ccollision regulations\u201d means the international collision regulations having application to the Islands; \u201ccontainer\u201d means a large standardised, seagoing receptacle for the transportation of cargo, which receptacle can be handled as a unit; \u201cdedicated dry container\u201d means a trailer or container which is not refrigerated and which contains goods for one consignee; \u201cdedicated refrigerated container\u201d means a trailer or container which is refrigerated and which contains goods for one consignee; \u201cDirector\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it by section 2; \u201cdiver\u201d includes a snorkeler; \u201cexplosive\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by the Explosives Act (2008 Revision); \u201cfacility\u201d includes any craft, dock, jetty, buoy, marker, machinery, light, building or land under the control of the Authority; \u201cfairway\u201d means the whole of the navigable channel of a port; \u201cfree time\u201d means the specified period during which cargo may occupy space assigned to it on terminal property free of terminal demurrage or storage charges immediately prior to the loading or subsequent to the discharge of such cargo on or off the vessel; \u201cGRT\u201d means Gross Registered Tons; \u201chandling\u201d means the handling of cargo from vessel hook to tail gate or vice versa; \u201cheavy lift\u201d means the service of providing heavy lift cranes and equipment for lifting cargo; \u201cknots\u201d means nautical miles per hour; \u201cloading and unloading\u201d means the service of loading or unloading vessels to any place on the terminal and trucks, lighters or barges to any other means of conveyance to or from the terminal facility; \u201cN.O.S.\u201d means not otherwise specified; \u201coperator\u201d means a person carrying on the business of furnishing wharfage, dock, warehouse, or other marine terminal services or facilities in connection with a common carrier by water in any port; \u201cplace of rest\u201d means a location designated by the Director within the terminal area where goods and commodities may be placed in a manner acceptable to the Authority and allowed to remain while awaiting delivery to road or for loading on board a vessel; Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 2 \u201cport anchorage area\u201d means an area designated under regulation 141; \u201cport control zone\u201d means a zone designated under regulation 141C; \u201cport dues\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it in section 2; \u201cport terminal facility\u201d means structures comprising a terminal unit, including but not limited to, wharves, transit shed, covered and open storage space, cold storage plants, landing and receiving stations used for the transmission, care and convenience of cargo in interchange between land and water carriers or two water carriers; \u201cpower boat\u201d means a vessel capable of being propelled by means other than or in addition to sail or manpower to an extent in excess of 5 B.H.P.; \u201cprescribed\u201d means prescribed in the Schedules; \u201cprincipal Act\u201d means the Port Authority Act (2025 Revision); \u201csection\u201d means a section of the Port Authority Act (2025 Revision); \u201cski-boat\u201d means a vessel operating as a tow boat for water skiing; \u201cswim area\u201d means an area set aside under regulation 147(1); \u201ctailgate\u201d has reference to the delivery of cargo by the Authority from the place of rest to the tailgate of the truck for outbound cargo and from the tailgate of the truck to place of rest for inbound cargo; \u201cterminal demurrage\u201d is a charge assessed against cargo remaining in or on terminal facilities after the expiration of free time unless arrangements have been made for storage and is also applicable to cargo remaining in or on terminal facilities after expiration of an authorised storage period; \u201cterminal storage\u201d means the provision of transit sheds or other terminal facilities for the storing of inbound and outbound cargo after the expiration of free time, including wharf storage, shipside storage, closed and covered storage, open and ground storage, bonded storage and refrigerated storage, after storage arrangements have been made; \u201cton\u201d means a gross ton of two thousand pounds or forty cubic feet at the option of the Authority; \u201ctonnage dues\u201d means the charge for the use of wharf but does not include a charge for any other service; \u201ctransit shed\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it by section 2 of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision) and in addition includes any place so prescribed by these Regulations or designated as such by the Authority; \u201cusage\u201d means the use of the terminal facilities by operators for a purpose for which a charge is N.O.S.; \u201cvarious dry container\u201d means a trailer or container which is not refrigerated and which contains goods for more than one consignee; Regulation 3 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) \u201cvarious refrigerated container\u201d means a trailer or container which is refrigerated and which contains goods for more than one consignee; \u201cvessel\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it in section 2 and includes the owners or agents thereof; and \u201cvessel hook\u201d means the point of pick-up or discharge of cargo from a vessel\u2019s cargo handling tackle.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Application to persons 3. The Regulations contained herein apply to all users of the facilities of the Authority from time to time who, in matters of doubt, are subject to the decision of the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"User creates a binding covenant 4. Use of the Authority\u2019s facilities constitutes a consent by the user to the terms and conditions hereof and is evidence of agreement on the part of vessels and other users of such facilities to pay all charges specified and be governed generally by these Regulations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Appeals 5. To the extent that the Director derives that person\u2019s powers and responsibility from the Authority there is a right of appeal to the Authority against that person\u2019s decisions, which appeals must be addressed to the Chairperson.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Exemption of charges in the case of construction 6. Construction work done under contract, with and for the benefit of the Authority, is exempt from the charges specified herein in so far as such work is necessary for performance of such contract.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"General restrictions and limitations 7. The Authority has no obligation to provide \u2014 (a) storage or accommodation for property which has not been transported and is not intended to be transported by water to or from a port; (b) berthing or other services beyond the reasonable capacity of its facilities; or (c) extended storage for any property in the course of\u2019 normal operations, beyond such period of time as may be provided by these Regulations or allowed by the Director, nor is that person obliged to accept any cargo incompatible with public policy or the general objects of a port.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Disclaimer of responsibility for loss or damage or injury 8. The Authority is not responsible for \u2014 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 9 (a) damage to freight being loaded, unloaded, handled, stored or otherwise present on its facilities, or for loss of freight or delay thereto; (b) loss or damage to freight on or in its facilities by reason of fire, leakage, evaporation, natural shrinkage, wastage, decay, animals, rodents, moisture, the elements, discharge of water from sprinkler fire protection systems or from any other cause; (c) delay, loss, damage arising from riots, strikes, labour disturbances or any persons, or for loss due to pilferage or theft or to other cause; or (d) personal injuries or death resulting from any cause whatsoever on its properties or facilities, unless occasioned by the wilful neglect or default of the Authority or its servants or agents acting in such capacity.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Placement of goods not to be bailment 9. The placing of property of any nature including cargo on the Authority\u2019s property pursuant to these Regulations is not a bailment of that property, and the Authority is not a bailee thereof.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Abandoned cargo 10. Cargo in respect of which charges have not been collected after twenty-eight days, excluding the free storage period, is deemed to be abandoned cargo and the Authority may \u2014 (a) dispose of it in accordance with section 24; (b) store it off the port at the risk and expense of the owner; or (c) retain possession of it until all charges have been paid.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Furnishing cargo statements and vessel reports 11. (1) Vessels shall give at least forty-eight hours\u2019 notice to the Director, in the form prescribed in Schedule 3, prior to arrival. (2) Vessels, within forty-eight hours before arrival or departure, where practicable, and other users of the harbours and facilities shall produce copies of inbound and outbound manifest, or other acceptable documents to the Director, or a full and correct statement, signed and certified on a prescribed form, showing weights or measurements of the items discharged or loaded and the basis on which freight charges are assessed. Regulation 12 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Payment for charges 12. (1) Charges prescribed by these Regulations are due as they accrue and payable within seven days after presentation of invoices and the Authority reserves the right, in the event of past delay or failure to pay invoices when due, to demand payment of charges in advance before further services are performed or facilities used, or before freight upon which charges have accrued are released for delivery. (2) A charge prescribed by or under these Regulations which is not paid within thirty days of becoming due shall attract an additional charge \u2014 (a) of an amount equal to 1.5 per cent of the amount of the unpaid charge; (b) which shall be added to that unpaid amount on the last day of the month following the end of that thirty day period. (3) Any part of the charge or additional charge which remains unpaid on the next and each subsequent 27th day of the month after the day on which an additional charge was added under subregulation (2) above \u2014 (a) shall attract a further additional charge equal to 1.5 per cent of the total amount remaining due to the Authority in respect of those unpaid charges; (b) which shall be added to that total unpaid amount on the last day of each such month. (4) Any additional charge referred to in this regulation shall become due and payable to the Authority on the date on which it is calculated and added to an unpaid charge.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"No debtor substitution allowed 13. The Authority will not assist its debtors in the collection of dues owed to it.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Deposits or bonds 14. The Authority may require a deposit or bond in advance of charges which may accrue against a vessel or from other users of its facilities and use of its facilities may be denied until such deposit or bond is provided upon the scale of twice the charges which may so accrue.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Access to records 15. Vessels and other users of ports and facilities are required to permit inspection of manifest of cargo, passengers and other relevant documents for the purpose of audit and the estimation of charges. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 16\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Indemnity bond 16. Users of the port facilities, unless specifically exempted, are required to provide cash bonds for such amount as the Director may require, insuring the Authority against loss and securing the payment of bills arising from cargo handling, cargo dues, wharfage, water sales, storage, rentals, leases, warehousing, demurrage, electric current and other services rendered, and the Director is authorised to cash such bonds. 17. Insurance certificates 17. The rates and charges published in these Regulations do not provide for insurance, and users of port facilities are required to carry bodily injury liability insurance and property damage liability insurance and to produce certificates of such insurance to the Director on demand, failing which the Director may require a cash bond for an appropriate amount. PART 2 - NAVIGATION\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Lighthouses 18. Lighthouses and daymarkers are, for the purpose of their control, prescribed in Schedule 1 and may be varied in number and description from time to time by the Authority in exercise of its function under paragraph (b) of section 6 by Notice published in the Gazette and, for the maintenance thereof, the Authority shall have recourse to a port due called aids to navigation being a charge prescribed in regulation 113. 19. Removal of ships in fairways 19. (1) No vessel may be anchored in the fairways of a port without the permission of the Director. (2) A vessel anchoring in contravention of subregulation (1) shall, in addition to any penalty, be liable to be removed at the vessel\u2019s risk and expense.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Liability of vessels under pilotage 20. Vessels navigating under pilotage are answerable for any loss or damage caused by fault of navigation.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Anchorage or obstruction in turning basins and channels 21. It is unlawful to anchor any vessel in any of the turning basins or channels in the ports or in a navigational channel listed in Schedule 9, or otherwise to obstruct navigation except in cases of actual emergency. Regulation 22 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Lights at night 22. (1) Vessels anchored, moored or manoeuvring in the territorial water-ways of the Islands must at all times exhibit the lights required for their class by collision regulations. (2) Vessels having explosives on board shall, when within the limits of a port, keep conspicuously exhibited at the fore by day a red flag (B International Code) and at night at the mast head in addition to the lights ordinarily required and above them, a red light visible at a distance of one mile all round the horizon.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Boats to give way and exhibit requisite lights 23. Boats within the limits of a port shall make way for ships under way and shall, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, exhibit the lights required for their class by collision regulations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Approaches to docks, ship\u2019s ladders and gangways to be kept cleared 24. Free passage shall be kept to landing places, wharves and moorings, and boats shall move when required to clear such passage. Ship\u2019s accommodation ladders and gangways shall be kept in good condition and clear of obstruction.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Sinking, etc., of objects 25. (1) No wreck shall be sunk or other object, other than a mark or buoy for which permission has been obtained under regulation 29, placed on the ocean bed without the permission of the Cabinet. An application for such permission shall be made to the Authority, which shall, before forwarding its recommendation thereon to the Cabinet, obtain the advice of the Minister responsible for natural resources matters. (2) The sinking of any object in a port shall be reported immediately to the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Pollution of air and water 26. A person who deposits, places or discharges into territorial waters, any ballast, dunnage, sewage, butcher\u2019s offal, garbage, dead animals, gaseous liquid or solid matter, oil, gasoline, residuum of gas, calcium, carbide, trade waste, tar or refuse, or any other matter which is capable of producing floating matter or scum on the surface of the water, sediment or obstruction on the ocean bed, or odours or gases of putrefaction commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Speed, etc. 27. A person who, within one thousand five hundred feet of a port terminal facility, proceeds at a speed exceeding five knots or endangers other vessels or structures or causes wake damage (subject, however, to the duty of the Master to maintain steerage way) commits an offence. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 28\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Anchors to be in readiness 28. Vessels entering or leaving port shall have anchors clear and ready for use and vessels arriving shall have their derricks hoisted and ready if weather permits.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Erection of marks, laying of buoys 29. (1) No lateral, cardinal, isolated danger, safe water or special marks shall be erected or buoys laid down within the territorial waters without the permission of the Authority. Where any buoy is proposed to be placed within any restricted marine area or any area designated as a marine park under section 7 of the National Conservation Act, 2013 [Law 24 of 2013], or in coral, the Authority shall, before deciding whether to grant permission, obtain the advice of the Minister responsible for natural resources matters. Such permission may be granted subject to whatever conditions the Authority deems appropriate. (2) A charge of $50.00 is payable in respect of each buoy laid within the territorial waters and such buoys may be removed at the expense of the owner if at any time the Authority so requires. (3) Permanent moorings for public use shall be marked with a white buoy bearing a horizontal blue stripe, each of which shall be clearly marked with the size or the weight limit, or with both the size and the weight limit, for which the mooring is intended. (4) No vessel which exceeds either the size or weight limit so marked may moor on such a mooring.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"Restrictions on all vessels 30. (1) A vessel approaching within two hundred yards of a divers down flag or a divers down light shall not exceed a speed of three knots, and shall have a lookout at the bow for divers and swimmers and shall make either visual or radio contact with the person acting as lookout on the vessel displaying such flag or light. (2) No vessel shall display the divers down flag or divers down light unless it is at that time engaged in diving or snorkelling operations. (3) No vessel shall approach within one hundred yards of a fishing vessel which is at anchor and displays a white flag, unless such fishing vessel has given permission. (4) No vessel shall exceed a speed of five knots when within fifty yards of any vessel which is at anchor. (5) Except in an area designated under regulation 146 as a watersports area and marked by buoys, no vessel shall exceed a speed of five knots when within two hundred yards of the shoreline. (6) No vessel shall travel parallel to the shoreline unless it is more than fifty yards therefrom. Regulation 31 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (7) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any vessel \u2014 (a) engaged in rescue operations; (b) carrying a constable, or a Conservation Officer appointed under section 25 of the National Conservation Act, 2013 [Law 24 of 2013], when carrying out their respective duties as such. (8) For the purposes of this regulation \u201cdivers down flag\u201d and \u201cdivers light\u201d are as prescribed in Schedule 5.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_31\", \"num\": \"31.\", \"text\": \"Power boats 31. (1) It is the duty of every person having control of a power boat within territorial waters \u2014 (a) so to navigate such boat as to avoid collision with or injury to every vessel or person present in, on or under the water in the area occupied by or disturbed by the said boat or the wash or wake thereof; and (b) to navigate such boats with due care and consideration for other persons having regard to the prevailing conditions and the reasonable likelihood of other persons being present in or coming into the area occupied by such boat and the wash and wake thereof. (2) No person under the age of fifteen years shall drive or navigate a power boat save under the control of a person over that age. (3) Every person in control of a power boat shall when so instructed by the Director \u2014 (a) heave to; and (b) bring that person\u2019s boat alongside any place indicated by the Director, and otherwise comply with any navigational orders issued to that person by the Director. (4) When any dispute arises as to who is in control of a power boat every person present therein shall be deemed to be in control until that person proves the contrary. (5) As between power boats and other vessels, all other vessels have right of way. (6) No person shall operate a ski-boat unless \u2014 (a) the area of the sea in which it is operated is free from swimmers and divers; and (b) its crew keeps constant watch on other vessels and is satisfied that no danger to such vessels or to swimmers or divers is involved. (7) The minimum crew for a ski-boat is two persons, one at the helm or wheel and one acting as lookout. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 32 (8) No water skiing may be conducted unless the sea is clear for one hundred yards ahead and fifty yards either side of the ski-boat. (9) The Director may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette and in one newspaper printed in the Islands, exempt from any or all of the provisions of subregulations (5) and (8) such person or persons as may be therein specified for such period of time, in respect of such place or places and subject to such conditions as are in such notice also specified.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_32\", \"num\": \"32.\", \"text\": \"Application for berth and for the loading or unloading of vessels 32. Vessels desiring a berth at any port in the Islands shall, as far in advance of the date of docking as possible, make application to the Director in writing in the manner prescribed in Schedule 3 specifying the name of the vessel, size, the date and estimated time of arrival, date and time of sailing and the nature and quantity of cargo, if any, and request the vessel to be loaded or unloaded.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_33\", \"num\": \"33.\", \"text\": \"Director to assign berth 33. (1) Vessels shall occupy the berth assigned by the Director, and shall be moved to any other berth which the Director may direct, and all masters or persons in charge shall obey the Director\u2019s orders. (2) Vessels shall not proceed alongside any wharf without the permission of the Director, and they shall comply with all directions given by the Director until such permission is received. (3) The master is responsible for all damage or consequences resulting from any erroneous declaration made by that person or that person\u2019s representatives as to the draft or dimensions of that person\u2019s ship. The tonnage of a ship is that shown on that ship\u2019s certificate of registry.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_34\", \"num\": \"34.\", \"text\": \"Change of berth 34. Every vessel must, at all times, have on board a person in charge with authority to take such action in any emergency as may be necessary to facilitate common navigation or commerce, or for the protection of other vessels or property. The Director has discretionary authority to order and enforce the removal or change the berth or location of any vessel, at its own expense, to such place as that person may direct, for the purpose of facilitating navigation or commerce, or for the protection of other vessels or property, and it is unlawful for the master, owner or agent of such vessel to neglect or disobey any such order and if there is no responsible person available, or if the person in charge refuses to shift a vessel as required, the Director may have the vessel shifted at the risk and expense of the vessel. Regulation 35 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_35\", \"num\": \"35.\", \"text\": \"Unauthorised berthing 35. A vessel berthed in an unauthorised manner or shifted without approval of the Director is subject to an assessment in an amount equal to twice the published port dues. Such vessel may, without notice, be moved by the Director to a properly designated berth at the risk and expense of the vessel.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_36\", \"num\": \"36.\", \"text\": \"Ship\u2019s moorings, etc. 36. (1) Vessels within a port shall have sufficient hands on board to attend to their moorings, and to cause them to be slackened or hove in as necessary. No rope shall be made fast except to dolphins, buoys, moorings and bollards placed for that purpose, and no wire rope may be used unless the bollards and the edge of the coping of the wharf are protected from chafes to the satisfaction of the Director. Chain cables may not be used for mooring alongside a wharf. (2) Vessels shall anchor, moor, and berth to the satisfaction of the Director, and shall take such additional precautions in severe weather as may be ordered. (3) Vessels alongside wharfs must affix efficient rat guards on every line and wire connected to or reaching shore if so ordered by the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_37\", \"num\": \"37.\", \"text\": \"Watch to be kept on board 37. A watch shall be constantly kept by day and night upon the open deck of every ship in port.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_38\", \"num\": \"38.\", \"text\": \"Ships to be in readiness to move 38. (1) Vessels shall, at all times, be kept in a fit condition to be moved and, in default, the work may be performed by the Authority at the vessel\u2019s risk and expense. No vessel shall drop main steam or power without first obtaining permission from the Director. (2) Vessels entering, leaving or shifting berth within a port shall be provided with sufficient hands for the purpose and shall have on board good and sufficient warps to the satisfaction of the Director, and shall be moored by such warps, and no warp may be cast off unless so authorised by the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_39\", \"num\": \"39.\", \"text\": \"Displaced moorings to be reported 39. If any mooring or marker buoy is dragged from its position or damaged by any vessel, the fact shall be reported immediately to the Director and the cost of repairing or replacing the said mooring or mark shall be paid for by such vessel. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 40\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_40\", \"num\": \"40.\", \"text\": \"Condition under which ship has priority 40. Vessels arriving at a port with the intention of discharging cargo shall have priority to berth in order of their time of arrival but, if a vessel proceeds to another port and commences discharging, priority shall be given to the next ship arriving. Nevertheless, the Director may give priority to later ships in an emergency or in order to save a perishable cargo.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_41\", \"num\": \"41.\", \"text\": \"Removal of ships having offensive matter on board 41. The Director may order the removal from port of any vessel which has on board cargo or other matter injurious to health or offensive or dangerous in any respect, and such cargo or matter shall be disposed of in such manner as the Director may order, at the risk and expense of the vessel.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_42\", \"num\": \"42.\", \"text\": \"Customs, immigration and health formalities 42. Until customs, immigration and health formalities have been completed, no unauthorised person may board or leave an arriving vessel.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_43\", \"num\": \"43.\", \"text\": \"Due notice of departure to be given 43. Vessels shall give at least four hours notice to the Director, in the form prescribed in Schedule 3, prior to departure.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_44\", \"num\": \"44.\", \"text\": \"Clearance 44. No vessel shall receive clearance from Customs except on the production of a certificate from the Director certifying that it has complied with these Regulations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_45\", \"num\": \"45.\", \"text\": \"Office hours 45. Requests for berths for loading or for unloading of vessels must be made \u2014 (a) on weekdays not later than 14.00 hours; and (b) on Saturdays not later than 10.00 hours.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_46\", \"num\": \"46.\", \"text\": \"Manifest of cargo 46. Vessels shall, upon arrival in port, deliver to the Director a true copy of the manifest of cargo inwards, giving all relevant information, i.e. dock receipts, weight and cubic measure, and shall, as soon as possible, notify the Director of any amendments to any manifest.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_47\", \"num\": \"47.\", \"text\": \"Conditions of working ships 47. (1) As far as may be practicable, cargo shall be discharged from and loaded into ships in the order of their arrival in port, but subject always to the discretion and direction of the Director. (2) The Director may refuse to permit cargo to be landed from any ship until suitable wharf or other accommodation is available. Regulation 48 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_48\", \"num\": \"48.\", \"text\": \"Supervising cargo 48. (1) The master or that person\u2019s representative shall remain on board that person\u2019s ship while loading and discharging cargo for the purpose of superintending such loading and discharging. (2) No load shall be left suspended from a crane, derrick or other machine.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_49\", \"num\": \"49.\", \"text\": \"Vessels loading or discharging 49. Vessels loading or discharging loose cargo shall cause a cargo net to be placed in such manner as to prevent any such cargo from falling into the waters of the port, and any cargo or vessel\u2019s gear dropped overboard shall at once be reported by the person in charge of the ship to the Director, and recovered by the person in charge of the ship if it is reasonably possible for that person so to do. Failing this, it may be recovered by the Director at the risk and expense of the vessel.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_50\", \"num\": \"50.\", \"text\": \"Ships to be worked with reasonable dispatch 50. (1) If a vessel fails to take in or discharge its cargo with such despatch as appears reasonable to the Director, such vessel shall, after notice has been given to that effect to the master, lose its turn and be removed from wharf by the Director at the risk and expense of the vessel. (2) The Director may, in the event of excessive accumulation of goods upon a wharf require any ship to reduce or suspend the rate of discharge of cargo.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_51\", \"num\": \"51.\", \"text\": \"Offensive cargo 51. The Director may, with the consent of Customs and after giving two hours notice to the owner or other persons entitled to receive goods, or, if the owner or consignee cannot be found, then without such notice, order the removal and, if necessary, the destruction of any such goods if they are of an offensive nature and such removal or destruction shall be at the expense of the owner, consignee or other person concerned.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_52\", \"num\": \"52.\", \"text\": \"Ship\u2019s gear, repairs, etc. 52. No ship\u2019s gear, dunnage, cattle fittings or the like shall be placed on any wharf without the Director\u2019s permission.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_53\", \"num\": \"53.\", \"text\": \"Treatment of animals 53. Animals, when ashore or afloat in a port area and when being discharged or shipped, shall be treated in a humane manner and in accordance with veterinary practice. The Director may, in that person\u2019s discretion, refuse to land or ship animals if such landing or shipping would entail unnecessary suffering to any animal. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 54\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_54\", \"num\": \"54.\", \"text\": \"Master or agent to give notice of dangerous cargo 54. Vessels having on board goods of a dangerous or inflammable nature as prescribed in Schedule 2 shall, twenty-four hours before arrival, give notice thereof to the Director, and such cargo shall not be landed before such notice has been received by the Director. If such goods are so landed, the Director may order them to be placed on board the vessel whence they came or otherwise deal with the vessel and goods as that person considers necessary at the risk and expense of the ship.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_55\", \"num\": \"55.\", \"text\": \"Control of quantity of explosives 55. The quantity of explosives to be conveyed to and allowed on a landing place, at any one time, shall be regulated by the Director and such regulated quantity shall not be exceeded.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_56\", \"num\": \"56.\", \"text\": \"Hours during which explosives may be landed 56. Except with the permission of the Director and subject to such conditions as the Director may impose, explosives shall not be loaded, unloaded or landed except between the hours of 18:00 and 06:00.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_57\", \"num\": \"57.\", \"text\": \"Place where explosives may be landed 57. No explosives shall be loaded from, brought into or deposited upon any wharf, landing stage, shed, warehouse, building or other place, except as the Director shall, from time to time, order.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_58\", \"num\": \"58.\", \"text\": \"Notification of explosives 58. Explosives of all kinds must in addition to appearing on the manifest be declared by special letter to the Director, which letter must be delivered where practicable twentyfour hours prior to the arrival of the vessel. This letter must contain a description of the dangerous cargo carried by the vessel, listing the kind of explosives, number of packages, and where they are stowed. The vessel must comply with the international regulations which apply to such cases and must remain five miles from any port until otherwise directed by the Director. Prescribed signals must be shown by day and night and all necessary precautions must be taken. The Authority reserves the right to accept or refuse cargo which may be considered dangerous to persons or property.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_59\", \"num\": \"59.\", \"text\": \"Explosives to be covered 59. (1) Explosives on board a vessel which are not in a safe magazine shall, while the hatch is open, be kept carefully covered and due care taken to prevent any water from seeping into any explosive or its container. (2) Should explosives escape from a package containing them, they shall be collected and dealt with in accordance with the Explosives Regulations (1997 Revision). Regulation 60 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_60\", \"num\": \"60.\", \"text\": \"Method of handling explosives 60. (l) Packages containing explosives being discharged from or loaded into a vessel are not to be dropped, dragged or thrown. A rope cargo net in good condition (to be inspected) must be used; if no such net is available, then such explosives shall carefully be passed from hand to hand. (2) While explosives are being discharged no other cargo shall be handled or dealt with at or near thereto. (3) Persons not engaged in or superintending the work, shall remain a safe distance from the place of such discharging or loading of explosives.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_61\", \"num\": \"61.\", \"text\": \"Permits to land explosives 61. Explosives shall not be permitted to land from any vessel until a permit has been produced by the importer to the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_62\", \"num\": \"62.\", \"text\": \"Hours during which aggregate may be landed 62. Except with the permission of the Director and subject to such conditions as the Director may impose, aggregate shall not be loaded, unloaded or landed except between the hours of 18:00 and 06:00.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_63\", \"num\": \"63.\", \"text\": \"Place where aggregate may be landed 63. Except with the permission of the Director, no vessel may land or unload aggregate in the Islands other than at the Port of George Town.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_64\", \"num\": \"64.\", \"text\": \"Method of handling aggregate 64. The methods of landing, loading and unloading aggregate shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Director at all times.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_65\", \"num\": \"65.\", \"text\": \"Permits to land aggregate 65. (1) No vessel carrying aggregate shall be permitted to land, load or unload aggregate without a prior permit issued by the Director. (2) No person shall land, load or unload aggregate except in accordance with a permit issued by the Director. (3) An application for a permit to land, load or unload aggregate shall contain \u2014 (a) the name and address of the applicant; (b) the name, description and quantity of the aggregate; (c) the country from which the aggregate is to be imported; (d) the name and address of the manufacturer of the aggregate; (e) the proposed method of landing, loading or unloading the aggregate; and (f) an outline of the safety measures which the applicant intends to employ to prevent spillage of the aggregate. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 66 66. Inspection 66. (1) Vessels in port are subject to inspection by the Director at any time, which inspection may extend to every part thereof including cargo gear. (2) Such vessels may be required to produce a valid cargo gear certificate issued from a source recognised by the Authority. (3) Ropes, slings and wires in general use for hoisting or lowering shall be inspected once in every three months and where explosives are being handled, all machinery and attachments including ropes, slings, nets and wire cables shall be inspected immediately prior to use. PART 3 - CONTROL OF PORTS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_67\", \"num\": \"67.\", \"text\": \"Leasing 67. Where the Authority grants leases for office or open ground space, its procedures and requirements must be followed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_68\", \"num\": \"68.\", \"text\": \"Allocation of space 68. The Director controls the allocation of port space, covered or open, and persons using port property must comply strictly with such allocations. The Director is authorised to move freight or other articles, at owner\u2019s or agent\u2019s expense, in order to ensure maximum flexibility of facilities of which the Director is the sole judge.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_69\", \"num\": \"69.\", \"text\": \"Loitering on port property 69. It is an offence for any person to loiter upon the Authority\u2019s properties or for unauthorised persons to enter cargo sheds or handling areas. Persons using the port facilities do so at their own risk and the Authority has no responsibility for injuries or damage sustained.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_70\", \"num\": \"70.\", \"text\": \"Signs 70. Without prior approval, painting on structures belonging to the Authority is prohibited. Signs to be erected on the port shall be furnished by the port users and erected or placed by the user after the Director has approved the design, material and size of such signs which shall be uniform.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_71\", \"num\": \"71.\", \"text\": \"Smoking 71. It is an offence to smoke or expose a naked flame in any port area when to do so is forbidden by notice.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_72\", \"num\": \"72.\", \"text\": \"Solicitation 72. It is an offence to solicit or carry on any business on the Authority\u2019s property without first obtaining a permit from the Director. Regulation 73 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_73\", \"num\": \"73.\", \"text\": \"Wharf obstruction 73. It is an offence to allow stevedore\u2019s tools, appliances, equipment, vehicles or any other objects not being cargo to remain on the wharves and wharf premises or in the transit sheds, unless so permitted by the Director, or to store cargo or gear on the aprons, driveways, roadways or any other locations so as to hamper normal port operations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_74\", \"num\": \"74.\", \"text\": \"Cleanliness of premises 74. Vessels and all other users of the facilities are responsible for the general cleanliness of the property allocated, assigned or leased to them. This includes parts of the aprons, gutters, and truck docks used in connection with any specific loading, unloading or handling operation and where users do not properly clean the facilities or property they have been using, the Director may order the property to be cleaned and placed in good order and charge the users responsible at double the cost thereof with a minimum charge of seventy-five dollars.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_75\", \"num\": \"75.\", \"text\": \"Damage to facilities 75. Vessels and all other users of the facilities are responsible for all damage to the facilities occasioned by them. The Director may detain any vessel responsible for damage to the facilities until sufficient security has been given or payment made for the amount of the damage. It is the responsibility of the users of the facilities immediately to report to the Director any damage occasioned by them.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_76\", \"num\": \"76.\", \"text\": \"Sanitary arrangements in port 76. When required by the Director, a ship\u2019s water closets and latrines shall be closed during such period as the ship is in port. All closets and latrines shall have splash boards or similar device so as to prevent fouling the wharf or any other ship.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_77\", \"num\": \"77.\", \"text\": \"No combustible material to be boiled on board ships 77. No pitch, tar, oil or combustibles of similar nature are to be boiled on board a ship in port, or any repairs done to such ship without the Director\u2019s permission.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_78\", \"num\": \"78.\", \"text\": \"Propellers may not be turned in port without warning 78. No ship\u2019s propellers shall be turned in port for the purpose of trying engines without the giving of sufficient warning to the Director and to other vessels in the vicinity.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_79\", \"num\": \"79.\", \"text\": \"Application of regulations 80 to 84 79. Regulations 80 to 84 shall not apply to any vessel which is propelled solely by oars or paddles.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_80\", \"num\": \"80.\", \"text\": \"Safety equipment on vessels of 8-20 feet 80. (1) A vessel of a length of over eight feet but not exceeding twenty feet overall shall carry not less than \u2014 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 81 (a) one life preserver or buoyant vest for each person on board; and (b) unless the vessel is a windsurfer or a hobby craft \u2014 (i) two oars and rowlocks, or two paddles; (ii) one bailer or manual pump; and (iii) one anchor with not less than fifty feet of rope attached, in effective working condition: Provided that where the Director is satisfied that any vessel or class of vessel is of such a type that it is not intended, or that it is not necessary, to carry all or any of such equipment, that person may, by certificate under that person\u2019s hand, exempt such vessel or class of vessel from all or any of the provisions of subparagraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (b). (2) Any such vessel which is equipped with an inboard motor, fitted with built-in or fixed fuel tanks or equipped with a cooking or heating appliance shall carry not less than \u2014 (a) one carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher of not less than four pounds content; or (b) one dry-chemical extinguisher of not less than two pounds content, in effective working condition. (3) If any such vessel travels \u2014 (a) beyond the outer reefs of the Islands; or (b) if there are no such reefs in that part of the sea in which the vessel is, then one mile off-shore, it shall carry not less than \u2014 (i) one hand-held red flare; (ii) one pocket mirror; and (iii) one waterproof flashlight, in a watertight container.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_81\", \"num\": \"81.\", \"text\": \"Safety equipment on vessels over 20 up to 40 feet 81. (1) A vessel of length of over twenty feet but not exceeding forty feet overall shall carry not less than \u2014 (a) one life preserver or buoyant vest for each person on board; (b) one life buoy; (c) one bailer or manual bilge pump; (d) one anchor with not less than seventy-five feet of rope attached; (e) one sound-signalling apparatus; and Regulation 82 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (f) three hand-held red flares, one pocket mirror, and either one waterproof flashlight or one hand-held red flare and two parachute flares, all in a watertight container. (2) Any such vessel which is power-driven or equipped with a cooking or heating appliance shall carry not less than \u2014 (a) one carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher of not less than ten pounds content; or (b) one dry-chemical extinguisher of not less than six and one quarter pounds content, in effective working condition.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_82\", \"num\": \"82.\", \"text\": \"Safety equipment on vessels exceeding 40 feet 82. (1) A vessel of a length of over forty feet overall shall carry not less than \u2014 (a) one life preserver or buoyant vest for each person on board; (b) two life buoys; (c) one anchor with not less than one hundred feet of cable or rope attached; (d) one manual bilge pump; (e) one sound signalling apparatus; and (f) three hand held red flares, three parachute flares and one orange smoke signal, in a watertight container. (2) Any such vessel which is power driven or equipped with a cooking or heating appliance shall carry not less than \u2014 (a) one carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher of not less than ten pounds content; or (b) one dry-chemical extinguisher or not less than six and one quarter pounds content, in effective working condition.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_83\", \"num\": \"83.\", \"text\": \"Safety equipment on vessels travelling beyond territorial waters 83. A vessel leaving the territorial waters shall be equipped with a radio telephone or other wireless apparatus, in effective working condition, capable of emitting distress signals.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_84\", \"num\": \"84.\", \"text\": \"Safety equipment on jet-ski boats, wave-runners and sail boats 84. Notwithstanding any other provision in regulations 80 to 83 \u2014 (a) the operator of a jet ski-boat or wave-runner and every person on a boat propelled solely by sail shall wear a life preserver; and (b) a boat propelled solely by sail shall carry at least one pocket mirror. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 85\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_85\", \"num\": \"85.\", \"text\": \"Powers of inspection of safety equipment 85. The Director, a constable, and any person duly authorised in writing by the Authority, who has reasonable grounds for believing that there is or has been a contravention of regulations 80 to 84 shall have the power to board a vessel to ascertain whether there is or has been any such contravention.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_86\", \"num\": \"86.\", \"text\": \"Offences 86. (1) The owner of a vessel or boat is responsible for compliance with regulations 80 to 84 in relation to that vessel or boat and, in the event of any contravention thereof, commits an offence unless that person can show that such contravention was without that person\u2019s knowledge or consent. (2) For the purpose of subregulation (1), the owner shall, while the vessel or boat is being used by another person when that person is not on board, be deemed to include the person in charge of the vessel or boat or, if no person is in charge thereof, all persons using it.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_87\", \"num\": \"87.\", \"text\": \"Exemptions 87. Notwithstanding regulations 80 to 84, the Cabinet may, in special circumstances or in respect of any particular occasion, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that regulations 80 to 84 or any part thereof shall not apply to any vessel or boat or class of vessel or boat.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_88\", \"num\": \"88.\", \"text\": \"Emergencies 88. Anyone on the port property at any time becoming aware of an emergency of any nature must notify the Director or other representative of the Authority by the fastest means, while taking such immediate direct action as may appear appropriate.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_89\", \"num\": \"89.\", \"text\": \"Fire on ships 89. (1) In the event of a fire occurring on board a ship in port, the master or watch shall at once give the alarm and take such actions towards the protection of property as the Director may direct. (2) Vessels shall, in the event of fire on board, hoist N.Q. of the International Code and, at the same time, sound one long and three short blasts in quick succession on the whistle. The signal \u201cN.Q.\u201d shall be kept hoisted until the fire on board has been extinguished.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_90\", \"num\": \"90.\", \"text\": \"Fire fighting operations 90. Persons on port areas shall comply with the instructions of constables and other authorised persons in the event of an outbreak of fire, and shall not obstruct or interfere with fire fighting operations. Regulation 91 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_91\", \"num\": \"91.\", \"text\": \"Vessel to make arrangement for goods to be discharged 91. Prior to the departure of a vessel from a wharf, it shall make arrangements, satisfactory to the Director, for all goods discharged to be removed from the wharf and stacked in the transit shed or open stacking ground. Failing such arrangements, the Director may remove the goods at the expense and risk of the vessel.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_92\", \"num\": \"92.\", \"text\": \"Goods not to be delivered without authority from Customs 92. No goods shall be delivered to any consignee without the production by that consignee of the necessary authority from the Customs.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_93\", \"num\": \"93.\", \"text\": \"Tendering goods for export 93. (1) Goods for export shall not be deposited in a port area without permission from the Director. (2) Any goods tendered or deposited in contravention of subregulation (1) are to be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day or part thereof, until such goods are removed, and the Director may remove them at the risk and expense of the owner.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_94\", \"num\": \"94.\", \"text\": \"Defective packages 94. The Director may decline to permit any goods to be landed in packages of a defective or leaky nature, until they have been repaired or the goods rebagged or repacked on board the carrying vessel to that person\u2019s satisfaction.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_95\", \"num\": \"95.\", \"text\": \"Acids, etc., landed in leaky condition 95. (1) When acid, grease, oil, tar, pitch, paint or other similar substances are landed in a leaky condition, the Director may, in that person\u2019s discretion, repair the leaky or defective packages at the expense of the vessel, and may refill any package from which the original contents have leaked. (2) If packages are repaired or refilled, the consignee or owner shall have no claim in respect of the manipulation of such packages.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_96\", \"num\": \"96.\", \"text\": \"Director may refuse to permit goods to be stored 96. The Director may refuse to allow the following goods to be stored in a port or may impose special conditions thereon \u2014 (a) articles of unusual length, bulk or weight, or of exceptional bulk in proportion to weight; (b) dangerous, hazardous or offensive goods, which are likely to cause harm or damage to persons or property; (c) articles unpacked or improperly or insufficiently packed or secured; (d) perishables and goods inherently liable to wastage or change in bulk or weight, or to latent inherent defect, vice or natural deterioration; or Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 97 (e) timber, metals, animals.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_97\", \"num\": \"97.\", \"text\": \"Director may destroy or otherwise deal with dangerous goods 97. In case of emergency, or for the purpose of securing the better safety of a port or the shipping therein, the Director may, whenever it seems expedient so to do, destroy or otherwise dispose of dangerous goods without compensation to the owner thereof.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_98\", \"num\": \"98.\", \"text\": \"Unclaimed goods 98. The person in charge of a vessel or boat licensed to carry passengers is responsible for all unclaimed property left therein, and that person shall take such property forthwith to the Customs. 99. Boarding or leaving ships 99. A person who, except with the permission of the Director, boards or leaves a ship while such ship is in motion or otherwise than by means of a gangway or efficient pilot ladder commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_100\", \"num\": \"100.\", \"text\": \"Ship passes 100. Vessels will be provided with sufficient passes by the Director for crew members. No crew member will be permitted to leave or enter a port area without a pass; such passes must be returned to the Director one hour before the sailing time posted on board such vessel in order to ensure that all crew members are on board.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_101\", \"num\": \"101.\", \"text\": \"Labourers and visitors to wear identification 101. (1) The Director may require labourers and visitors within a port area to wear identification discs. (2) Labourers and visitors shall collect identification discs at the Authority\u2019s office and shall enter and leave the port area through the port gate provided for the purpose and while on port premises are subject to the Director\u2019s lawful orders. The Director may, if that person so desires, have all persons and vehicles checked before entering and leaving port areas.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_102\", \"num\": \"102.\", \"text\": \"No conveyance of goods into or out of a port area without proper gate pass and customs clearance 102. (l) No person may load or cause to be loaded into any vehicle any parcel, package or article of any kind, except upon possession or production and delivery to a duly authorised person at a port gate of a passcheck authorising such person to remove such parcel, package or article. (2) No passcheck shall be issued until all such requirements have been complied with and all port dues and other charges in respect thereof have been paid or secured. Regulation 103 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_103\", \"num\": \"103.\", \"text\": \"No liquor to be carried through port gates 103. No persons shall supply, convey or deliver any intoxicating liquor to any crew member or to any other person on board any ship in port unless \u2014 (a) purchased with the consent of the master of the ship, from a person duly licensed to sell the same; or (b) such liquor is delivered in bond and checked and sealed by Customs, the said seal not to be broken while the ship is within the port limits.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_104\", \"num\": \"104.\", \"text\": \"Dogs and cats aboard ships 104. Dogs and cats are not permitted to land from vessels without a certificate from a veterinarian at the last port of call and port of origin (if different) and a permit from a Government Veterinary Officer showing that the said animal is free from disease.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_105\", \"num\": \"105.\", \"text\": \"Vehicles to take place assigned 105. (1) Vehicles engaged in the removal of goods or passengers or both, from port areas, will operate on a number system, and take the place assigned to them by the Director. (2) Persons in charge of vehicles within a port area shall move their vehicles as required by the Director. A person who refuses to move that person\u2019s vehicle when required commits an offence and such vehicle may be moved by the Director at the risk and expense of the owner.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_106\", \"num\": \"106.\", \"text\": \"Dangerous driving 106. A person who drives a mechanically propelled vehicle within a port area so as to cause danger to any person or property commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_107\", \"num\": \"107.\", \"text\": \"Behaviour of motorists 107. Drivers and persons in charge of mechanically propelled vehicles shall, at all times while entering or leaving a port area, conduct themselves in an orderly manner and comply with such orders as may, from time, be issued by the Director and with the terms of any notices and signs exhibited by order of the Authority.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_108\", \"num\": \"108.\", \"text\": \"Traffic signals 108. A person who, in a port area, disregards a traffic signal or fails to stop when called upon to do so by a constable or other authorised person commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_109\", \"num\": \"109.\", \"text\": \"Advertising on port property 109. A person who, unless authorised so to do by the Authority, advertises or causes any advertisement to be exhibited on any premises or property of the Authority within a port area commits an offence. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 110 PART 4 - PORT DUES\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_110\", \"num\": \"110.\", \"text\": \"Piloting of vessels 110. The following dues are payable where the Authority is required to provide pilotage \u2014 (a) for the piloting of vessels on arrival and departure and the shifting of the same from one berth to another: each vessel move In excess of 100 to 1,000 GRT $52.50 In excess of 1,000 to 2,000 GRT $73.50 In excess of 2,000 to 5,000 GRT $105 In excess of 5,000 GRT $157.50 (b) for piloting every vessel from a port to any anchorage outside the harbour limits; 20% additional to rates at (a) above (c) for piloting every vessel from one anchorage to another within the harbour by day (0800 to 1700 hours). 20% additional to rates at (a) above (d) for piloting vessels in or out of the harbour by night (1700 to 0800 hours) 50% additional to day rates.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_111\", \"num\": \"111.\", \"text\": \"Running lines 111. The following dues are payable for running lines for the arrival, departure and shifting of vessels \u2014 up to 500 GRT $50 each vessel move in excess of 500 GRT to 1,000 GRT $150 each vessel move In excess of 1,000 GRT to 2,000 GRT $250 each vessel move\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_112\", \"num\": \"112.\", \"text\": \"Pratique 112. Pratique payable from 1600 to 0800 hours and all times on Sundays and public holidays. (This due is payable to the Customs). $10.50\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_113\", \"num\": \"113.\", \"text\": \"Aids to navigation 113. Dues payable for navigational aids per call per ship $36.75 Regulation 114 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_114\", \"num\": \"114.\", \"text\": \"Berthing charges 114. (1) Berthing charges are based on the highest gross registered tonnage or the overall length of the vessel as shown in Lloyd\u2019s Register of Shipping, whichever is the greater. (2) Anchorage or lay-up charges at the rate of fifteen cents per foot of the overall length of the vessel (as calculated in subregulation (1)) per day or part thereof for each day or part thereof after the first seventy-two hours shall be paid by all vessels except locally owned vessels whilst in a port awaiting orders or whilst laying-up within territorial waters.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_115\", \"num\": \"115.\", \"text\": \"Right of admeasurement and incidence of anchorage and lay-up charges 115. (l) The Authority reserves the right to admeasure any vessel when deemed necessary and use such admeasurement as the basis for berthing charges. (2) The following are payable as berthing charges \u2014 (a) at Jackson Point Terminal \u2014 Rates Per 24 hours or part thereof Per gross ton 8 1\/2 cents per foot 42 cents; and (b) at a Port Authority Cargo Dock \u2014 Rates Per 24 hours or part thereof Per gross ton 20 cents per foot 50 cents; (3) Repealed by regulation 14 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010. (4) Salvage vessels, tugs and dredgers while locally based and ships at anchor are exempt from berthing charges. (5) The following vessels, that is to say \u2014 (a) locally owned fishing vessels; (b) locally owned pleasure vessels; (c) vessels belonging to His Majesty; (d) vessels belonging to the Government; and (e) vessels belonging to the government of any nation, are exempt from port dues. (6) Pleasure vessels which are not locally owned are exempted from all ports dues other than berthing charges under regulation 114 and this regulation: Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 116 Provided, that the Director may waive such charges where the vessel concerned is not carrying passengers for reward and, in the opinion of the Director, berths for no longer than is necessary to load or discharge passengers or crew members.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_116\", \"num\": \"116.\", \"text\": \"Cargo dues 116. (1) Cargo delivered to a port for export and not loaded on a vessel berthed at that port and thereafter moved inland from that port is subject to cargo dues. (2) Cargo transhipped through a port will be assessed cargo dues on both movements and will be allowed one authorised free time period. (3) No charge for cargo dues will be made on ship\u2019s stores. (4) Cargo dues shall be calculated at forty cubic ft. or two thousand lbs. per ton, landed or loaded, whichever is applied by the Authority at the following rates \u2014 Per ton (a) Imports (other than vehicles, gasoline, diesel, aviation gas, aviation jet fuel, and cargo contained in a trailer or container) $16.65 (b) Exports (other than gasoline, and cargo contained in a trailer or container) $16.65 (c) Gasoline (imports or exports) $10.55 (d) Exports of cargo contained in a trailer or container (other than recycled material) $16.65 (e) Imports of diesel, aviation gas and aviation jet fuel $3.52 (f) Recycled material exported for profit $4.00. (5) Cargo dues for imported vehicles shall be calculated at the following flat rates \u2014 (a)     for a vehicle weighing less than six tons, $300.00; and (b)     for a vehicle weighing six tons or more, $500.00.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_117\", \"num\": \"117.\", \"text\": \"Charges for handling goods from or to vessel hook 117. (1) The charge for handling each consignment of cargo coming into the port from a vessel\u2019s hook or, in the case of a container equipped with wheels from alongside a vessel to a place of rest in the port area is in accordance with the following scale \u2014 (a) Aggregate $2.50 per ton or part thereof Regulation 118 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (b) Bulk cement $9.14 per ton or part thereof (c) Goods N.O.S. not contained in a trailer or container $16.65 per ton or part thereof. (2) Repealed by regulation 16 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010. (3) The charge for handling, both inwards and outwards, each consignment of cargo transhipped through the port area shall be \u2014 (a) if the cargo is contained in a trailer or container, at the rate of $200.00 for each twenty foot length and pro rata; or (b) if the cargo is not so contained, at the rate of $16.65 per ton. (4) The charges for off-loading cargo from a vessel and reloading it onto the same vessel shall be \u2014 (a) for cargo in a container, for each twenty feet length, and pro rata; or $100.00 (b) for cargo otherwise than in a container or a trailer, per ton $16.65\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_118\", \"num\": \"118.\", \"text\": \"Terminal use dues 118. The terminal use dues for all cargo, including vehicles, coming into the port terminal facility at George Town from a ship, or leaving the facility to a ship, for the handling of which the Authority\u2019s equipment is not used, are $20.00 per twenty foot unit, increased proportionally according to length for units longer than twenty feet, with a minimum per unit of $20.00.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_119\", \"num\": \"119.\", \"text\": \"Transhipment to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman 119. Notwithstanding regulations 116 and 117, goods passing to or from Cayman Brac and Little Cayman shall not in the course of re-export or transhipment through Grand Cayman be liable to any dues and charges to which they would otherwise be liable by virtue of those regulations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_120\", \"num\": \"120.\", \"text\": \"Charge for handling cargo to, or from, closed or covered storage 120. (1) The charge for trucking cargo from ship-side to the distribution centre at the Industrial Park is \u2014 (a) for a container 20 feet long or less $60.00 (b) for a container more than 20 feet long but not more than 40 feet long $120.00 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 121 (c) for a container more than 40 feet long $135.00.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_121\", \"num\": \"121.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 121. Repealed by regulation 19 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_122\", \"num\": \"122.\", \"text\": \"Cargo dues, handling charges, heavy lift charges and tailgate charges, for containers 122. (1) The following flat rate charges are payable as cargo dues, handling charges, heavy lift charges and tailgate charges, for cargo contained in trailers and containers \u2014 (a) Dedicated dry container twenty feet in length and pro rata $400.00 (b) Various dry container twenty feet in length and pro rata $20.00 per ton calculated at forty cubic ft. or two thousand lbs. per ton, landed or loaded, whichever is applied by the Authority (with a minimum charge of $7.20 calculated at 0.25 tons or less) (c) Dedicated refrigerated container twenty feet in length and pro rata $20.00 per ton calculated at two thousand lbs. per ton (d) Various refrigerated container twenty feet in length and pro rata $20.00  per ton calculated at two thousand lbs. per ton (with a minimum charge of $7.20 calculated at 0.25 tons or less). (2) No additional charge shall be payable under this regulation in respect of the handling by any person other than the Authority with its permission, of any container equipped with wheels and capable of being moved under motive power of its own or derived from another vehicle.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_123\", \"num\": \"123.\", \"text\": \"Storage and handling of containers, etc. 123. (1) The following charges are payable for handling of empty containers and trailers and chassis \u2014 (a) up to twenty feet in length $4.00 per unit Regulation 124 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (b) over twenty feet in length $8.00 per unit (2) The following charges are payable for storage of empty containers and trailers and chassis in excess of seventy-two hours, for each twenty-four hours or part thereof thereafter \u2014 (a) if the container, trailer or chassis is up to twenty feet in length $4.00 per unit (b) if the container, trailer or chassis is over twenty feet in length $7.00 per unit. (3) Handling and storage charges under this regulation are payable by the agent.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_124\", \"num\": \"124.\", \"text\": \"Handling of vessels 124. The following flat rate charges are payable for the handling of vessels other than crated vessels or vessels loaded in containers \u2014 (a) vessels up to fourteen feet in length $50.00 (b) vessels over fourteen feet up to twenty-two feet in length $100.00 (c) vessels over twenty-two feet in length per linear foot or part thereof $6.00.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_125\", \"num\": \"125.\", \"text\": \"Containers and trailers 125. The schedule of unit rates covering terminal handling of loaded containers and trailers does not include the loading or unloading of contents of same. Should this service be required, rates are available upon request.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_126\", \"num\": \"126.\", \"text\": \"Coopering and sorting 126. (1) Ordinary sorting to shipping marks and numbers is included in the handling charge on import, but if additional sorting is required by the consignee or that person\u2019s agents to any subsidiary mark or numbers or to size, the latter meaning each of the three dimensions, the following additional charges shall apply per ton or part thereof \u2014 for sorting to any mark or size $10.00. (2) Additional labour found necessary to effect the handling of damaged goods and commodities or to repair containers found in other than good condition on arrival will be charged additionally for the account of the vessel or the carrier. (3) Repealed by regulation 22 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010. (4) Goods and commodities held in open areas are at owner\u2019s risk as to loss and damage caused by weather, deterioration or any other cause. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 127 (5) Asbestos (pipes, sheets and ridges), asphalt, ashes, bones, brick, chalk, charcoal, clay, coal and items manufactured from cement or metal, lumber, sand, slate, stone, straw, vehicles and chassis will normally be stored in the open. It is the responsibility of the owners or their agents to provide protection such as tarpaulins as they wish. (6) For the purposes of this regulation \u2014 \u201cshipping marks and numbers\u201d mean distinctive marks and numbers common to the whole consignment under which the goods are shipped and delivered; and \u201csubsidiary marks and numbers\u201d mean those which are mixed with other consignments not common to the one consignment.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_127\", \"num\": \"127.\", \"text\": \"Documentation 127. To expedite prompt handling of goods through the terminal areas, the following documents will be required (originals, electronically transmitted copies or certified facsimiles) \u2014 (a) for inbound cargo \u2014 (i) 2 legible copies of vessel manifest (required at least forty-eight hours prior to arrival of vessel); (ii) 1 copy of steamship company release (delivery order); (iii) the Bill of Lading; and (iv) the Loading Guide or Stow Plan; and (b) for outbound cargo \u2014 (i) 1 copy of loading list (required if possible twenty-four hours prior to vessel loading); (ii) 1 copy of Customs report outwards; (iii) 2 legible copies of vessel manifest (required within three days after departure of vessel); and (iv) the Bill of Lading.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_128\", \"num\": \"128.\", \"text\": \"Storage charges 128. (1) The free time allowed for assembling outbound cargo on and for removing inbound cargo from the port excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays is five days. The free time allowed for assembling outbound cargo commences at 0001 hours of the day following placement of the cargo, and the free time allowed for removing inbound cargo commences at 0001 hours of the day following the day the vessel docked. (2) Cargo remaining in a port after expiry of free time shall be assessed at excess storage charge as follows \u2014 Regulation 128A Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (a) for cargo other than vehicles, for each day or fraction thereof, per ton or part ton; and $5.25 (b) for vehicles, for each day or fraction of each day. $25.00. (3) Cargo delivered on the port for export and not loaded on a vessel berthed at that port but moved inland from that port is subject to excess storage charges commencing with the date of arrival at that port. (3A) The Director may waive or reduce excess storage charges where that person is satisfied that the circumstances so warrant. (4) Upon completion of the time specified for free time and demurrage, goods shall be removed to the King\u2019s Warehouse \u2014 per ton or part thereof Charge for removal $3.15. (5) Goods and commodities declared as carried and manifested on a weight basis can, at the discretion of the Authority, be measured and, if applicable, be subject to terminal charges on a measurement basis. 128A. Garbage disposal charges 128A.The following charges are payable for garbage disposal services supplied at a port, or for the use of garbage disposal facilities at a port, in respect of \u2014 (a) a commercial vessel less than 500 GRT $75 per voyage (b) a commercial vessel not less than 500 GRT $300 per voyage (c) a locally based commercial vessel $100 per month (d) any other non-commercial vessel $15.00 per voyage; and, upon receipt of the relevant charge, the Authority may issue a Garbage Disposal Certificate certifying that the vessel\u2019s garbage was disposed of properly in a port. PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_129\", \"num\": \"129.\", \"text\": \"Miscellaneous charges 129. (1) Perishable goods if not cleared shall be removed by the Authority and sold after forty-eight hours. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 129 (2) The rates prescribed apply only to services performed in normal working hours as prescribed by the Authority from time to time. Outside normal working hours, services performed by the Authority on or to a vessel are charged to the vessel\u2019s account at the rate of overtime prescribed by the Authority plus five per cent. (3) The charge for the use of forklifts in the hold of a vessel or for other work is as follows, not including overtime worked by the driver, which is for the vessel\u2019s account \u2014 (a) up to twelve thousand pounds lifting capacity per unit, per hour or part thereof $50.00 (b) container forklift $100.00 (4) Repealed by regulation 26 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010. (5) The following permit fees are applicable to the following business categories for the privilege of conducting operations from a port \u2014 (a) fuelling or watering vessels by truck, per firm $105 (b) distribution of merchandise, not otherwise listed, for sale by foreign vessels, for each seven days or part thereof in port $341.25 (c) telephones $105 (d) ship to shore passenger service (other than a service provided by boats forming part of the equipment of any vessel) \u2014 (i) if one or more boats having the capacity to carry ten persons or more is employed in such service $472.50 (ii) if no boat having the capacity to carry ten persons or more is employed in such service $52.50 (e) dive boats and tour boats conducting operations on a regular basis \u2014 (i) less than sixty feet in length $ 525 (ii) sixty feet in length or more $1,050 (f) crane services, per crane, per annum $ 525 (g) haulage of merchandise for reward, per unit $ 26.25 (h)    other business categories will be covered by special arrangement. The above permit fees, unless otherwise prescribed, will be applied on a calendar year basis. Firms commencing business after 30th June of any calendar year will pay fifty per cent of the scheduled yearly fee. Regulation 130 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (6) A fee of fifty dollars per point per day or part thereof is payable in respect of electricity services supplied at a port. (7) Repealed by regulation 2 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2016. (8) The owners or the agent of every ship shall pay to the Authority a wharfage fee of $5.74 for every passenger appearing on the manifest.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_130\", \"num\": \"130.\", \"text\": \"Goods detained by Customs 130. Goods detained by Customs for examination may, at the discretion of the Director, be exempt from storage charges during the period they are so detained, that is, from the date the documents are stopped by Customs until the date of completion of examination.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_131\", \"num\": \"131.\", \"text\": \"Control of trailers and containers 131. (1) No trailer or container shall be allowed to remain on the Islands over twentyone working days from the date of discharge from the carrier unless Customs duty is paid thereon or a bond acceptable to Customs is given. (2) All trailers or containers not grouped shall be removed from the port area within five working days. Failing removal of such trailer or container within the time stated, the consignee shall pay a storage charge on the cubic measure of the contents in such trailer or container according to the rate prescribed. (3) If such trailer or container contains goods for more than one consignee then each consignee shall pay a storage charge proportionate to the cubic contents of the goods consigned to that consignee in such trailer or container. (4) Carriers shall provide their own trailer or container parks for such empty trailers and containers and empty trailers and containers shall forthwith be removed from the port area to such parks upon advice from the Director that such trailer or container is empty.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_132\", \"num\": \"132.\", \"text\": \"Transhipment cargo 132. (1) Storage shall be levied on all transhipment and overlanded cargo after fourteen working days from the posted date of arrival of the vessel by which the goods were imported until the date fixed as the loading date of the co-carrying vessel. (2) If while awaiting reshipment, transhipment cargo leaves the port area, ordinary import and export charges shall apply thereto.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_133\", \"num\": \"133.\", \"text\": \"Claims for refund of overcharge 133. Claims for refund of overcharges in respect of port dues and charges must reach the Director before the expiration of three months from the date such dues or charges were incurred and shall be supported by such documents as the Director may require and unless this regulation is complied with, the Director will not accept liability for the overcharges or consider any claim in that behalf. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 134\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_134\", \"num\": \"134.\", \"text\": \"Regulations to be subject to Merchant Shipping Act 134. For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that these Regulations, in so far as they relate to merchant shipping, shall be subject to the Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 [Act 1 of 2024] and to such provisions of the United Kingdom\u2019s Merchant Shipping Acts as are in force in the Islands and to such subsidiary legislation of the aforesaid Cayman Islands\u2019 Act and United Kingdom\u2019s Acts as are in force in the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_135\", \"num\": \"135.\", \"text\": \"Submersibles 135. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations, no submarine or other submersible vessel shall be permitted to enter a port without the prior approval of the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_136\", \"num\": \"136.\", \"text\": \"Licences generally 136. (1) The Authority may cancel any licence granted under these Regulations whenever it thinks fit, or refuse to renew or endorse any licences. (2) No person shall, in a port area, undertake the stevedoring, landing or loading of goods or act as an agent or ship\u2019s chandler for selling, clearing or forwarding goods within a port area, without submitting proof to the Authority that that person is the holder of a licence issued by the proper authority to carry on such business.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_137\", \"num\": \"137.\", \"text\": \"Licences or permits 137. The granting under these Regulations of a licence or permit for any purpose shall not impose any liability or responsibility upon the Authority for any accident to the holder thereof while on the port premises due to the working of cranes, machinery or any other cause whatsoever.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_138\", \"num\": \"138.\", \"text\": \"Forms 138. Forms for the use of the public in complying with these Regulations are prescribed in Schedule 3.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_139\", \"num\": \"139.\", \"text\": \"Offences and penalties 139. A person who fails to comply with a lawful direction of the Director or who contravenes any regulation, whether such contravention is or is not stated to be an offence commits an offence against paragraph (i) or (j), as the case may be, of section 14(2) and is punishable accordingly.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_140\", \"num\": \"140.\", \"text\": \"Prescribed ports 140. Ports required by section 13 to be prescribed are prescribed in Schedule 4. Regulation 141 Port Regulations (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_141\", \"num\": \"141.\", \"text\": \"Designation of port anchorage areas 141. The port anchorage areas for the ports of George Town and Cayman Brac are designated in Schedule 7. 141A. Port anchorage areas in George Town and Cayman Brac 141A.(1) The master of a vessel shall, when in a designated port anchorage area, port control zone, the port limits or territorial waters, comply with and ensure that the vessel is operated in such a manner that its operation is in accordance with \u2014 (a)  the principal Act and these Regulations; and (b)  the directions of the Port Director or the Port Director\u2019s designees concerning \u2014 (i)  navigation; (ii)  berthing; and (iii)  compliance with the principal Act and these Regulations. (2)  In this regulation the designees of the Port Director include Port Security and Harbour Patrol. 141B. Prohibited activities in a port anchorage area 141B.(1) A person shall not \u2014 (a)  take a specimen of any species; (b)  enter into the water; (c)  damage, destroy or otherwise cause the loss of a natural resource, except in the normal course of anchoring or mooring a vessel; (d)  deposit or discharge rubbish, litter, effluent or waste of any kind; or (e)  dredge, quarry, extract sand or gravel, discharge waste or any other matter or in any other way disturbs, alters or destroys the natural environment, in a port anchorage area, without the permission of the Director. (2)  In this regulation \u2014 \u201cspecies\u201d means any species or subspecies of plant or animal or any geographically or genetically separate population thereof; \u201cspecimen\u201d means an animal or plant, whether live or dead, or any part or derivative thereof and includes, in the case of an animal, an egg, sperm, gamete or nest and, in the case of a plant, a seed or spore; and \u201ctake\u201d means to collect, hunt, kill, destroy, damage, injure, disturb, harass, harm, wound, capture, molest or impede a live specimen in any way or to attempt to do so, and includes incidental taking. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 141C 141C. Designation of port control zones 141C.(1) The port control zone for the port of Jackson Point is designated in Schedule 7A. (2)  The master of a vessel shall ensure that the vessel, when moored in the Jackson Point port control zone, complies with \u2014 (a) the principal Act and these Regulations; and (b) the ISPS Code. (3)  In this regulation \u201cISPS Code\u201d means the International Code for the Security of Ships and Port Facilities adopted by the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 on the 12th December 2002, together with such amendments thereof or replacements therefor as may be in effect from time to time in relation to the Islands. PART 6 - RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_142\", \"num\": \"142.\", \"text\": \"General 142. The regulations in this Part are supplementary to and not in derogation from the other provisions of the Port Authority Act (2025 Revision) and these Regulations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_143\", \"num\": \"143.\", \"text\": \"Vessels 143. (1) No person shall for reward let out a vessel to be engaged in a recreational activity on hire until that person is satisfied that every person intending to use such vessel is equipped with a life jacket of a kind approved by the Director and that such vessel is seaworthy in its condition and equipment and that at least one person competent in vessel-handling is included in the crew. (2) Vessels anchored more than two hundred yards from the shoreline must carry riding lights by night unless otherwise authorised in that behalf by the Director or in areas protected by reef. (3) Vessels, unless engaged in rescue operations, must keep clear of swimmers and divers. (4) All users of the sea must refrain from interference with buoys, markers and racing officials. (5) At least one person shall remain on board and act as lookout on any dive-boat or other vessel whilst divers therefrom are down.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_144\", \"num\": \"144.\", \"text\": \"Divers 144. (1) Save as authorised by the Director no person may dive in a navigational channel listed in Schedule 9. Regulation 145 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) (2) A person diving, except in a swim area, shall \u2014 (a) by day display a float, marker or flag as prescribed in Schedule 5; (b) by night display the lights prescribed in Schedule 5.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_145\", \"num\": \"145.\", \"text\": \"Swimmers 145. (1) Save as authorised by the Director no person may swim in a navigational channel listed in Schedule 9. (2) Swimming in the sea by shore based swimmers is restricted to an area of two hundred yards from the shoreline save that such restriction does not apply between sunrise and sunset to swimmers who clearly display a float or marker prescribed in Schedule 5.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_146\", \"num\": \"146.\", \"text\": \"Designation of water sports areas Schedule 8 146. The areas described in Schedule 8 are designated as watersports areas. 146A. Designation of temporary watersports areas for watersports events 146A.(1) Notwithstanding regulation 146, the Director, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police, may designate areas within the territorial waters of the Islands as temporary watersports areas for the purpose of watersports events. (2) A designation made under paragraph (1) is subject to compliance with the requirements in regulations 146B, 146C and Schedule 8A. (3) The restrictions on vessels under regulation 30 shall apply to areas designated as temporary watersports areas as they apply to watersports areas. 146B. Submission of application for authorisation of watersports event and designation of temporary watersports areas 146B.(1) An application for the authorisation of a watersports event in respect of which a designated temporary watersports area will be required, shall be submitted to the Director in the form prescribed in Schedule 8A \u2014 (a) one month in advance of the scheduled event; or (b) less than one month before the event, if, subject to approval by the Director, there are exceptional circumstances which caused a delay in the submission of the application. (2) The Director, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police, may \u2014 (a) approve an application made under paragraph (1); and (b) designate the respective area to be a temporary watersports area for the purpose of carrying out the watersports event. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 146C 146C. Requirements for approval of a watersports event 146C. The approval of an application under 146B is subject to compliance with the law and any requirements specified by the Director, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police, including \u2014 (a) the dates approved for the watersports event; (b) the time of day during which the watersports event may be conducted; (c) the types of activities permitted during the watersports event; and (d) the measures which the organisers of the watersports event are required to take in order to properly manage the event and to ensure the safety of persons at the event, including making provision for a sufficient number of \u2014 (i) safety marshals, to prevent unauthorised persons from entering the designated area during the event; and (ii) emergency medical technicians, to assist in the event of an accident or emergency.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_147\", \"num\": \"147.\", \"text\": \"Swim areas 147. (1) Any person in control of a beach to which access is provided from the sea may, with the approval of the Authority, set aside an area within two hundred yards of the shore as swim areas, provided that such area is kept marked by marker buoys which have been approved by the Authority. (2) No vessel shall enter a swim area marked with such marker buoys unless engaged in rescue operations or in an emergency, and unless the master is satisfied that there is no danger to any swimmer. PART 7 - LICENCE FEES: LOCAL VESSELS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_148\", \"num\": \"148.\", \"text\": \"Licence fees: local vessels 148. (1) The owner of a vessel specified in subregulation (2) shall, on or before 31st January in each year, obtain from the Director in respect of the vessel a licence upon payment to the Director of the fee specified in subregulation (2) in respect of such vessel but when a local vessel is used for commercial purposes, the owner of the vessel shall be exempt from paying the fee so specified in respect of such vessel. (2) Each of the following fees listed under the heading \u201cFee\u201d shall be payable in respect of the vessel listed immediately opposite under the heading \u201cVessel\u201d \u2014 Vessel Fee Local vessels twenty-one feet and under Nil Regulation 149 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Jet ski-boat, or wave-runner, used for private purposes Nil Jet ski-boat, or wave-runner, used for commercial purposes $150 Local vessels over twenty-one feet but not over thirty feet $200 Local vessels over thirty feet but not over forty feet $1,000 Local vessels over forty feet but not over fifty feet $2,000 Local vessels over fifty feet but not over sixty feet $3,000 Local vessels over sixty feet but not over seventy feet $4,000 Local vessels over seventy feet but not over eighty feet $5,000 Local vessels over eighty feet but not over ninety feet $6,000 Local vessels over ninety feet but not over one hundred feet $7,000 Local vessels over one hundred feet $10,000 (3) Each licence fee to which this Part refers shall be paid on or by 1st January in each year or from the date on which it was granted and shall expire on 31st December of the year in which it was granted. (4) Where a person acquires possession of a vessel after the 1st January in any year, the fee payable shall be apportioned and calculated from the first day of the quarter of the year during which the person acquired possession of the vessel at the rate of twenty-five per cent of the whole annual fee for each quarter or part of a quarter of each year. (5) Licence fees shall be payable once in each calendar year. (6) The Port Authority shall remit the licence fees collected by it under this Part (less two per cent of the total collected) to Government on a monthly basis within thirty days of the collection of the fees for a particular month. (7) The Cabinet may, from time to time, waive, reduce or suspend any or all of the fees specified in this regulation in relation to any person or group of persons in the Cayman Islands. PART 8 - CRANE SERVICES\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_149\", \"num\": \"149.\", \"text\": \"Crane services in Grand Cayman 149. (1) The charge for the off-loading from or loading onto a vessel or otherwise handling by the crane of the Authority of a container, trailer or other means of conveyance is \u2014 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Regulation 149 (a) for each twenty foot length and pro rata, $50.00; (b) for crane lifts not less than 70,000 lbs. but less than 100,000 lbs., $700.00 for the first hour and $700.00 per hour thereafter per crane; (c) for crane lifts not less than 100,000 lbs., $1,000.00 per lift for the first hour and $1,000.00 per hour thereafter per crane; and (d) for crane re-rigging, $500.00 per lift. (2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), there shall be a minimum charge of $400.00 per hour for a minimum of two hours for any crane services provided by the Authority under this regulation. (3) Where the Authority is unable for any reason to provide its crane for any of the services provided by the Authority, the Director may authorise any person or company to operate another crane owned or usually operated by that person or company, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director considers necessary in the circumstances. (4) Where the Director authorises any person or company to use a crane in accordance with subregulation (3), there shall be a surcharge for every container, trailer or other means of conveyance, for each twenty foot length and pro rata, of $25.00. (5) There shall be a surcharge of $25.00 for each twenty foot length and pro rata for every container, trailer or other means of conveyance landed at the port in Grand Cayman without the aid of the Authority\u2019s crane. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 LIGHTHOUSES (regulation 18) GRAND CAYMAN Anchorage Light George Town Harbour Flashing Red Boatswain Point Flash (1) every 15 seconds Elevation 90 ft. Southwest Point Flash (2) every l0 seconds Elevation 20 ft. East End Group Flash (2) every 20 seconds Elevation 72 ft. Visibility 12 miles CAYMAN BRAC North East Point Flash every 20 seconds Elevation 150 ft. Visibility 12 miles South West Point Quick Flash Red Visibility 9 miles SCHEDULE 2 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 2 DANGEROUS CARGO (regulation 54) The following items are dangerous for the purpose of regulation 54 \u2014 acetic acid; acetone and other inflammable organic compounds; acetylene, compressed or liquid, in cylinders with a porous substance; acid in bulk or otherwise; ammonia; aniline oil; carbide of calcium; celluloid and its compounds; chlorate of potash; chloroform; collodion; explosives; gases, compressed or liquefied; matches; motor spirits and all other inflammable liquids; naphthalene and solids which take up water with production of heat, such as caustic soda and caustic potash; potassium cyanide and other poisonous compounds; vitriol; zinc chloride, unslaked lime, etc., which must be protected from water; all inflammable solids such as resin, sulphur, camphor; and any other item of cargo ordered by the Director to be treated as dangerous. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3 FORM - PA. 1 (2026 Revision) (regulation 32) To Port Director_________________________________________________ NOTICE OF ARRIVAL AND APPLICATION FOR A BERTH Name of ship _________________________Flag_______________________ Last port of call_________________________E.T.A.____________________ Tonnage_________________GRT__________NRT_____________________ Length_____________Beam________Draft FWD_______AFT____________ Pilot required__________________Not required________________________ Manifest W\/T______C\/T_____No. of mailbags________Description of cargo _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Passengers_______________Registered No.___________________________ Request that a berth at_____________________________________________ Be allotted to this vessel on_________________________________________ for the purpose discharging \/ loading and \/or disembarking \/ embarking passengers_______________________________________________________ I hereby declare and certify as follows \u2014 * The vessel is not\/is carrying dangerous goods and\/or explosives (other than) those described in the Schedule as shown on the back thereof. Cargo to be landed_________W\/T__________________C\/T______________ Remarks________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Agent__________________________________________________________ Date______________________________Signed________________________ MASTER \/ AGENT * Delete whichever is not applicable. (To be submitted in duplicate.) SCHEDULE 3 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) FORM - PA. 2 (2026 Revision) (regulation 138) REQUISITION FOR PORT SERVICES Date__________________ TO: The Port Director Please provide the following for the S\/S Sch. M\/V______________________ due to arrive on__________________________________________________ (i) Berth or anchorage (ii) In and out pilot (iii) Moorings gangs (iv) Mooring launch (v) Port labour (overtime) (vi) Crane to lift _______ tons (vii) Forklifts on board (viii) Other port equipment as follows \u2014 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Delete those services not required. I\/we undertake to meet promptly the charges raised for these services together with any overtime incurred and further to pay for any and all damage caused to any equipment on hire from the above mentioned department. The cash deposit in the sum of_________dollars and_______________cents is here forwarded. ________________ MASTER \/ AGENT _________________________________________________________________ To be completed in the Department. The following arrangements have been made for the supply of services required \u2014 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 3 Cash Deposit (a) per ton unloaded $10.00 (b) per ton loaded $ 7.00 Date________________________ _________________ SCHEDULE 3 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) FORM - PA. 3 PORT DIRECTOR (2026 Revision) NOTICE OF DEPARTURE OF A SHIP (regulation 43) TO:_________________________________  ___________________ OWNER \/ AGENT 1. Name of ship_________________________________________________ 2. Flag________________________________________________________ 3. Port of Registry_______________________________________________ 4. Tonnage_________________GRT____________GRT________________ 5. Date and time of arrival_________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 6. Port at which voyage commenced_________________________________ 7. Last port of call________________________________________________ 8. Next port of call_______________________________________________ 9. Cargo discharged, B\/L Tons_______________cu. ft.__________________ 10. No. of mail bags_______________________________________________ 11. Cargo loaded, B\/L tons__________________cu. ft.___________________ 12. Date and time sailed____________________________________________ 13. Draft forward________________________aft._______________________ 14. Remarks______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 3 (2026 Revision) Pre-Arrival Notification Vessel Information (regulation 11(1)) Port Authority of the Cayman Islands Pre-Arrival Notification Instructions & Information Note that the form can be downloaded using the link to the following website: http:\/\/www.caymanport.com\/Forms.php, then completed in Excel format and emailed to pfso@caymanport.com and icm@gov.ky Please save this file as a template for future use. You will be prompted to give the template a name (like \u2018Cayman Pre-Arrival Notification\u2019) and choose a place to save it. You can then fill out this spreadsheet each time you need to send a Pre-Arrival Notification to the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands - 1.  By double-clicking on the icon representing the file you saved. 2.  The file will open and you can enter the information required. Once you have completed filling out the first sheet, you can move to the next sheet by using the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. 3.  Once you have completed the form, save it by clicking File | Save As. 4.  You will be prompted to give the document a name (you may want to use the name of your vessel and the date the notice is for) and choose a place to save it (i.e. \u2018Cayman Pre-Arrival Notifications\u2019). 5.  The file can then be e-mailed to the Port Facility Security Officer at info@caymanport.com. Suggestions: SCHEDULE 3 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) If you are a shipping agent, you can have your clients fill out the spreadsheet on the ship and then have them send you a copy when they send it to the Port Authority. This may save you from having to forward the information. Before e-mailing, please check to ensure all required fields are filled in to avoid any delay in processing and subsequent delay of the vessel. To assist you in completing the form, certain cells have comments to explain what is required. Simply place the cursor over a red flag displayed in the upper right corner of the cell. A dialog box that appears has helpful information regarding information required in that cell. Important Information: Port Authority:  Please file Pre-Arrival Notification at least 24 hours before vessel arrives in the Cayman Islands. The form also has tabs at the bottom for Services Requested; Crew List; Passenger List; Embarking Crew\/Passenger List and Disembarking Passenger Crew List. Complete them as applicable. When you are within VHF radio communication distance of the Cayman Islands, contact Port Security on VHF Channel 16. Customs:  The following forms are required by Customs - Clearance from last port (original); Pre-Arrival Notification (2 copies); Maritime Declaration of Health; Stores List; Crew List; Crew Declaration; Passenger List; Embarking Crew\/Passenger List; Disembarking Passenger Crew List. Immigration:  The following forms are required by Immigration - Clearance from last port (original); Pre-Arrival Notification (2 copies); Maritime Declaration of Health; Crew List; Passenger List; Embarking Crew\/Passenger List; Disembarking Passenger Crew List. Shipping Agents:  Should you require an agent, the following is a list of Ship\u2019s Agents that are available in Grand Cayman: Bodden Shipping Agency Ltd - 345 949 6254; Thompson Shipping Company Ltd 345 949 8044; West Indian Agencies Ltd 345 945 7126; Shelby Agency 345 949 2101 and Cayman Freight Shipping Services 345 949 4977. National Conservation Act:  No pathogens, dissolved or suspended minerals or solids, waste materials or other substances to flow or to be discharged or put into Cayman waters.  Penalty - Fine up to $500,000, four years\u2019 imprisonment, confiscation of vessel. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 4 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 4 PRESCRIBED PORTS (regulation 140) Port of George Town British Admiralty Nautical Chart No. 462 The limits of the Port of George Town are defined as follows \u2014 From latitude 19\uf0b0 22\u2019 12\\\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 25\u2019 W, thence in the true direction of 180\uf0b0 T. for 6.2 miles to latitude 19 \uf0b015\u2019 57\\\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 25\u201900\\\" W., thence in the true direction 090\uf0b0 T. for 1.6 miles to South West Pt. light. latitude. 19\uf0b0 15\u201957\\\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 23\u201918\\\" W., thence along the foreshore at the average high water mark to South West Point, thence along to George Town including all marine works, wharves and property vested in the Crown thence along to Low Pt. and thence along the foreshore to latitude 19\uf0b0 22\u2019 12\\\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 25\u2019 00\\\"W., being the area that includes waters and ocean bed to the average high water mark of George Town Harbour lying within the defined limits so described. Port of Cayman Brac British Admiralty Chart No. 462 The limits of the Port of Cayman Brac are defined as follows \u2014 (a) the boundaries of parcels 5, 77 and 78 in Block 109B, Cayman Brac East, and (b) an area bounded by a line starting at a point on the average high water mark being the boundary between parcels 5 and 9 in Block 109B, Cayman Brac East, latitude 19\uf0b0 44\u2019 42\\\" N., 79\uf0b0 46\u2019 6\\\" W., thence along the average high water mark in a north-easterly direction for a distance of approximately .78 miles to a point on the average high water mark being the boundary between parcels 5 and 6 in Block 108D, Cayman Brac East, latitude 19\uf0b0 45\\\" 19\\\", longitude 79\uf0b0 45\u2019 26\\\", thence on a bearing of true North for a distance of .16 miles to a point being latitude 19\uf0b045\u201919\u201d, longitude 79\uf0b045\u2019 26\\\", thence on a bearing of 245\uf0b0 for a distance of 3.46 miles to a point being latitude 19\uf0b0 43\u2019 3\\\" longitude 79\uf0b0 48\u2019 46\\\", thence on a bearing of south for a distance of .16 miles to a point on the average high water mark being the boundary between parcel 24 in Block 101C, Cayman Brac East, and the road, latitude 19\uf0b0 43\u2019 43\\\" longitude 79\uf0b0 48\u2019 46\\\", thence in a north-easterly direction along the average high water mark for a distance of approximately 2.75 miles to the starting point. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 DIVERS DOWN FLAG (regulation 144) \u2022 BLUE WHITE OR (International Code \u201cA\u201d) DIVERS FLOAT OR MARKER a white object on the surface, SWIMMERS FLOAT OR MARKER clearly visible at two hundred yards DIVERS LIGHTS 0 red red over white over red, 0 white displayed vertically 0 red RED WHITE RED SCHEDULE 6 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 6 DEMARCATED NAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS (regulation 21) Either 15-inch equilateral triangles with reflectors lined up on each side of the channel OR flashing green lights 0 0 0 0 0 0 from open sea \u2192  LAND flashing red lights 0  0  0  0  0 0 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 7 PORT ANCHORAGE AREA (regulation 141) Grand Cayman SCHEDULE 7 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Type Island Name Corner ID Latitude Longitude Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC21 19\u00b018.054\u2019 N 81\u00b022.966\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC22 19\u00b018.054\u2019 N 81\u00b023.171\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC23 19\u00b018.084\u2019 N 81\u00b023.190\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC24 19\u00b018.230\u2019 N 81\u00b023.171\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC25 19\u00b018.380\u2019 N 81\u00b023.325\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC26 19\u00b018.434\u2019 N 81\u00b023.425\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC27 19\u00b018.462\u2019 N 81\u00b023.435\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC28 19\u00b018.600\u2019 N 81\u00b023.466\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC29 19\u00b018.600\u2019 N 81\u00b023.657\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC30 19\u00b018.600\u2019 N 81\u00b023.800\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC31 19\u00b017.653\u2019 N 81\u00b023.016\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC32 19\u00b017.653\u2019 N 81\u00b023.256\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC33 19\u00b017.632\u2019 N 81\u00b023.289\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC34 19\u00b017.567\u2019 N 81\u00b023.329\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC35 19\u00b017.567\u2019 N 81\u00b023.431\u2019 W Port Anchorage Area Grand Cayman GC George Town GC36 19\u00b017.567\u2019 N 81\u00b023.633\u2019 W Being all that area that includes waters and ocean bed to the average high water mark of George Town Harbour lying along the coastline, whether natural or man-made, between points 21 and 31. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 7 Cayman Brac SCHEDULE 7 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Type Island Name Corne r ID Latitude Longitude Port Anchorage Area Cayman Brac CB Anchorage Area CB41 19\u00b0 41.796' N 79\u00b0 52.575' W Port Anchorage Area Cayman Brac CB Anchorage Area CB42 19\u00b0 41.953' N 79\u00b0 52.681' W Port Anchorage Area Cayman Brac CB Anchorage Area CB43 19\u00b0 41.574' N 79\u00b0 52.894' W Port Anchorage Area Cayman Brac CB Anchorage Area CB44 19\u00b0 41.769' N 79\u00b0 52.994' W Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 7A (regulation 141C) PORT CONTROL ZONES Grand Cayman Jackson Point SCHEDULE 7 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) Type Island Name Corner ID Latitude Longitude Port Control Zone Grand Cayman GC Jackson Point GC37 19\u00b017.108\u2019 N 81\u00b023.555\u2019 W Port Control Zone Grand Cayman GC Jackson Point GC38 19\u00b017.159\u2019 N 81\u00b023.780\u2019 W Port Control Zone Grand Cayman GC Jackson Point GC39 19\u00b016.832\u2019 N 81\u00b023.666\u2019 W Port Control Zone Grand Cayman GC Jackson Point GC40 19\u00b016.865\u2019 N 81\u00b023.947\u2019 W Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 8 SCHEDULE 8 WATERSPORTS AREAS (regulation 146) SOUTH SOUND 600 ft. east of the Channel through the reef at Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 05\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 21\u2019 24\\\" W, then north west to the coast to Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 33\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 21\u2019 36\\\" W, then 1\/2 mile east along the coast to Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 42\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 21\u2019 10\\\" W, then south east to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 12\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 20\u2019 57\\\" W. FRANK SOUND 600 ft. east of the channel in the reef at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 32\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 37\\\" W, then north west to the coast to Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 01\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 58\\\" W, then l\/2 mile along the coast east to Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 05\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 30\\\" W, then south west to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 33\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 08\\\" W. EAST POINT On the coast east of the Lighthouse at Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 05\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 58\\\" W, south east to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 50\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 43\\\" W, south west along the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 42\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 06\u2019 12\\\" W, north west to the coast to Lat l9\u00b017\u2019 50\\\"N Long 81\u00b006\u2019 20\\\" W. COLLIERS CAY In the south, the boundary runs approximately in line with the Colliers Wilderness Drive extending seaward from the nearshore at Lat 19\u00b0 19\u2019 43\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 02\\\" W to the barrier reef at Lat 19\u00b0 19\u2019 43\\\" N Long 81\u00b004\u2019 44\\\" W, then northerly along the reef passing through the coordinates Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 03\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u2019 46\\\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 30\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u201952\\\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 40\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u2019 59\\\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 47\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u2019 04\\\" W, then southwesterly to the nearshore to Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 42\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 13\\\" W, then southward along the nearshore passing through coordinates Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 37\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 09\\\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 29\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 04\\\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 03\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 01\\\" W, returning to Lat 19\u00b0 19\u2019 43\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 02\\\" W. KAIBO In the south, the boundary starts at the southern tip of the Kaibo public beach at Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 15\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 34\\\" W, extending southeasterly to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 14\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 30\\\" W, then northeasterly to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 29\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 13\\\" W turning more northerly to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 34\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 12\\\" W, then northwesterly to the nearshore at Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 37\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 24\\\" W, then south along the nearshore to the beach at the Kaibo SCHEDULE 8 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) public beach at Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 17\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 32\\\" W, returning to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 15\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 34\\\" W.\u201d. RUM POINT The north west tip at Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 22\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 20\\\" W, south east along the coast for 1\/2 Mile to Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 07\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 15\u2019 57\\\" W, north east to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 13\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 15\u2019 54\\\" W, north west along the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 33\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 12\\\" W. WATER POINT The south east tip of Public Beach at Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 16\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 34\\\" W, due south for 600 ft. to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 10\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 14\\\" W, then east and north east parallel to the shore to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 17\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 17\u2019 07\\\" W, then 600 ft. northerly to the shore to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 22\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 17\u2019 05\\\" W. DUCK POND BIGHT At the north west tip of Duck Pond Cay at Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 38\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 17\u2019 57\\\" W, then south west to Head Sound to Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 12\\\" N Long 81\u00b0 18\u2019 29\\\" W, then south east, north east and westerly, along the shoreline of Duck Pond Bight, back to the starting point on Duck Pond Cay. CAYMAN BRAC Commencing at The Rock at Lat 19\uf0b0 42\u2019 24\\\" N and Long 79\uf0b0 51\u2019 00\\\" W, thence easterly along the Foreshore to Lat 19\uf0b0 42\u2019 50\\\" N and Long 79\uf0b0 50\u2019 00\\\" W to the Stake Bay Launching Ramp, thence northerly to Lat 19\uf0b0 43\u2019 10\\\" N and Longitude 79\uf0b0 50\u2019 00\\\" W thence westerly to Latitude 19\uf0b0 42\u2019 42\\\" N and Longitude 79\uf0b0 51\u2019 10\\\" W. BODDEN TOWN EAST The area situated offshore the seaside public park near to the Meagre Bay Pond, which commences at the western end at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 18\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 56\u201d W, then extends toward the reef and turns east just inside the barrier reef at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 13\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 54\u201d W. It then continues east along the inner reef and turns northwest toward the shore at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 26\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 14\u201d W before turning west along the shore. Its nearshore boundary passes through coordinates Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 27\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 41\u201d W before terminating at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 18\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 56\u201d W. Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 8A SCHEDULE 8A WATERSPORTS AREAS (regulations 146A and 146B) Application for Designation of Temporary Watersports Areas for Watersports Events Applicant\u2019s first name and last name: __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Applicant\u2019s physical address on island: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Applicant\u2019s postal address (on or off island): ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Applicant\u2019s telephone contact details: _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Applicant\u2019s e-mail address: _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ A brief description of proposed activities at watersports event: ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State location, or locations, of watersports event: ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE 8A Port Regulations (2026 Revision) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State proposed dates of watersports event: ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ State the measures which organisers of the watersports event will take to address management and safety issues for the event, including ensuring that there are \u2014 (i) sufficient safety marshals to prevent unauthorised persons from entering the designated area during the event: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (ii) emergency medical technicians at the event who are available to assist in the event of an accident or emergency: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ If an application is submitted less than one month before the watersports event, provide details of the exceptional circumstances justifying approval of the late application: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Signature of Applicant: Date of Submission: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 8A FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY _________________________________________________________________________ Application for Designation of Temporary Watersports Areas for Watersports Events Date of receipt: _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Approved: Signature of Director: Date: _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Not approved: Signature of Director: Date: _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Reasons for decision: _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE 9 Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 9 NAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS (regulations 21, 144(1) and 145(1)) GRAND CAYMAN COLLIERS 19\u00b021\u201924\\\"N 81\u00b005\u201917\\\"W CHANNEL 19\u00b021\u201922\\\"N 81\u00b005\u201900\\\"W EAST END 19\u00b021\u201900\\\"N 81\u00b005\u201931\\\"W 19\u00b020\u201954\\\"N 81\u00b005\u201917\\\"W EAST CHANNEL 19\u00b018\u201950\\\"N 81\u00b003\u201947\\\"W EAST END 19\u00b018\u201950\\\"N 81\u00b004\u201946\\\"W 19\u00b018\u201938\\\"N 81\u00b004\u201941\\\"W 19\u00b018\u201938\\\"N 81\u00b003\u201944\\\"W SOUTH CHANNEL 19\u00b018\u201904\\\"N 81\u00b0 05\u201925\\\"W EAST END 19\u00b017\u201954\\\"N 81\u00b0 05\u201937\\\"W 19\u00b017\u201943\\\"N 81\u00b005\u201915\\\"W 19\u00b017\u201940\\\"N 81\u00b005\u201928\\\"W BREAKERS 19\u00b017\u201944\\\"N 81\u00b012\u201916\\\"W 19\u00b017\u201942\\\"N 81\u00b011\u201959\u2019W 19\u00b017\u201918\\\"N 81\u00b012\u201910\\\"W 19\u00b017\u201918\\\"N 81\u00b011\u201952\\\"W SOUTH SOUND 19\u00b016\u201912\\\"N 81\u00b021\u201912\\\"W 19\u00b016\u201909\\\"N 81\u00b021\u201924\\\"W 19\u00b015\u201952\\\"N 81\u00b021\u201905\\\"W 19\u00b015\u201947\\\"N 81\u00b021\u201916\\\"W GOVERNMENT 19\u00b018\u201911\\\"N 81\u00b023\u201900\\\"W LAUNCHING 19\u00b018\u201911\\\"N 81\u00b023\u201931\\\"W RAMP 19\u00b018\u201915\\\"N 81\u00b023\u201934\\\"W GEORGE TOWN 19\u00b018\u201915\\\"N 81\u00b023\u201900\\\"W BIC CHANNEL 19\u00b024\u201914\\\"N 81\u00b022\u201913\\\"W Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SCHEDULE 9 CONCH POINT 19\u00b024\u201906\\\"N 81\u00b021\u201954\\\"W 19\u00b023\u201954\\\"N 81\u00b022\u201920\\\"W 19\u00b023\u201950\\\"N 81\u00b022\u201903\\\"W MAIN CHANNEL 19\u00b023\u201910\\\"N 81\u00b019\u201951\\\"W NORTH SOUND 19\u00b023\u201907\\\"N 81\u00b019\u201925\\\"W 19\u00b022\u201948\\\"N 81\uf0b019\u201928\\\"W 19\u00b022\u201946\\\"N 81\uf0b019\u201952\\\"W RUM POINT 19\u00b023\u201903\\\"N 81\u00b018\u201900\\\"W NORTH SOUND 19\u00b022\u201957\\\"N 81\u00b017\u201938\\\"W 19\u00b022\u201940\\\"N 81\u00b018\u201918\\\"W 19\u00b022\u201929\\\"N 81\u00b018\u201902\\\"W BLUFF BAY 19\u00b021\u201940\\\"N 81\u00b0 07\u201933\\\"W 19\u00b021\u201938\\\"N 81\u00b007\u201919\\\"W 19\u00b021\u201918\\\"N 81\u00b007\u201933\\\"W 19\u00b021\u201918\\\"N 81\u00b007\u201919\\\"W BRINKLEYS 19\u00b021\u201900\\\"N 81\u00b014\u201912\\\"W 19\u00b021\u201906\\\"N 81\u00b014\u201924\\\"W 19\u00b021\u201918\\\"N 81\u00b014\u201906\\\"W 19\u00b021\u201918\\\"N 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Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet Port Regulations (2026 Revision) ENDNOTES ENDNOTES Table of Legislation history: SL # Act\/Law # Legislation Commencement Gazette 25\/2025 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 9-Apr-2025 LG22\/2025\/s1 Port Regulations (2025 Revision) 11-Feb-2025 LG12\/2025\/s4 2\/2024 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 1-Feb-2024 LG4\/2024\/s12 35\/2023 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 21-Dec-2023 LG42\/2023\/s1 Port Regulations (2022 Revision) 31-Jan-2022 LG7\/2022\/s1 23\/2021 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 12-Mar-21 LG21\/2021\/s5 56\/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 3-Dec-20 LG89\/2020\/s1 Port Regulations (2020 Revision) 14-Jan-20 LG5\/2020\/s13 45\/2019 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 21-Nov-2019 LG44\/2019\/s1 Port Regulations (2018 Revision) 23-Mar-18 GE24\/2018\/s9 27\/2017 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 3-May-17 GE37\/2017\/s1 Port Regulations (2017 Revision) 31-May-17 GE45\/2017 \/s26 56\/2016 Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2016 19-Oct-16 GE83\/2016\/s1 Port Regulations (2016 Revision) 2-Sep-16 GE69\/2016\/s19 17\/2016 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 20-May-16 GE38\/2016\/s1 Port Regulations (2013 Revision) 21-Oct-13 G21\/2013\/s7 22\/2013 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 10-May-13 GE39\/2013\/s1 46\/2012 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 20-Sep-12 GE91\/2012\/s3 Port Regulations (2011 Revision) 7-Nov-11 G23\/2011\/s13 12\/2010 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 29-Mar-10 G7\/2010\/s6 Port Regulations (2008 Revision) 21-Jul-08 G15\/2008\/s2 16\/2007 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 27-Aug-07 GE22\/2007\/s1 20\/2006 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 1-Jul-06 G13\/2006\/s13 17\/2002 Port (Amendment) (Container Fees) Regulations, 2002 16-Sep-02 GE32\/2002\/s2 Port Regulations (2002 Revision) 2-Jul-02 G13\/2002\/s9 13\/2001 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 7-Aug-01 GE16\/2001\/s1 Port Regulations (1999 Revision) 1-Mar-99 G5\/1999\/s5 14\/1997 Port (Amendment) (Port Dues) Regulations, 1997 8-Dec-97 G25\/1997\/s1 15\/1997 Port (Grand Cayman Crane Services) Regulations, 1997 1-Apr-97 G7\/1997\/s8 Port Regulations (1998 Revision) 2-Mar-98 G5\/1998\/s4 16\/1997 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 1-Apr-97 G7\/1997\/s7 4\/1997 Miscellaneous Provisions (Fees and Duties) (Temporary) 22-Apr-97 GE4\/1997\/s2 ENDNOTES Port Regulations (2026 Revision) SL # Act\/Law # Legislation Commencement Gazette Act, 1997 (part) Port Regulations (1995 Revision) 7-Feb-95 G5\/1995\/s5 13\/1994 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 17-Oct-94 G21\/1994\/s1 14\/1992 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 16-Jun-92 G12\/1992\/s2 21\/1991 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 (sic) 1-Jan-92 GE4Oct\/1991\/s1 20\/1991 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 15-Sep-91 GE2Sep\/1991\/s2 23\/1990 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 1-Jul-90 GE4Jul\/1990\/s1 9\/1988 Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1988 12-Sep-88 G19\/1988\/s10 8\/1988 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 4-Jul-88 G14\/1988\/s1 22\/1987 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 1-Jan-88 G23\/1987\/s1 26\/1986 Port (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations, 1986 24-Nov-86 G24\/1986\/s1 24\/1986 Port (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 1986 13-Oct-86 G21\/1986\/s1 13\/1986 Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1986 14-Apr-86 G8\/1986\/s2 10\/1986 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 31-Mar-86 G7\/1986\/s2 19\/1985 Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1985 19-Aug-85 G17\/1985\/s1 18\/1985 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 13-May-85 G10\/1985\/s1 14\/1984 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 7-Jan-85 G1\/1985\/s1 1\/1984 Port Authority (Safety Equipment on Vessels) Regulations, 1-May-84 G5\/1984\/s1 9\/1983 Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1983 31-Oct-83 G22\/1983\/s2 8\/1983 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 27-Jun-83 G13\/1983\/s2 17\/1982 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 12-Nov-82 GE12Nov\/1982\/s2 7\/1981 Port (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 27-Jul-81 G15\/1981\/s1 5\/1980 Port (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1980 25-Feb-80 G4\/1980\/s6 4\/1980 Port 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Regulations, 1978 made the 8th August, 1978,\nPort (Amendment) (No.5) Regulations, 1978 made the 10th October, 1978,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 made the 20th April, 1979,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 made the 3rd January, 1980,\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1980 made the 12th February, 1980,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 made the 23rd June, 1981,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 made the 9th November, 1982,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 made the 14th June, 1983,\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1983 made the 4th October, 1983,\nPort Authority (Safety Equipment on Vessels) Regulations, 1984 made the 24th\nJanuary, 1984,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 made the 18th December, 1984,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 made the 9th April, 1985,\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1985 made the 30th July, 1985,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 made the 25th February, 1986,\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1986 made the 25th March, 1986,\nPort (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 1986 made the 30th September, 1986,\nPort (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations, 1986 made the 4th November, 1986,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 made the 20th October, 1987,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 made the 21st June, 1988,\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1988 made the 23rd August, 1988,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 made the 29th June, 1990,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 made the 27th August, 1991,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 (sic) made the 1st September, 1991,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 made the 19th May, 1992,\n\nPort Regulations\nPublication Details Continued\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 3\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 made the 13th September, 1994,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 made the 4th March, 1997,\nPort (Grand Cayman Crane Services) Regulations, 1997 made the 4th March, 1997,\nPort (Amendment) (Port Dues) Regulations, 1997 made the 15th April, 1997,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2001, made the 24th July, 2001,\nPort (Amendment) (Container Fees) Regulations, 2002 made the 27th August, 2002,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 made the 30th May, 2006,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 made the 14th August, 2007,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 made the 9th March, 2010,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 made the 7th September, 2012,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 made the 3rd May, 2013,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 made the 17th May, 2016,\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2016 made the 14th October, 2016,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 made the 28th April, 2017,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 made the 19th November, 2019,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 made the 9th March, 2021,\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 made the 20th December, 2023, and\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 made the 24th January, 2024\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 made the 20th March, 2025.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2025.\n\nNote (not forming part of these Regulations): This revision replaces the 2025 Revision\nwhich should now be discarded.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPort Authority Act\n(2025 Revision)\nPORT REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\nPART 1 \u2013 PRELIMINARY\n1.\nCitation .................................................................................................................................... 11\n2.\nDefinitions ................................................................................................................................ 11\n3.\nApplication to persons ............................................................................................................. 14\n4.\nUser creates a binding covenant .............................................................................................. 14\n5.\nAppeals ................................................................................................................................... 14\n6.\nExemption of charges in the case of construction .................................................................... 14\n7.\nGeneral restrictions and limitations .......................................................................................... 14\n8.\nDisclaimer of responsibility for loss or damage or injury ........................................................... 14\n9.\nPlacement of goods not to be bailment .................................................................................... 15\n10.\nAbandoned cargo .................................................................................................................... 15\n11.\nFurnishing cargo statements and vessel reports ...................................................................... 15\n12.\nPayment for charges ................................................................................................................ 16\n13.\nNo debtor substitution allowed ................................................................................................. 16\n14.\nDeposits or bonds .................................................................................................................... 16\n15.\nAccess to records .................................................................................................................... 16\n16.\nIndemnity bond ........................................................................................................................ 17\n17.\nInsurance certificates ............................................................................................................... 17\nPART 2 - NAVIGATION\n18.\nLighthouses ............................................................................................................................. 17\n19.\nRemoval of ships in fairways.................................................................................................... 17\n\nArrangement of Regulations\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 31st December, 2024\nc\n\n20.\nLiability of vessels under pilotage ............................................................................................ 17\n21.\nAnchorage or obstruction in turning basins and channels ........................................................ 17\n22.\nLights at night .......................................................................................................................... 18\n23.\nBoats to give way and exhibit requisite lights ........................................................................... 18\n24.\nApproaches to docks, ship\u2019s ladders and gangways to be kept cleared ................................... 18\n25.\nSinking, etc., of objects ............................................................................................................ 18\n26.\nPollution of air and water ......................................................................................................... 18\n27.\nSpeed, etc. .............................................................................................................................. 18\n28.\nAnchors to be in readiness ...................................................................................................... 19\n29.\nErection of marks, laying of buoys ........................................................................................... 19\n30.\nRestrictions on all vessels ........................................................................................................ 19\n31.\nPower boats ............................................................................................................................ 20\n32.\nApplication for berth and for the loading or unloading of vessels .............................................. 21\n33.\nDirector to assign berth ............................................................................................................ 21\n34.\nChange of berth ....................................................................................................................... 21\n35.\nUnauthorised berthing ............................................................................................................. 22\n36.\nShip\u2019s moorings, etc. ............................................................................................................... 22\n37.\nWatch to be kept on board ....................................................................................................... 22\n38.\nShips to be in readiness to move ............................................................................................. 22\n39.\nDisplaced moorings to be reported .......................................................................................... 22\n40.\nCondition under which ship has priority .................................................................................... 23\n41.\nRemoval of ships having offensive matter on board ................................................................. 23\n42.\nCustoms, immigration and health formalities ............................................................................ 23\n43.\nDue notice of departure to be given ......................................................................................... 23\n44.\nClearance ................................................................................................................................ 23\n45.\nOffice hours ............................................................................................................................. 23\n46.\nManifest of cargo ..................................................................................................................... 23\n47.\nConditions of working ships ..................................................................................................... 23\n48.\nSupervising cargo .................................................................................................................... 24\n49.\nVessels loading or discharging ................................................................................................ 24\n50.\nShips to be worked with reasonable dispatch........................................................................... 24\n51.\nOffensive cargo ....................................................................................................................... 24\n52.\nShip\u2019s gear, repairs, etc. .......................................................................................................... 24\n53.\nTreatment of animals ............................................................................................................... 24\n54.\nMaster or agent to give notice of dangerous cargo................................................................... 25\n55.\nControl of quantity of explosives .............................................................................................. 25\n56.\nHours during which explosives may be landed......................................................................... 25\n57.\nPlace where explosives may be landed ................................................................................... 25\n58.\nNotification of explosives ......................................................................................................... 25\n59.\nExplosives to be covered ......................................................................................................... 25\n60.\nMethod of handling explosives ................................................................................................. 26\n61.\nPermits to land explosives ....................................................................................................... 26\n62.\nHours during which aggregate may be landed ......................................................................... 26\n63.\nPlace where aggregate may be landed .................................................................................... 26\n64.\nMethod of handling aggregate ................................................................................................. 26\n65.\nPermits to land aggregate ........................................................................................................ 26\n66.\nInspection ................................................................................................................................ 27\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 7\n\nPART 3 - CONTROL OF PORTS\n67.\nLeasing .................................................................................................................................... 27\n68.\nAllocation of space................................................................................................................... 27\n69.\nLoitering on port property ......................................................................................................... 27\n70.\nSigns ....................................................................................................................................... 27\n71.\nSmoking .................................................................................................................................. 27\n72.\nSolicitation ............................................................................................................................... 27\n73.\nWharf obstruction..................................................................................................................... 28\n74.\nCleanliness of premises ........................................................................................................... 28\n75.\nDamage to facilities ................................................................................................................. 28\n76.\nSanitary arrangements in port .................................................................................................. 28\n77.\nNo combustible material to be boiled on board ships ............................................................... 28\n78.\nPropellers may not be turned in port without warning ............................................................... 28\n79.\nApplication of regulations 80 to 84 ........................................................................................... 28\n80.\nSafety equipment on vessels of 8-20 feet ................................................................................ 28\n81.\nSafety equipment on vessels over 20 up to 40 feet .................................................................. 29\n82.\nSafety equipment on vessels exceeding 40 feet ...................................................................... 30\n83.\nSafety equipment on vessels travelling beyond territorial waters .............................................. 30\n84.\nSafety equipment on jet-ski boats, wave-runners and sail boats .............................................. 30\n85.\nPowers of inspection of safety equipment ................................................................................ 31\n86.\nOffences .................................................................................................................................. 31\n87.\nExemptions .............................................................................................................................. 31\n88.\nEmergencies............................................................................................................................ 31\n89.\nFire on ships ............................................................................................................................ 31\n90.\nFire fighting operations ............................................................................................................ 31\n91.\nVessel to make arrangement for goods to be discharged ......................................................... 32\n92.\nGoods not to be delivered without authority from Customs ...................................................... 32\n93.\nTendering goods for export ...................................................................................................... 32\n94.\nDefective packages ................................................................................................................. 32\n95.\nAcids, etc., landed in leaky condition ....................................................................................... 32\n96.\nDirector may refuse to permit goods to be stored ..................................................................... 32\n97.\nDirector may destroy or otherwise deal with dangerous goods ................................................. 33\n98.\nUnclaimed goods ..................................................................................................................... 33\n99.\nBoarding or leaving ships ......................................................................................................... 33\n100. Ship passes ............................................................................................................................. 33\n101. Labourers and visitors to wear identification ............................................................................ 33\n102. No conveyance of goods into or out of a port area without proper gate pass and customs\nclearance ................................................................................................................................. 33\n103. No liquor to be carried through port gates ................................................................................ 34\n104. Dogs and cats aboard ships..................................................................................................... 34\n105. Vehicles to take place assigned ............................................................................................... 34\n106. Dangerous driving.................................................................................................................... 34\n107. Behaviour of motorists ............................................................................................................. 34\n108. Traffic signals .......................................................................................................................... 34\n109. Advertising on port property ..................................................................................................... 34\nPART 4 - PORT DUES\n110. Piloting of vessels .................................................................................................................... 35\n\nArrangement of Regulations\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 31st December, 2024\nc\n\n111. Running lines ........................................................................................................................... 35\n112. Pratique ................................................................................................................................... 35\n113. Aids to navigation .................................................................................................................... 35\n114. Berthing charges ..................................................................................................................... 36\n115. Right of admeasurement and incidence of anchorage and lay-up charges ............................... 36\n116. Cargo dues .............................................................................................................................. 37\n117. Charges for handling goods from or to vessel hook ................................................................. 37\n118. Terminal use dues ................................................................................................................... 38\n119. Transhipment to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman ................................................................... 38\n120. Charge for handling cargo to, or from, closed or covered storage ............................................ 38\n121. Repealed ................................................................................................................................. 39\n122. Cargo dues, handling charges, heavy lift charges and tailgate charges, for containers ............ 39\n123. Storage and handling of containers, etc. .................................................................................. 39\n124. Handling of vessels.................................................................................................................. 40\n125. Containers and trailers ............................................................................................................. 40\n126. Coopering and sorting ............................................................................................................. 40\n127. Documentation ........................................................................................................................ 41\n128. Storage charges ...................................................................................................................... 41\n128A. Garbage disposal charges ....................................................................................................... 42\nPART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS\n129. Miscellaneous charges ............................................................................................................ 42\n130. Goods detained by Customs .................................................................................................... 44\n131. Control of trailers and containers ............................................................................................. 44\n132. Transhipment cargo ................................................................................................................. 44\n133. Claims for refund of overcharge ............................................................................................... 44\n134. Regulations to be subject to Merchant Shipping Act ................................................................ 45\n135. Submersibles ........................................................................................................................... 45\n136. Licences generally ................................................................................................................... 45\n137. Licences or permits.................................................................................................................. 45\n138. Forms ...................................................................................................................................... 45\n139. Offences and penalties ............................................................................................................ 45\n140. Prescribed ports ...................................................................................................................... 45\n141. Designation of port anchorage areas ....................................................................................... 46\n141A. Port anchorage areas in George Town and Cayman Brac ....................................................... 46\n141B. Prohibited activities in a port anchorage area........................................................................... 46\n141C. Designation of port control zones ............................................................................................. 47\nPART 6 - RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES\n142. General ................................................................................................................................... 47\n143. Vessels .................................................................................................................................... 47\n144. Divers ...................................................................................................................................... 47\n145. Swimmers ................................................................................................................................ 48\n146. Designation of water sports areas Schedule 8 ......................................................................... 48\n146A. Designation of temporary watersports areas for watersports events ........................................ 48\n146B. Submission of application for authorisation of watersports event and designation of\ntemporary watersports areas ................................................................................................... 48\n146C. Requirements for approval of a watersports event ................................................................... 49\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 9\n\n147. Swim areas .............................................................................................................................. 49\nPART 7 - LICENCE FEES: LOCAL VESSELS\n148. Licence fees: local vessels ...................................................................................................... 49\nPART 8 - CRANE SERVICES\n149. Crane services in Grand Cayman ............................................................................................ 50\nSCHEDULE 1\n53\nLIGHTHOUSES\n53\nSCHEDULE 2\n54\nDANGEROUS CARGO\n54\nSCHEDULE 3\n55\nFORM - PA. 1\n55\nFORM - PA. 2\n56\nFORM - PA. 3\n58\nPre-Arrival Notification Vessel Information\n59\nSCHEDULE 4\n64\nPRESCRIBED PORTS\n64\nSCHEDULE 5\n65\nDIVERS DOWN FLAG\n65\nSCHEDULE 6\n66\nDEMARCATED NAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS\n66\nSCHEDULE 7\n67\nPORT ANCHORAGE AREA\n67\nSCHEDULE 8\n73\nWATERSPORTS AREAS\n73\nSCHEDULE 8A\n75\nWATERSPORTS AREAS\n75\nSCHEDULE 9\n78\nNAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS\n78\nENDNOTES\n83\nTable of Legislation history: ............................................................................................................... 83\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 11\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPort Authority Act\n(2025 Revision)\nPORT REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\n\nPART 1 \u2013 PRELIMINARY\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Port Regulations (2026 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these Regulations \u2014\n\u201caggregate\u201d includes clay, sand, granite, glass, shale, sandstone, gravel or other\nstone commonly used for road-making, building construction or land filling;\n\u201canimal\u201d means an animate creature other than a human being;\n\u201capron\u201d means the place of loading or discharge of goods and the embarkation\nand disembarkation of passengers;\n\u201cAuthority\u201d means the Port Authority established by section 3;\n\u201cberth assignment\u201d means the granting of permission to use a specified berth;\n\u201ccargo handling dues\u201d means a charge assessed against a consignee or agent\nfor handling cargo from vessel hook to place of rest or vice versa;\n\u201ccharge\u201d means monies chargeable by the Authority by virtue of these\nRegulations;\n\nRegulation 2\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n\u201cchecking\u201d means the service of counting and checking cargo against\nappropriate documents for the account of the cargo or the vessel, or other person\nrequesting the same;\n\u201ccollision regulations\u201d means the international collision regulations having\napplication to the Islands;\n\u201ccontainer\u201d means a large standardised, seagoing receptacle for the\ntransportation of cargo, which receptacle can be handled as a unit;\n\u201cdedicated dry container\u201d means a trailer or container which is not refrigerated\nand which contains goods for one consignee;\n\u201cdedicated refrigerated container\u201d means a trailer or container which is\nrefrigerated and which contains goods for one consignee;\n\u201cDirector\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it by section 2;\n\u201cdiver\u201d includes a snorkeler;\n\u201cexplosive\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by the Explosives Act (2008\nRevision);\n\u201cfacility\u201d includes any craft, dock, jetty, buoy, marker, machinery, light,\nbuilding or land under the control of the Authority;\n\u201cfairway\u201d means the whole of the navigable channel of a port;\n\u201cfree time\u201d means the specified period during which cargo may occupy space\nassigned to it on terminal property free of terminal demurrage or storage charges\nimmediately prior to the loading or subsequent to the discharge of such cargo\non or off the vessel;\n\u201cGRT\u201d means Gross Registered Tons;\n\u201chandling\u201d means the handling of cargo from vessel hook to tail gate or vice\nversa;\n\u201cheavy lift\u201d means the service of providing heavy lift cranes and equipment for\nlifting cargo;\n\u201cknots\u201d means nautical miles per hour;\n\u201cloading and unloading\u201d means the service of loading or unloading vessels to\nany place on the terminal and trucks, lighters or barges to any other means of\nconveyance to or from the terminal facility;\n\u201cN.O.S.\u201d means not otherwise specified;\n\u201coperator\u201d means a person carrying on the business of furnishing wharfage,\ndock, warehouse, or other marine terminal services or facilities in connection\nwith a common carrier by water in any port;\n\u201cplace of rest\u201d means a location designated by the Director within the terminal\narea where goods and commodities may be placed in a manner acceptable to the\nAuthority and allowed to remain while awaiting delivery to road or for loading\non board a vessel;\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 13\n\n\u201cport anchorage area\u201d means an area designated under regulation 141;\n\u201cport control zone\u201d means a zone designated under regulation 141C;\n\u201cport dues\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it in section 2;\n\u201cport terminal facility\u201d means structures comprising a terminal unit, including\nbut not limited to, wharves, transit shed, covered and open storage space, cold\nstorage plants, landing and receiving stations used for the transmission, care and\nconvenience of cargo in interchange between land and water carriers or two\nwater carriers;\n\u201cpower boat\u201d means a vessel capable of being propelled by means other than\nor in addition to sail or manpower to an extent in excess of 5 B.H.P.;\n\u201cprescribed\u201d means prescribed in the Schedules;\n\u201cprincipal Act\u201d means the Port Authority Act (2025 Revision);\n\u201csection\u201d means a section of the Port Authority Act (2025 Revision);\n\u201cski-boat\u201d means a vessel operating as a tow boat for water skiing;\n\u201cswim area\u201d means an area set aside under regulation 147(1);\n\u201ctailgate\u201d has reference to the delivery of cargo by the Authority from the place\nof rest to the tailgate of the truck for outbound cargo and from the tailgate of the\ntruck to place of rest for inbound cargo;\n\u201cterminal demurrage\u201d is a charge assessed against cargo remaining in or on\nterminal facilities after the expiration of free time unless arrangements have\nbeen made for storage and is also applicable to cargo remaining in or on terminal\nfacilities after expiration of an authorised storage period;\n\u201cterminal storage\u201d means the provision of transit sheds or other terminal\nfacilities for the storing of inbound and outbound cargo after the expiration of\nfree time, including wharf storage, shipside storage, closed and covered storage,\nopen and ground storage, bonded storage and refrigerated storage, after storage\narrangements have been made;\n\u201cton\u201d means a gross ton of two thousand pounds or forty cubic feet at the option\nof the Authority;\n\u201ctonnage dues\u201d means the charge for the use of wharf but does not include a\ncharge for any other service;\n\u201ctransit shed\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it by section 2 of the Customs and\nBorder Control Act (2024 Revision) and in addition includes any place so\nprescribed by these Regulations or designated as such by the Authority;\n\u201cusage\u201d means the use of the terminal facilities by operators for a purpose for\nwhich a charge is N.O.S.;\n\u201cvarious dry container\u201d means a trailer or container which is not refrigerated\nand which contains goods for more than one consignee;\n\nRegulation 3\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n\u201cvarious refrigerated container\u201d means a trailer or container which is\nrefrigerated and which contains goods for more than one consignee;\n\u201cvessel\u201d has the meaning ascribed to it in section 2 and includes the owners or\nagents thereof; and\n\u201cvessel hook\u201d means the point of pick-up or discharge of cargo from a vessel\u2019s\ncargo handling tackle.\n3.\nApplication to persons\n3.\nThe Regulations contained herein apply to all users of the facilities of the Authority\nfrom time to time who, in matters of doubt, are subject to the decision of the Director.\n4.\nUser creates a binding covenant\n4.\nUse of the Authority\u2019s facilities constitutes a consent by the user to the terms and\nconditions hereof and is evidence of agreement on the part of vessels and other users\nof such facilities to pay all charges specified and be governed generally by these\nRegulations.\n5.\nAppeals\n5.\nTo the extent that the Director derives that person\u2019s powers and responsibility from\nthe Authority there is a right of appeal to the Authority against that person\u2019s decisions,\nwhich appeals must be addressed to the Chairperson.\n6.\nExemption of charges in the case of construction\n6.\nConstruction work done under contract, with and for the benefit of the Authority, is\nexempt from the charges specified herein in so far as such work is necessary for\nperformance of such contract.\n7.\nGeneral restrictions and limitations\n7.\nThe Authority has no obligation to provide \u2014\n(a)\nstorage or accommodation for property which has not been transported and\nis not intended to be transported by water to or from a port;\n(b) berthing or other services beyond the reasonable capacity of its\nfacilities; or\n(c)\nextended storage for any property in the course of\u2019 normal operations,\nbeyond such period of time as may be provided by these Regulations or\nallowed by the Director, nor is that person obliged to accept any cargo\nincompatible with public policy or the general objects of a port.\n8.\nDisclaimer of responsibility for loss or damage or injury\n8.\nThe Authority is not responsible for \u2014\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 9\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 15\n\n(a)\ndamage to freight being loaded, unloaded, handled, stored or otherwise\npresent on its facilities, or for loss of freight or delay thereto;\n(b) loss or damage to freight on or in its facilities by reason of fire, leakage,\nevaporation, natural shrinkage, wastage, decay, animals, rodents,\nmoisture, the elements, discharge of water from sprinkler fire protection\nsystems or from any other cause;\n(c)\ndelay, loss, damage arising from riots, strikes, labour disturbances or any\npersons, or for loss due to pilferage or theft or to other cause; or\n(d) personal injuries or death resulting from any cause whatsoever on its\nproperties or facilities,\nunless occasioned by the wilful neglect or default of the Authority or its servants\nor agents acting in such capacity.\n9.\nPlacement of goods not to be bailment\n9.\nThe placing of property of any nature including cargo on the Authority\u2019s property\npursuant to these Regulations is not a bailment of that property, and the Authority is\nnot a bailee thereof.\n10.\nAbandoned cargo\n10. Cargo in respect of which charges have not been collected after twenty-eight days,\nexcluding the free storage period, is deemed to be abandoned cargo and the Authority\nmay \u2014\n(a)\ndispose of it in accordance with section 24;\n(b) store it off the port at the risk and expense of the owner; or\n(c)\nretain possession of it until all charges have been paid.\n11.\nFurnishing cargo statements and vessel reports\n11. (1) Vessels shall give at least forty-eight hours\u2019 notice to the Director, in the form\nprescribed in Schedule 3, prior to arrival.\n(2) Vessels, within forty-eight hours before arrival or departure, where practicable,\nand other users of the harbours and facilities shall produce copies of inbound\nand outbound manifest, or other acceptable documents to the Director, or a full\nand correct statement, signed and certified on a prescribed form, showing\nweights or measurements of the items discharged or loaded and the basis on\nwhich freight charges are assessed.\n\nRegulation 12\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 16\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n12.\nPayment for charges\n12. (1) Charges prescribed by these Regulations are due as they accrue and payable\nwithin seven days after presentation of invoices and the Authority reserves the\nright, in the event of past delay or failure to pay invoices when due, to demand\npayment of charges in advance before further services are performed or facilities\nused, or before freight upon which charges have accrued are released for\ndelivery.\n(2) A charge prescribed by or under these Regulations which is not paid within\nthirty days of becoming due shall attract an additional charge \u2014\n(a)\nof an amount equal to 1.5 per cent of the amount of the unpaid charge;\n(b) which shall be added to that unpaid amount on the last day of the month\nfollowing the end of that thirty day period.\n(3) Any part of the charge or additional charge which remains unpaid on the next\nand each subsequent 27th day of the month after the day on which an additional\ncharge was added under subregulation (2) above \u2014\n(a)\nshall attract a further additional charge equal to 1.5 per cent of the total\namount remaining due to the Authority in respect of those unpaid charges;\n(b) which shall be added to that total unpaid amount on the last day of each\nsuch month.\n(4) Any additional charge referred to in this regulation shall become due and\npayable to the Authority on the date on which it is calculated and added to an\nunpaid charge.\n13.\nNo debtor substitution allowed\n13. The Authority will not assist its debtors in the collection of dues owed to it.\n14.\nDeposits or bonds\n14. The Authority may require a deposit or bond in advance of charges which may accrue\nagainst a vessel or from other users of its facilities and use of its facilities may be\ndenied until such deposit or bond is provided upon the scale of twice the charges\nwhich may so accrue.\n15.\nAccess to records\n15. Vessels and other users of ports and facilities are required to permit inspection of\nmanifest of cargo, passengers and other relevant documents for the purpose of audit\nand the estimation of charges.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 16\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 17\n\n16.\nIndemnity bond\n16. Users of the port facilities, unless specifically exempted, are required to provide cash\nbonds for such amount as the Director may require, insuring the Authority against\nloss and securing the payment of bills arising from cargo handling, cargo dues,\nwharfage, water sales, storage, rentals, leases, warehousing, demurrage, electric\ncurrent and other services rendered, and the Director is authorised to cash such bonds.\n17.\nInsurance certificates\n17. The rates and charges published in these Regulations do not provide for insurance,\nand users of port facilities are required to carry bodily injury liability insurance and\nproperty damage liability insurance and to produce certificates of such insurance to\nthe Director on demand, failing which the Director may require a cash bond for an\nappropriate amount.\nPART 2 - NAVIGATION\n18.\nLighthouses\n18. Lighthouses and daymarkers are, for the purpose of their control, prescribed in\nSchedule 1 and may be varied in number and description from time to time by the\nAuthority in exercise of its function under paragraph (b) of section 6 by Notice\npublished in the Gazette and, for the maintenance thereof, the Authority shall have\nrecourse to a port due called aids to navigation being a charge prescribed in regulation\n113.\n19.\nRemoval of ships in fairways\n19. (1) No vessel may be anchored in the fairways of a port without the permission of\nthe Director.\n(2) A vessel anchoring in contravention of subregulation (1) shall, in addition to\nany penalty, be liable to be removed at the vessel\u2019s risk and expense.\n20.\nLiability of vessels under pilotage\n20. Vessels navigating under pilotage are answerable for any loss or damage caused by\nfault of navigation.\n21.\nAnchorage or obstruction in turning basins and channels\n21. It is unlawful to anchor any vessel in any of the turning basins or channels in the ports\nor in a navigational channel listed in Schedule 9, or otherwise to obstruct navigation\nexcept in cases of actual emergency.\n\nRegulation 22\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 18\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n22.\nLights at night\n22. (1) Vessels anchored, moored or manoeuvring in the territorial water-ways of the\nIslands must at all times exhibit the lights required for their class by collision\nregulations.\n(2) Vessels having explosives on board shall, when within the limits of a port, keep\nconspicuously exhibited at the fore by day a red flag (B International Code) and\nat night at the mast head in addition to the lights ordinarily required and above\nthem, a red light visible at a distance of one mile all round the horizon.\n23.\nBoats to give way and exhibit requisite lights\n23. Boats within the limits of a port shall make way for ships under way and shall,\nbetween the hours of sunset and sunrise, exhibit the lights required for their class by\ncollision regulations.\n24.\nApproaches to docks, ship\u2019s ladders and gangways to be kept cleared\n24. Free passage shall be kept to landing places, wharves and moorings, and boats shall\nmove when required to clear such passage. Ship\u2019s accommodation ladders and\ngangways shall be kept in good condition and clear of obstruction.\n25.\nSinking, etc., of objects\n25. (1) No wreck shall be sunk or other object, other than a mark or buoy for which\npermission has been obtained under regulation 29, placed on the ocean bed\nwithout the permission of the Cabinet. An application for such permission shall\nbe made to the Authority, which shall, before forwarding its recommendation\nthereon to the Cabinet, obtain the advice of the Minister responsible for natural\nresources matters.\n(2) The sinking of any object in a port shall be reported immediately to the Director.\n26.\nPollution of air and water\n26. A person who deposits, places or discharges into territorial waters, any ballast,\ndunnage, sewage, butcher\u2019s offal, garbage, dead animals, gaseous liquid or solid\nmatter, oil, gasoline, residuum of gas, calcium, carbide, trade waste, tar or refuse, or\nany other matter which is capable of producing floating matter or scum on the surface\nof the water, sediment or obstruction on the ocean bed, or odours or gases of\nputrefaction commits an offence.\n27.\nSpeed, etc.\n27. A person who, within one thousand five hundred feet of a port terminal facility,\nproceeds at a speed exceeding five knots or endangers other vessels or structures or\ncauses wake damage (subject, however, to the duty of the Master to maintain steerage\nway) commits an offence.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 28\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 19\n\n28.\nAnchors to be in readiness\n28. Vessels entering or leaving port shall have anchors clear and ready for use and vessels\narriving shall have their derricks hoisted and ready if weather permits.\n29.\nErection of marks, laying of buoys\n29. (1) No lateral, cardinal, isolated danger, safe water or special marks shall be erected\nor buoys laid down within the territorial waters without the permission of the\nAuthority. Where any buoy is proposed to be placed within any restricted marine\narea or any area designated as a marine park under section 7 of the National\nConservation Act, 2013 [Law 24 of 2013], or in coral, the Authority shall, before\ndeciding whether to grant permission, obtain the advice of the Minister\nresponsible for natural resources matters. Such permission may be granted\nsubject to whatever conditions the Authority deems appropriate.\n(2) A charge of $50.00 is payable in respect of each buoy laid within the territorial\nwaters and such buoys may be removed at the expense of the owner if at any\ntime the Authority so requires.\n(3) Permanent moorings for public use shall be marked with a white buoy bearing\na horizontal blue stripe, each of which shall be clearly marked with the size or\nthe weight limit, or with both the size and the weight limit, for which the\nmooring is intended.\n(4) No vessel which exceeds either the size or weight limit so marked may moor on\nsuch a mooring.\n30.\nRestrictions on all vessels\n30. (1) A vessel approaching within two hundred yards of a divers down flag or a divers\ndown light shall not exceed a speed of three knots, and shall have a lookout at\nthe bow for divers and swimmers and shall make either visual or radio contact\nwith the person acting as lookout on the vessel displaying such flag or light.\n(2) No vessel shall display the divers down flag or divers down light unless it is at\nthat time engaged in diving or snorkelling operations.\n(3) No vessel shall approach within one hundred yards of a fishing vessel which is\nat anchor and displays a white flag, unless such fishing vessel has given\npermission.\n(4) No vessel shall exceed a speed of five knots when within fifty yards of any\nvessel which is at anchor.\n(5) Except in an area designated under regulation 146 as a watersports area and\nmarked by buoys, no vessel shall exceed a speed of five knots when within two\nhundred yards of the shoreline.\n(6) No vessel shall travel parallel to the shoreline unless it is more than fifty yards\ntherefrom.\n\nRegulation 31\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 20\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(7) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any vessel \u2014\n(a)\nengaged in rescue operations;\n(b) carrying a constable, or a Conservation Officer appointed under section 25\nof the National Conservation Act, 2013 [Law 24 of 2013], when carrying\nout their respective duties as such.\n(8) For the purposes of this regulation \u201cdivers down flag\u201d and \u201cdivers light\u201d are\nas prescribed in Schedule 5.\n31.\nPower boats\n31. (1) It is the duty of every person having control of a power boat within territorial\nwaters \u2014\n(a)\nso to navigate such boat as to avoid collision with or injury to every vessel\nor person present in, on or under the water in the area occupied by or\ndisturbed by the said boat or the wash or wake thereof; and\n(b) to navigate such boats with due care and consideration for other persons\nhaving regard to the prevailing conditions and the reasonable likelihood of\nother persons being present in or coming into the area occupied by such\nboat and the wash and wake thereof.\n(2) No person under the age of fifteen years shall drive or navigate a power boat\nsave under the control of a person over that age.\n(3) Every person in control of a power boat shall when so instructed by the\nDirector \u2014\n(a)\nheave to; and\n(b) bring that person\u2019s boat alongside any place indicated by the Director,\nand otherwise comply with any navigational orders issued to that person by the\nDirector.\n(4) When any dispute arises as to who is in control of a power boat every person\npresent therein shall be deemed to be in control until that person proves the\ncontrary.\n(5) As between power boats and other vessels, all other vessels have right of way.\n(6) No person shall operate a ski-boat unless \u2014\n(a)\nthe area of the sea in which it is operated is free from swimmers and divers;\nand\n(b) its crew keeps constant watch on other vessels and is satisfied that no\ndanger to such vessels or to swimmers or divers is involved.\n(7) The minimum crew for a ski-boat is two persons, one at the helm or wheel and\none acting as lookout.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 32\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 21\n\n(8) No water skiing may be conducted unless the sea is clear for one hundred yards\nahead and fifty yards either side of the ski-boat.\n(9) The Director may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette and in one\nnewspaper printed in the Islands, exempt from any or all of the provisions of\nsubregulations (5) and (8) such person or persons as may be therein specified\nfor such period of time, in respect of such place or places and subject to such\nconditions as are in such notice also specified.\n32.\nApplication for berth and for the loading or unloading of vessels\n32. Vessels desiring a berth at any port in the Islands shall, as far in advance of the date\nof docking as possible, make application to the Director in writing in the manner\nprescribed in Schedule 3 specifying the name of the vessel, size, the date and\nestimated time of arrival, date and time of sailing and the nature and quantity of cargo,\nif any, and request the vessel to be loaded or unloaded.\n33.\nDirector to assign berth\n33. (1) Vessels shall occupy the berth assigned by the Director, and shall be moved to\nany other berth which the Director may direct, and all masters or persons in\ncharge shall obey the Director\u2019s orders.\n(2) Vessels shall not proceed alongside any wharf without the permission of the\nDirector, and they shall comply with all directions given by the Director until\nsuch permission is received.\n(3) The master is responsible for all damage or consequences resulting from any\nerroneous declaration made by that person or that person\u2019s representatives as to\nthe draft or dimensions of that person\u2019s ship. The tonnage of a ship is that shown\non that ship\u2019s certificate of registry.\n34.\nChange of berth\n34. Every vessel must, at all times, have on board a person in charge with authority to\ntake such action in any emergency as may be necessary to facilitate common\nnavigation or commerce, or for the protection of other vessels or property. The\nDirector has discretionary authority to order and enforce the removal or change the\nberth or location of any vessel, at its own expense, to such place as that person may\ndirect, for the purpose of facilitating navigation or commerce, or for the protection of\nother vessels or property, and it is unlawful for the master, owner or agent of such\nvessel to neglect or disobey any such order and if there is no responsible person\navailable, or if the person in charge refuses to shift a vessel as required, the Director\nmay have the vessel shifted at the risk and expense of the vessel.\n\nRegulation 35\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 22\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n35.\nUnauthorised berthing\n35. A vessel berthed in an unauthorised manner or shifted without approval of the\nDirector is subject to an assessment in an amount equal to twice the published port\ndues. Such vessel may, without notice, be moved by the Director to a properly\ndesignated berth at the risk and expense of the vessel.\n36.\nShip\u2019s moorings, etc.\n36. (1) Vessels within a port shall have sufficient hands on board to attend to their\nmoorings, and to cause them to be slackened or hove in as necessary. No rope\nshall be made fast except to dolphins, buoys, moorings and bollards placed for\nthat purpose, and no wire rope may be used unless the bollards and the edge of\nthe coping of the wharf are protected from chafes to the satisfaction of the\nDirector. Chain cables may not be used for mooring alongside a wharf.\n(2) Vessels shall anchor, moor, and berth to the satisfaction of the Director, and\nshall take such additional precautions in severe weather as may be ordered.\n(3) Vessels alongside wharfs must affix efficient rat guards on every line and wire\nconnected to or reaching shore if so ordered by the Director.\n37.\nWatch to be kept on board\n37. A watch shall be constantly kept by day and night upon the open deck of every ship\nin port.\n38.\nShips to be in readiness to move\n38. (1) Vessels shall, at all times, be kept in a fit condition to be moved and, in default,\nthe work may be performed by the Authority at the vessel\u2019s risk and expense.\nNo vessel shall drop main steam or power without first obtaining permission\nfrom the Director.\n(2) Vessels entering, leaving or shifting berth within a port shall be provided with\nsufficient hands for the purpose and shall have on board good and sufficient\nwarps to the satisfaction of the Director, and shall be moored by such warps,\nand no warp may be cast off unless so authorised by the Director.\n39.\nDisplaced moorings to be reported\n39. If any mooring or marker buoy is dragged from its position or damaged by any vessel,\nthe fact shall be reported immediately to the Director and the cost of repairing or\nreplacing the said mooring or mark shall be paid for by such vessel.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 40\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 23\n\n40.\nCondition under which ship has priority\n40. Vessels arriving at a port with the intention of discharging cargo shall have priority\nto berth in order of their time of arrival but, if a vessel proceeds to another port and\ncommences discharging, priority shall be given to the next ship arriving.\nNevertheless, the Director may give priority to later ships in an emergency or in order\nto save a perishable cargo.\n41.\nRemoval of ships having offensive matter on board\n41. The Director may order the removal from port of any vessel which has on board cargo\nor other matter injurious to health or offensive or dangerous in any respect, and such\ncargo or matter shall be disposed of in such manner as the Director may order, at the\nrisk and expense of the vessel.\n42.\nCustoms, immigration and health formalities\n42. Until customs, immigration and health formalities have been completed, no\nunauthorised person may board or leave an arriving vessel.\n43.\nDue notice of departure to be given\n43. Vessels shall give at least four hours notice to the Director, in the form prescribed in\nSchedule 3, prior to departure.\n44.\nClearance\n44. No vessel shall receive clearance from Customs except on the production of a\ncertificate from the Director certifying that it has complied with these Regulations.\n45.\nOffice hours\n45. Requests for berths for loading or for unloading of vessels must be made \u2014\n(a)\non weekdays not later than 14.00 hours; and\n(b) on Saturdays not later than 10.00 hours.\n46.\nManifest of cargo\n46. Vessels shall, upon arrival in port, deliver to the Director a true copy of the manifest\nof cargo inwards, giving all relevant information, i.e. dock receipts, weight and cubic\nmeasure, and shall, as soon as possible, notify the Director of any amendments to any\nmanifest.\n47.\nConditions of working ships\n47. (1) As far as may be practicable, cargo shall be discharged from and loaded into\nships in the order of their arrival in port, but subject always to the discretion and\ndirection of the Director.\n(2) The Director may refuse to permit cargo to be landed from any ship until suitable\nwharf or other accommodation is available.\n\nRegulation 48\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 24\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n48.\nSupervising cargo\n48. (1) The master or that person\u2019s representative shall remain on board that person\u2019s\nship while loading and discharging cargo for the purpose of superintending such\nloading and discharging.\n(2) No load shall be left suspended from a crane, derrick or other machine.\n49.\nVessels loading or discharging\n49. Vessels loading or discharging loose cargo shall cause a cargo net to be placed in\nsuch manner as to prevent any such cargo from falling into the waters of the port, and\nany cargo or vessel\u2019s gear dropped overboard shall at once be reported by the person\nin charge of the ship to the Director, and recovered by the person in charge of the ship\nif it is reasonably possible for that person so to do. Failing this, it may be recovered\nby the Director at the risk and expense of the vessel.\n50.\nShips to be worked with reasonable dispatch\n50. (1) If a vessel fails to take in or discharge its cargo with such despatch as appears\nreasonable to the Director, such vessel shall, after notice has been given to that\neffect to the master, lose its turn and be removed from wharf by the Director at\nthe risk and expense of the vessel.\n(2) The Director may, in the event of excessive accumulation of goods upon a wharf\nrequire any ship to reduce or suspend the rate of discharge of cargo.\n51.\nOffensive cargo\n51. The Director may, with the consent of Customs and after giving two hours notice to\nthe owner or other persons entitled to receive goods, or, if the owner or consignee\ncannot be found, then without such notice, order the removal and, if necessary, the\ndestruction of any such goods if they are of an offensive nature and such removal or\ndestruction shall be at the expense of the owner, consignee or other person concerned.\n52.\nShip\u2019s gear, repairs, etc.\n52. No ship\u2019s gear, dunnage, cattle fittings or the like shall be placed on any wharf\nwithout the Director\u2019s permission.\n53.\nTreatment of animals\n53. Animals, when ashore or afloat in a port area and when being discharged or shipped,\nshall be treated in a humane manner and in accordance with veterinary practice. The\nDirector may, in that person\u2019s discretion, refuse to land or ship animals if such landing\nor shipping would entail unnecessary suffering to any animal.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 54\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 25\n\n54.\nMaster or agent to give notice of dangerous cargo\n54. Vessels having on board goods of a dangerous or inflammable nature as prescribed\nin Schedule 2 shall, twenty-four hours before arrival, give notice thereof to the\nDirector, and such cargo shall not be landed before such notice has been received by\nthe Director. If such goods are so landed, the Director may order them to be placed\non board the vessel whence they came or otherwise deal with the vessel and goods as\nthat person considers necessary at the risk and expense of the ship.\n55.\nControl of quantity of explosives\n55. The quantity of explosives to be conveyed to and allowed on a landing place, at any\none time, shall be regulated by the Director and such regulated quantity shall not be\nexceeded.\n56.\nHours during which explosives may be landed\n56. Except with the permission of the Director and subject to such conditions as the\nDirector may impose, explosives shall not be loaded, unloaded or landed except\nbetween the hours of 18:00 and 06:00.\n57.\nPlace where explosives may be landed\n57. No explosives shall be loaded from, brought into or deposited upon any wharf,\nlanding stage, shed, warehouse, building or other place, except as the Director shall,\nfrom time to time, order.\n58.\nNotification of explosives\n58. Explosives of all kinds must in addition to appearing on the manifest be declared by\nspecial letter to the Director, which letter must be delivered where practicable twentyfour hours prior to the arrival of the vessel. This letter must contain a description of\nthe dangerous cargo carried by the vessel, listing the kind of explosives, number of\npackages, and where they are stowed. The vessel must comply with the international\nregulations which apply to such cases and must remain five miles from any port until\notherwise directed by the Director. Prescribed signals must be shown by day and night\nand all necessary precautions must be taken. The Authority reserves the right to\naccept or refuse cargo which may be considered dangerous to persons or property.\n59.\nExplosives to be covered\n59. (1) Explosives on board a vessel which are not in a safe magazine shall, while the\nhatch is open, be kept carefully covered and due care taken to prevent any water\nfrom seeping into any explosive or its container.\n(2) Should explosives escape from a package containing them, they shall be\ncollected and dealt with in accordance with the Explosives Regulations (1997\nRevision).\n\nRegulation 60\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 26\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n60.\nMethod of handling explosives\n60. (l)\nPackages containing explosives being discharged from or loaded into a vessel\nare not to be dropped, dragged or thrown. A rope cargo net in good condition\n(to be inspected) must be used; if no such net is available, then such explosives\nshall carefully be passed from hand to hand.\n(2) While explosives are being discharged no other cargo shall be handled or dealt\nwith at or near thereto.\n(3) Persons not engaged in or superintending the work, shall remain a safe distance\nfrom the place of such discharging or loading of explosives.\n61.\nPermits to land explosives\n61. Explosives shall not be permitted to land from any vessel until a permit has been\nproduced by the importer to the Director.\n62.\nHours during which aggregate may be landed\n62. Except with the permission of the Director and subject to such conditions as the\nDirector may impose, aggregate shall not be loaded, unloaded or landed except\nbetween the hours of 18:00 and 06:00.\n63.\nPlace where aggregate may be landed\n63. Except with the permission of the Director, no vessel may land or unload aggregate\nin the Islands other than at the Port of George Town.\n64.\nMethod of handling aggregate\n64. The methods of landing, loading and unloading aggregate shall be subject to\ninspection and approval by the Director at all times.\n65.\nPermits to land aggregate\n65. (1) No vessel carrying aggregate shall be permitted to land, load or unload\naggregate without a prior permit issued by the Director.\n(2) No person shall land, load or unload aggregate except in accordance with a\npermit issued by the Director.\n(3) An application for a permit to land, load or unload aggregate shall contain \u2014\n(a)\nthe name and address of the applicant;\n(b) the name, description and quantity of the aggregate;\n(c)\nthe country from which the aggregate is to be imported;\n(d) the name and address of the manufacturer of the aggregate;\n(e)\nthe proposed method of landing, loading or unloading the aggregate; and\n(f)\nan outline of the safety measures which the applicant intends to employ to\nprevent spillage of the aggregate.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 66\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 27\n\n66.\nInspection\n66. (1) Vessels in port are subject to inspection by the Director at any time, which\ninspection may extend to every part thereof including cargo gear.\n(2) Such vessels may be required to produce a valid cargo gear certificate issued\nfrom a source recognised by the Authority.\n(3) Ropes, slings and wires in general use for hoisting or lowering shall be inspected\nonce in every three months and where explosives are being handled, all\nmachinery and attachments including ropes, slings, nets and wire cables shall\nbe inspected immediately prior to use.\nPART 3 - CONTROL OF PORTS\n67.\nLeasing\n67. Where the Authority grants leases for office or open ground space, its procedures and\nrequirements must be followed.\n68.\nAllocation of space\n68. The Director controls the allocation of port space, covered or open, and persons using\nport property must comply strictly with such allocations. The Director is authorised\nto move freight or other articles, at owner\u2019s or agent\u2019s expense, in order to ensure\nmaximum flexibility of facilities of which the Director is the sole judge.\n69.\nLoitering on port property\n69. It is an offence for any person to loiter upon the Authority\u2019s properties or for\nunauthorised persons to enter cargo sheds or handling areas. Persons using the port\nfacilities do so at their own risk and the Authority has no responsibility for injuries or\ndamage sustained.\n70.\nSigns\n70. Without prior approval, painting on structures belonging to the Authority is\nprohibited. Signs to be erected on the port shall be furnished by the port users and\nerected or placed by the user after the Director has approved the design, material and\nsize of such signs which shall be uniform.\n71.\nSmoking\n71. It is an offence to smoke or expose a naked flame in any port area when to do so is\nforbidden by notice.\n72.\nSolicitation\n72. It is an offence to solicit or carry on any business on the Authority\u2019s property without\nfirst obtaining a permit from the Director.\n\nRegulation 73\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 28\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n73.\nWharf obstruction\n73. It is an offence to allow stevedore\u2019s tools, appliances, equipment, vehicles or any\nother objects not being cargo to remain on the wharves and wharf premises or in the\ntransit sheds, unless so permitted by the Director, or to store cargo or gear on the\naprons, driveways, roadways or any other locations so as to hamper normal port\noperations.\n74.\nCleanliness of premises\n74. Vessels and all other users of the facilities are responsible for the general cleanliness\nof the property allocated, assigned or leased to them. This includes parts of the aprons,\ngutters, and truck docks used in connection with any specific loading, unloading or\nhandling operation and where users do not properly clean the facilities or property\nthey have been using, the Director may order the property to be cleaned and placed\nin good order and charge the users responsible at double the cost thereof with a\nminimum charge of seventy-five dollars.\n75.\nDamage to facilities\n75. Vessels and all other users of the facilities are responsible for all damage to the\nfacilities occasioned by them. The Director may detain any vessel responsible for\ndamage to the facilities until sufficient security has been given or payment made for\nthe amount of the damage. It is the responsibility of the users of the facilities\nimmediately to report to the Director any damage occasioned by them.\n76.\nSanitary arrangements in port\n76. When required by the Director, a ship\u2019s water closets and latrines shall be closed\nduring such period as the ship is in port. All closets and latrines shall have splash\nboards or similar device so as to prevent fouling the wharf or any other ship.\n77.\nNo combustible material to be boiled on board ships\n77. No pitch, tar, oil or combustibles of similar nature are to be boiled on board a ship in\nport, or any repairs done to such ship without the Director\u2019s permission.\n78.\nPropellers may not be turned in port without warning\n78. No ship\u2019s propellers shall be turned in port for the purpose of trying engines without\nthe giving of sufficient warning to the Director and to other vessels in the vicinity.\n79.\nApplication of regulations 80 to 84\n79. Regulations 80 to 84 shall not apply to any vessel which is propelled solely by oars\nor paddles.\n80.\nSafety equipment on vessels of 8-20 feet\n80. (1) A vessel of a length of over eight feet but not exceeding twenty feet overall shall\ncarry not less than \u2014\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 81\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 29\n\n(a)\none life preserver or buoyant vest for each person on board; and\n(b) unless the vessel is a windsurfer or a hobby craft \u2014\n(i)\ntwo oars and rowlocks, or two paddles;\n(ii) one bailer or manual pump; and\n(iii) one anchor with not less than fifty feet of rope attached,\nin effective working condition:\nProvided that where the Director is satisfied that any vessel or class of vessel is\nof such a type that it is not intended, or that it is not necessary, to carry all or\nany of such equipment, that person may, by certificate under that person\u2019s hand,\nexempt such vessel or class of vessel from all or any of the provisions of\nsubparagraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (b).\n(2) Any such vessel which is equipped with an inboard motor, fitted with built-in\nor fixed fuel tanks or equipped with a cooking or heating appliance shall carry\nnot less than \u2014\n(a)\none carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher of not less than four pounds\ncontent; or\n(b) one dry-chemical extinguisher of not less than two pounds content,\nin effective working condition.\n(3) If any such vessel travels \u2014\n(a)\nbeyond the outer reefs of the Islands; or\n(b) if there are no such reefs in that part of the sea in which the vessel is, then\none mile off-shore,\nit shall carry not less than \u2014\n(i)\none hand-held red flare;\n(ii) one pocket mirror; and\n(iii) one waterproof flashlight,\nin a watertight container.\n81.\nSafety equipment on vessels over 20 up to 40 feet\n81. (1) A vessel of length of over twenty feet but not exceeding forty feet overall shall\ncarry not less than \u2014\n(a)\none life preserver or buoyant vest for each person on board;\n(b) one life buoy;\n(c)\none bailer or manual bilge pump;\n(d) one anchor with not less than seventy-five feet of rope attached;\n(e)\none sound-signalling apparatus; and\n\nRegulation 82\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 30\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(f)\nthree hand-held red flares, one pocket mirror, and either one waterproof\nflashlight or one hand-held red flare and two parachute flares,\nall in a watertight container.\n(2) Any such vessel which is power-driven or equipped with a cooking or heating\nappliance shall carry not less than \u2014\n(a)\none carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher of not less than ten pounds content; or\n(b) one dry-chemical extinguisher of not less than six and one quarter pounds\ncontent,\nin effective working condition.\n82.\nSafety equipment on vessels exceeding 40 feet\n82. (1) A vessel of a length of over forty feet overall shall carry not less than \u2014\n(a)\none life preserver or buoyant vest for each person on board;\n(b) two life buoys;\n(c)\none anchor with not less than one hundred feet of cable or rope attached;\n(d) one manual bilge pump;\n(e)\none sound signalling apparatus; and\n(f)\nthree hand held red flares, three parachute flares and one orange smoke\nsignal,\nin a watertight container.\n(2) Any such vessel which is power driven or equipped with a cooking or heating\nappliance shall carry not less than \u2014\n(a)\none carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher of not less than ten pounds content; or\n(b) one dry-chemical extinguisher or not less than six and one quarter pounds\ncontent,\nin effective working condition.\n83.\nSafety equipment on vessels travelling beyond territorial waters\n83. A vessel leaving the territorial waters shall be equipped with a radio telephone or\nother wireless apparatus, in effective working condition, capable of emitting distress\nsignals.\n84.\nSafety equipment on jet-ski boats, wave-runners and sail boats\n84. Notwithstanding any other provision in regulations 80 to 83 \u2014\n(a)\nthe operator of a jet ski-boat or wave-runner and every person on a boat\npropelled solely by sail shall wear a life preserver; and\n(b) a boat propelled solely by sail shall carry at least one pocket mirror.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 85\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 31\n\n85.\nPowers of inspection of safety equipment\n85. The Director, a constable, and any person duly authorised in writing by the Authority,\nwho has reasonable grounds for believing that there is or has been a contravention of\nregulations 80 to 84 shall have the power to board a vessel to ascertain whether there\nis or has been any such contravention.\n86.\nOffences\n86. (1) The owner of a vessel or boat is responsible for compliance with regulations 80\nto 84 in relation to that vessel or boat and, in the event of any contravention\nthereof, commits an offence unless that person can show that such contravention\nwas without that person\u2019s knowledge or consent.\n(2) For the purpose of subregulation (1), the owner shall, while the vessel or boat is\nbeing used by another person when that person is not on board, be deemed to\ninclude the person in charge of the vessel or boat or, if no person is in charge\nthereof, all persons using it.\n87.\nExemptions\n87. Notwithstanding regulations 80 to 84, the Cabinet may, in special circumstances or\nin respect of any particular occasion, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that\nregulations 80 to 84 or any part thereof shall not apply to any vessel or boat or class\nof vessel or boat.\n88.\nEmergencies\n88. Anyone on the port property at any time becoming aware of an emergency of any\nnature must notify the Director or other representative of the Authority by the fastest\nmeans, while taking such immediate direct action as may appear appropriate.\n89.\nFire on ships\n89. (1) In the event of a fire occurring on board a ship in port, the master or watch shall\nat once give the alarm and take such actions towards the protection of property\nas the Director may direct.\n(2) Vessels shall, in the event of fire on board, hoist N.Q. of the International Code\nand, at the same time, sound one long and three short blasts in quick succession\non the whistle. The signal \u201cN.Q.\u201d shall be kept hoisted until the fire on board\nhas been extinguished.\n90.\nFire fighting operations\n90. Persons on port areas shall comply with the instructions of constables and other\nauthorised persons in the event of an outbreak of fire, and shall not obstruct or\ninterfere with fire fighting operations.\n\nRegulation 91\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 32\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n91.\nVessel to make arrangement for goods to be discharged\n91. Prior to the departure of a vessel from a wharf, it shall make arrangements,\nsatisfactory to the Director, for all goods discharged to be removed from the wharf\nand stacked in the transit shed or open stacking ground. Failing such arrangements,\nthe Director may remove the goods at the expense and risk of the vessel.\n92.\nGoods not to be delivered without authority from Customs\n92. No goods shall be delivered to any consignee without the production by that\nconsignee of the necessary authority from the Customs.\n93.\nTendering goods for export\n93. (1) Goods for export shall not be deposited in a port area without permission from\nthe Director.\n(2) Any goods tendered or deposited in contravention of subregulation (1) are to be\nsubject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day or part thereof, until such\ngoods are removed, and the Director may remove them at the risk and expense\nof the owner.\n94.\nDefective packages\n94. The Director may decline to permit any goods to be landed in packages of a defective\nor leaky nature, until they have been repaired or the goods rebagged or repacked on\nboard the carrying vessel to that person\u2019s satisfaction.\n95.\nAcids, etc., landed in leaky condition\n95. (1) When acid, grease, oil, tar, pitch, paint or other similar substances are landed in\na leaky condition, the Director may, in that person\u2019s discretion, repair the leaky\nor defective packages at the expense of the vessel, and may refill any package\nfrom which the original contents have leaked.\n(2) If packages are repaired or refilled, the consignee or owner shall have no claim\nin respect of the manipulation of such packages.\n96.\nDirector may refuse to permit goods to be stored\n96. The Director may refuse to allow the following goods to be stored in a port or may\nimpose special conditions thereon \u2014\n(a)\narticles of unusual length, bulk or weight, or of exceptional bulk in\nproportion to weight;\n(b) dangerous, hazardous or offensive goods, which are likely to cause harm\nor damage to persons or property;\n(c)\narticles unpacked or improperly or insufficiently packed or secured;\n(d) perishables and goods inherently liable to wastage or change in bulk or\nweight, or to latent inherent defect, vice or natural deterioration; or\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 97\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 33\n\n(e)\ntimber, metals, animals.\n97.\nDirector may destroy or otherwise deal with dangerous goods\n97. In case of emergency, or for the purpose of securing the better safety of a port or the\nshipping therein, the Director may, whenever it seems expedient so to do, destroy or\notherwise dispose of dangerous goods without compensation to the owner thereof.\n98.\nUnclaimed goods\n98. The person in charge of a vessel or boat licensed to carry passengers is responsible\nfor all unclaimed property left therein, and that person shall take such property\nforthwith to the Customs.\n99.\nBoarding or leaving ships\n99. A person who, except with the permission of the Director, boards or leaves a ship\nwhile such ship is in motion or otherwise than by means of a gangway or efficient\npilot ladder commits an offence.\n100. Ship passes\n100. Vessels will be provided with sufficient passes by the Director for crew members. No\ncrew member will be permitted to leave or enter a port area without a pass; such\npasses must be returned to the Director one hour before the sailing time posted on\nboard such vessel in order to ensure that all crew members are on board.\n101. Labourers and visitors to wear identification\n101. (1) The Director may require labourers and visitors within a port area to wear\nidentification discs.\n(2) Labourers and visitors shall collect identification discs at the Authority\u2019s office\nand shall enter and leave the port area through the port gate provided for the\npurpose and while on port premises are subject to the Director\u2019s lawful orders.\nThe Director may, if that person so desires, have all persons and vehicles\nchecked before entering and leaving port areas.\n102. No conveyance of goods into or out of a port area without proper gate pass\nand customs clearance\n102. (l)\nNo person may load or cause to be loaded into any vehicle any parcel, package\nor article of any kind, except upon possession or production and delivery to a\nduly authorised person at a port gate of a passcheck authorising such person to\nremove such parcel, package or article.\n(2) No passcheck shall be issued until all such requirements have been complied\nwith and all port dues and other charges in respect thereof have been paid or\nsecured.\n\nRegulation 103\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 34\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n103. No liquor to be carried through port gates\n103. No persons shall supply, convey or deliver any intoxicating liquor to any crew\nmember or to any other person on board any ship in port unless \u2014\n(a)\npurchased with the consent of the master of the ship, from a person duly\nlicensed to sell the same; or\n(b) such liquor is delivered in bond and checked and sealed by Customs, the\nsaid seal not to be broken while the ship is within the port limits.\n104. Dogs and cats aboard ships\n104. Dogs and cats are not permitted to land from vessels without a certificate from a\nveterinarian at the last port of call and port of origin (if different) and a permit from\na Government Veterinary Officer showing that the said animal is free from disease.\n105. Vehicles to take place assigned\n105. (1) Vehicles engaged in the removal of goods or passengers or both, from port areas,\nwill operate on a number system, and take the place assigned to them by the\nDirector.\n(2) Persons in charge of vehicles within a port area shall move their vehicles as\nrequired by the Director. A person who refuses to move that person\u2019s vehicle\nwhen required commits an offence and such vehicle may be moved by the\nDirector at the risk and expense of the owner.\n106. Dangerous driving\n106. A person who drives a mechanically propelled vehicle within a port area so as to\ncause danger to any person or property commits an offence.\n107. Behaviour of motorists\n107. Drivers and persons in charge of mechanically propelled vehicles shall, at all times\nwhile entering or leaving a port area, conduct themselves in an orderly manner and\ncomply with such orders as may, from time, be issued by the Director and with the\nterms of any notices and signs exhibited by order of the Authority.\n108. Traffic signals\n108. A person who, in a port area, disregards a traffic signal or fails to stop when called\nupon to do so by a constable or other authorised person commits an offence.\n109. Advertising on port property\n109. A person who, unless authorised so to do by the Authority, advertises or causes any\nadvertisement to be exhibited on any premises or property of the Authority within a\nport area commits an offence.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 110\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 35\n\nPART 4 - PORT DUES\n110. Piloting of vessels\n110. The following dues are payable where the Authority is required to provide pilotage \u2014\n(a)\nfor the piloting of vessels on arrival and departure and the shifting of the\nsame from one berth to another:\neach vessel move\nIn excess of 100 to 1,000 GRT\n$52.50\nIn excess of 1,000 to 2,000 GRT\n$73.50\nIn excess of 2,000 to 5,000 GRT\n$105\nIn excess of 5,000 GRT\n$157.50\n(b) for piloting every vessel from a port to any\nanchorage outside the harbour limits;\n20% additional to\nrates at (a) above\n(c)\nfor piloting every vessel from one anchorage to\nanother within the harbour by day (0800 to 1700\nhours).\n20% additional to\nrates at (a) above\n(d) for piloting vessels in or out of the harbour by\nnight (1700 to 0800 hours)\n50% additional to\nday rates.\n111. Running lines\n111. The following dues are payable for running lines for the arrival, departure and shifting\nof vessels \u2014\nup to 500 GRT\n$50 each vessel move\nin excess of 500 GRT to 1,000 GRT\n$150 each vessel move\nIn excess of 1,000 GRT to 2,000 GRT\n$250 each vessel move\n112. Pratique\n112. Pratique payable from 1600 to 0800 hours and all times on\nSundays and public holidays. (This due is payable to the\nCustoms).\n$10.50\n\n113. Aids to navigation\n113. Dues payable for navigational aids per call per ship\n$36.75\n\nRegulation 114\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 36\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n114. Berthing charges\n114. (1) Berthing charges are based on the highest gross registered tonnage or the overall\nlength of the vessel as shown in Lloyd\u2019s Register of Shipping, whichever is the\ngreater.\n(2) Anchorage or lay-up charges at the rate of fifteen cents per foot of the overall\nlength of the vessel (as calculated in subregulation (1)) per day or part thereof\nfor each day or part thereof after the first seventy-two hours shall be paid by all\nvessels except locally owned vessels whilst in a port awaiting orders or whilst\nlaying-up within territorial waters.\n115. Right of admeasurement and incidence of anchorage and lay-up charges\n115. (l)\nThe Authority reserves the right to admeasure any vessel when deemed\nnecessary and use such admeasurement as the basis for berthing charges.\n(2) The following are payable as berthing charges \u2014\n(a)\nat Jackson Point Terminal \u2014\nRates\nPer 24 hours or part thereof\nPer gross ton\n8 1\/2 cents\nper foot\n42 cents;\nand\n\n(b) at a Port Authority Cargo Dock \u2014\nRates\nPer 24 hours or part thereof\nPer gross ton\n20 cents\nper foot\n50 cents;\n(3) Repealed by regulation 14 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.\n(4) Salvage vessels, tugs and dredgers while locally based and ships at anchor are\nexempt from berthing charges.\n(5) The following vessels, that is to say \u2014\n(a)\nlocally owned fishing vessels;\n(b) locally owned pleasure vessels;\n(c)\nvessels belonging to His Majesty;\n(d) vessels belonging to the Government; and\n(e)\nvessels belonging to the government of any nation,\nare exempt from port dues.\n(6) Pleasure vessels which are not locally owned are exempted from all ports dues\nother than berthing charges under regulation 114 and this regulation:\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 116\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 37\n\nProvided, that the Director may waive such charges where the vessel concerned\nis not carrying passengers for reward and, in the opinion of the Director, berths\nfor no longer than is necessary to load or discharge passengers or crew members.\n116. Cargo dues\n116. (1) Cargo delivered to a port for export and not loaded on a vessel berthed at that\nport and thereafter moved inland from that port is subject to cargo dues.\n(2) Cargo transhipped through a port will be assessed cargo dues on both\nmovements and will be allowed one authorised free time period.\n(3) No charge for cargo dues will be made on ship\u2019s stores.\n(4) Cargo dues shall be calculated at forty cubic ft. or two thousand lbs. per ton,\nlanded or loaded, whichever is applied by the Authority at the following\nrates \u2014\nPer ton\n(a)\nImports (other than vehicles, gasoline, diesel, aviation\ngas, aviation jet fuel, and cargo contained in a trailer or\ncontainer)\n$16.65\n(b) Exports (other than gasoline, and cargo contained in a\ntrailer or container)\n$16.65\n(c)\nGasoline (imports or exports)\n$10.55\n(d) Exports of cargo contained in a trailer or container\n(other than recycled material)\n$16.65\n(e)\nImports of diesel, aviation gas and aviation jet fuel\n$3.52\n(f)\nRecycled material exported for profit\n$4.00.\n(5) Cargo dues for imported vehicles shall be calculated at the\nfollowing flat rates \u2014\n(a)     for a vehicle weighing less than six tons, $300.00; and\n(b)     for a vehicle weighing six tons or more, $500.00.\n117. Charges for handling goods from or to vessel hook\n117. (1) The charge for handling each consignment of cargo coming into the port from a\nvessel\u2019s hook or, in the case of a container equipped with wheels from alongside\na vessel to a place of rest in the port area is in accordance with the following\nscale \u2014\n(a)\nAggregate\n$2.50\nper ton or part thereof\n\nRegulation 118\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 38\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(b) Bulk cement\n$9.14\nper ton or part thereof\n(c)\nGoods N.O.S. not contained\nin a trailer or container\n$16.65\nper ton or part thereof.\n(2) Repealed by regulation 16 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.\n(3) The charge for handling, both inwards and outwards, each consignment of cargo\ntranshipped through the port area shall be \u2014\n(a)\nif the cargo is contained in a trailer or container, at the rate of $200.00 for\neach twenty foot length and pro rata; or\n(b) if the cargo is not so contained, at the rate of $16.65 per ton.\n(4) The charges for off-loading cargo from a vessel and reloading it onto the same\nvessel shall be \u2014\n(a)\nfor cargo in a container, for each twenty feet\nlength, and pro rata; or\n $100.00\n(b) for cargo otherwise than in a container or a\ntrailer, per ton\n $16.65\n118. Terminal use dues\n118. The terminal use dues for all cargo, including vehicles, coming into the port terminal\nfacility at George Town from a ship, or leaving the facility to a ship, for the handling\nof which the Authority\u2019s equipment is not used, are $20.00 per twenty foot unit,\nincreased proportionally according to length for units longer than twenty feet, with a\nminimum per unit of $20.00.\n119. Transhipment to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman\n119. Notwithstanding regulations 116 and 117, goods passing to or from Cayman Brac and\nLittle Cayman shall not in the course of re-export or transhipment through Grand\nCayman be liable to any dues and charges to which they would otherwise be liable\nby virtue of those regulations.\n120. Charge for handling cargo to, or from, closed or covered storage\n120. (1) The charge for trucking cargo from ship-side to the distribution centre at the\nIndustrial Park is \u2014\n(a)\nfor a container 20 feet long or less\n$60.00\n(b) for a container more than 20 feet long but not\nmore than 40 feet long\n$120.00\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 121\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 39\n\n(c)\nfor a container more than 40 feet long\n$135.00.\n121. Repealed\n121. Repealed by regulation 19 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.\n122. Cargo dues, handling charges, heavy lift charges and tailgate charges, for\ncontainers\n122. (1) The following flat rate charges are payable as cargo dues, handling charges,\nheavy lift charges and tailgate charges, for cargo contained in trailers and\ncontainers \u2014\n(a)\nDedicated dry container twenty\nfeet in length and pro rata\n  $400.00\n(b) Various dry container twenty feet\nin length and pro rata\n$20.00 per ton calculated at\nforty cubic ft. or two\nthousand lbs. per ton, landed\nor loaded, whichever is\napplied by the Authority\n(with a minimum charge of\n$7.20 calculated at 0.25 tons\nor less)\n\n(c)\nDedicated refrigerated container\ntwenty feet in length and pro rata\n$20.00 per ton calculated at\ntwo thousand lbs. per ton\n\n(d) Various\nrefrigerated\ncontainer\ntwenty feet in length and pro rata\n$20.00  per ton calculated at\ntwo thousand lbs. per ton\n(with a minimum charge of\n$7.20 calculated at 0.25 tons\nor less).\n(2) No additional charge shall be payable under this regulation in respect of the\nhandling by any person other than the Authority with its permission, of any\ncontainer equipped with wheels and capable of being moved under motive\npower of its own or derived from another vehicle.\n123. Storage and handling of containers, etc.\n123. (1) The following charges are payable for handling of empty containers and trailers\nand chassis \u2014\n(a)\nup to twenty feet in length\n $4.00 per unit\n\nRegulation 124\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 40\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(b) over twenty feet in length\n $8.00 per unit\n(2) The following charges are payable for storage of empty containers and trailers\nand chassis in excess of seventy-two hours, for each twenty-four hours or part\nthereof thereafter \u2014\n(a)\nif the container, trailer or chassis is up to\ntwenty feet in length\n $4.00 per unit\n(b) if the container, trailer or chassis is over\ntwenty feet in length\n $7.00 per unit.\n(3) Handling and storage charges under this regulation are payable by the agent.\n124. Handling of vessels\n124. The following flat rate charges are payable for the handling of vessels other than\ncrated vessels or vessels loaded in containers \u2014\n(a)\nvessels up to fourteen feet in length\n $50.00\n(b) vessels over fourteen feet up to twenty-two\nfeet in length\n $100.00\n(c)\nvessels over twenty-two feet in length per\nlinear foot or part thereof\n $6.00.\n125. Containers and trailers\n125. The schedule of unit rates covering terminal handling of loaded containers and trailers\ndoes not include the loading or unloading of contents of same. Should this service be\nrequired, rates are available upon request.\n126. Coopering and sorting\n126. (1) Ordinary sorting to shipping marks and numbers is included in the handling\ncharge on import, but if additional sorting is required by the consignee or that\nperson\u2019s agents to any subsidiary mark or numbers or to size, the latter meaning\neach of the three dimensions, the following additional charges shall apply per\nton or part thereof \u2014\nfor sorting to any mark or size\n$10.00.\n(2) Additional labour found necessary to effect the handling of damaged goods and\ncommodities or to repair containers found in other than good condition on\narrival will be charged additionally for the account of the vessel or the carrier.\n(3) Repealed by regulation 22 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.\n(4) Goods and commodities held in open areas are at owner\u2019s risk as to loss and\ndamage caused by weather, deterioration or any other cause.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 127\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 41\n\n(5) Asbestos (pipes, sheets and ridges), asphalt, ashes, bones, brick, chalk, charcoal,\nclay, coal and items manufactured from cement or metal, lumber, sand, slate,\nstone, straw, vehicles and chassis will normally be stored in the open. It is the\nresponsibility of the owners or their agents to provide protection such as\ntarpaulins as they wish.\n(6) For the purposes of this regulation \u2014\n\u201cshipping marks and numbers\u201d mean distinctive marks and numbers\ncommon to the whole consignment under which the goods are shipped\nand delivered; and\n\u201csubsidiary marks and numbers\u201d mean those which are mixed with\nother consignments not common to the one consignment.\n127. Documentation\n127. To expedite prompt handling of goods through the terminal areas, the following\ndocuments will be required (originals, electronically transmitted copies or certified\nfacsimiles) \u2014\n(a)\nfor inbound cargo \u2014\n(i)\n2 legible copies of vessel manifest (required at least forty-eight hours\nprior to arrival of vessel);\n(ii) 1 copy of steamship company release (delivery order);\n(iii) the Bill of Lading; and\n(iv) the Loading Guide or Stow Plan; and\n(b) for outbound cargo \u2014\n(i)\n1 copy of loading list (required if possible twenty-four hours prior to\nvessel loading);\n(ii) 1 copy of Customs report outwards;\n(iii) 2 legible copies of vessel manifest (required within three days after\ndeparture of vessel); and\n(iv) the Bill of Lading.\n128. Storage charges\n128. (1) The free time allowed for assembling outbound cargo on and for removing\ninbound cargo from the port excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays\nis five days. The free time allowed for assembling outbound cargo commences\nat 0001 hours of the day following placement of the cargo, and the free time\nallowed for removing inbound cargo commences at 0001 hours of the day\nfollowing the day the vessel docked.\n(2) Cargo remaining in a port after expiry of free time shall be assessed at excess\nstorage charge as follows \u2014\n\nRegulation 128A\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 42\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\nfor cargo other than vehicles, for each day or\nfraction thereof, per ton or part ton; and\n$5.25\n(b) for vehicles, for each day or fraction of each\nday.\n $25.00.\n(3) Cargo delivered on the port for export and not loaded on a vessel berthed at that\nport but moved inland from that port is subject to excess storage charges\ncommencing with the date of arrival at that port.\n(3A) The Director may waive or reduce excess storage charges where that person is\nsatisfied that the circumstances so warrant.\n(4) Upon completion of the time specified for free time and demurrage, goods shall\nbe removed to the King\u2019s Warehouse \u2014\nper ton or part thereof\nCharge for removal\n$3.15.\n(5) Goods and commodities declared as carried and manifested on a weight basis\ncan, at the discretion of the Authority, be measured and, if applicable, be subject\nto terminal charges on a measurement basis.\n128A. Garbage disposal charges\n128A.The following charges are payable for garbage disposal services supplied at a port,\nor for the use of garbage disposal facilities at a port, in respect of \u2014\n(a)\na commercial vessel less than 500\nGRT\n$75 per voyage\n\n(b) a commercial vessel not less than 500\nGRT\n$300 per voyage\n(c)\na locally based commercial vessel\n$100 per month\n(d) any other non-commercial vessel\n$15.00 per voyage;\nand, upon receipt of the relevant charge, the Authority may issue a Garbage Disposal\nCertificate certifying that the vessel\u2019s garbage was disposed of properly in a port.\nPART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS\n129. Miscellaneous charges\n129. (1) Perishable goods if not cleared shall be removed by the Authority and sold after\nforty-eight hours.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 129\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 43\n\n(2) The rates prescribed apply only to services performed in normal working hours\nas prescribed by the Authority from time to time. Outside normal working hours,\nservices performed by the Authority on or to a vessel are charged to the vessel\u2019s\naccount at the rate of overtime prescribed by the Authority plus five per cent.\n(3) The charge for the use of forklifts in the hold of a vessel or for other work is as\nfollows, not including overtime worked by the driver, which is for the vessel\u2019s\naccount \u2014\n(a)\nup to twelve thousand pounds lifting capacity per\nunit, per hour or part thereof\n $50.00\n(b) container forklift\n $100.00\n(4) Repealed by regulation 26 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.\n(5) The following permit fees are applicable to the following business categories\nfor the privilege of conducting operations from a port \u2014\n(a)\nfuelling or watering vessels by truck, per firm\n $105\n(b) distribution of merchandise, not otherwise listed,\nfor sale by foreign vessels, for each seven days or\npart thereof in port\n $341.25\n(c)\ntelephones\n $105\n  (d) ship to shore passenger service (other than a service provided by\nboats forming part of the equipment of any vessel) \u2014\n(i)\nif one or more boats having the capacity to\ncarry ten persons or more is employed in\nsuch service\n $472.50\n(ii) if no boat having the capacity to carry ten\npersons or more is employed in such service\n $52.50\n  (e) dive boats and tour boats conducting operations on a regular basis \u2014\n(i)\nless than sixty feet in length\n $ 525\n(ii) sixty feet in length or more\n $1,050\n(f)\ncrane services, per crane, per annum\n $ 525\n(g) haulage of merchandise for reward, per unit\n $ 26.25\n  (h)    other business categories will be covered by special arrangement.\nThe above permit fees, unless otherwise prescribed, will be applied on a\ncalendar year basis. Firms commencing business after 30th June of any calendar\nyear will pay fifty per cent of the scheduled yearly fee.\n\nRegulation 130\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 44\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(6) A fee of fifty dollars per point per day or part thereof is payable in respect of\nelectricity services supplied at a port.\n(7) Repealed by regulation 2 of the Port (Amendment) Regulations, 2016.\n(8) The owners or the agent of every ship shall pay to the Authority a wharfage fee\nof $5.74 for every passenger appearing on the manifest.\n130. Goods detained by Customs\n130. Goods detained by Customs for examination may, at the discretion of the Director,\nbe exempt from storage charges during the period they are so detained, that is, from\nthe date the documents are stopped by Customs until the date of completion of\nexamination.\n131. Control of trailers and containers\n131. (1) No trailer or container shall be allowed to remain on the Islands over twentyone working days from the date of discharge from the carrier unless Customs\nduty is paid thereon or a bond acceptable to Customs is given.\n(2) All trailers or containers not grouped shall be removed from the port area within\nfive working days. Failing removal of such trailer or container within the time\nstated, the consignee shall pay a storage charge on the cubic measure of the\ncontents in such trailer or container according to the rate prescribed.\n(3) If such trailer or container contains goods for more than one consignee then each\nconsignee shall pay a storage charge proportionate to the cubic contents of the\ngoods consigned to that consignee in such trailer or container.\n(4) Carriers shall provide their own trailer or container parks for such empty trailers\nand containers and empty trailers and containers shall forthwith be removed\nfrom the port area to such parks upon advice from the Director that such trailer\nor container is empty.\n132. Transhipment cargo\n132. (1) Storage shall be levied on all transhipment and overlanded cargo after fourteen\nworking days from the posted date of arrival of the vessel by which the goods\nwere imported until the date fixed as the loading date of the co-carrying vessel.\n(2) If while awaiting reshipment, transhipment cargo leaves the port area, ordinary\nimport and export charges shall apply thereto.\n133. Claims for refund of overcharge\n133. Claims for refund of overcharges in respect of port dues and charges must reach the\nDirector before the expiration of three months from the date such dues or charges\nwere incurred and shall be supported by such documents as the Director may require\nand unless this regulation is complied with, the Director will not accept liability for\nthe overcharges or consider any claim in that behalf.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 134\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 45\n\n134. Regulations to be subject to Merchant Shipping Act\n134. For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that these Regulations, in so far as\nthey relate to merchant shipping, shall be subject to the Merchant Shipping Act, 2024\n[Act 1 of 2024] and to such provisions of the United Kingdom\u2019s Merchant Shipping\nActs as are in force in the Islands and to such subsidiary legislation of the aforesaid\nCayman Islands\u2019 Act and United Kingdom\u2019s Acts as are in force in the Islands.\n135. Submersibles\n135. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations, no submarine or other\nsubmersible vessel shall be permitted to enter a port without the prior approval of the\nDirector.\n136. Licences generally\n136. (1) The Authority may cancel any licence granted under these Regulations\nwhenever it thinks fit, or refuse to renew or endorse any licences.\n(2) No person shall, in a port area, undertake the stevedoring, landing or loading of\ngoods or act as an agent or ship\u2019s chandler for selling, clearing or forwarding\ngoods within a port area, without submitting proof to the Authority that that\nperson is the holder of a licence issued by the proper authority to carry on such\nbusiness.\n137. Licences or permits\n137. The granting under these Regulations of a licence or permit for any purpose shall not\nimpose any liability or responsibility upon the Authority for any accident to the holder\nthereof while on the port premises due to the working of cranes, machinery or any\nother cause whatsoever.\n138. Forms\n138. Forms for the use of the public in complying with these Regulations are prescribed in\nSchedule 3.\n139. Offences and penalties\n139. A person who fails to comply with a lawful direction of the Director or who\ncontravenes any regulation, whether such contravention is or is not stated to be an\noffence commits an offence against paragraph (i) or (j), as the case may be, of\nsection 14(2) and is punishable accordingly.\n140. Prescribed ports\n140. Ports required by section 13 to be prescribed are prescribed in Schedule 4.\n\nRegulation 141\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 46\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n141. Designation of port anchorage areas\n141. The port anchorage areas for the ports of George Town and Cayman Brac are\ndesignated in Schedule 7.\n141A. Port anchorage areas in George Town and Cayman Brac\n141A.(1) The master of a vessel shall, when in a designated port anchorage area, port\ncontrol zone, the port limits or territorial waters, comply with and ensure that\nthe vessel is operated in such a manner that its operation is in accordance\nwith \u2014\n\n(a)  the principal Act and these Regulations; and\n(b)  the directions of the Port Director or the Port Director\u2019s designees\nconcerning \u2014\n(i)  navigation;\n(ii)  berthing; and\n(iii)  compliance with the principal Act and these Regulations.\n(2)  In this regulation the designees of the Port Director include Port Security and\nHarbour Patrol.\n141B. Prohibited activities in a port anchorage area\n141B.(1) A person shall not \u2014\n(a)  take a specimen of any species;\n(b)  enter into the water;\n(c)  damage, destroy or otherwise cause the loss of a natural resource, except\nin the normal course of anchoring or mooring a vessel;\n(d)  deposit or discharge rubbish, litter, effluent or waste of any kind; or\n(e)  dredge, quarry, extract sand or gravel, discharge waste or any other matter\nor in any other way disturbs, alters or destroys the natural environment,\nin a port anchorage area, without the permission of the Director.\n(2)  In this regulation \u2014\n\n\u201cspecies\u201d means any species or subspecies of plant or animal or any\ngeographically or genetically separate population thereof;\n\n\u201cspecimen\u201d means an animal or plant, whether live or dead, or any part or\nderivative thereof and includes, in the case of an animal, an egg, sperm, gamete\nor nest and, in the case of a plant, a seed or spore; and\n\n\u201ctake\u201d means to collect, hunt, kill, destroy, damage, injure, disturb, harass,\nharm, wound, capture, molest or impede a live specimen in any way or to\nattempt to do so, and includes incidental taking.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 141C\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 47\n\n141C. Designation of port control zones\n141C.(1) The port control zone for the port of Jackson Point is designated in Schedule\n7A.\n(2)  The master of a vessel shall ensure that the vessel, when moored in the Jackson\nPoint port control zone, complies with \u2014\n(a) the principal Act and these Regulations; and\n(b) the ISPS Code.\n(3)  In this regulation \u201cISPS Code\u201d means the International Code for the Security of\nShips and Port Facilities adopted by the Conference of Contracting\nGovernments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974\non the 12th December 2002, together with such amendments thereof or\nreplacements therefor as may be in effect from time to time in relation to the\nIslands.\nPART 6 - RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES\n142. General\n142. The regulations in this Part are supplementary to and not in derogation from the other\nprovisions of the Port Authority Act (2025 Revision) and these Regulations.\n143. Vessels\n143. (1) No person shall for reward let out a vessel to be engaged in a recreational\nactivity on hire until that person is satisfied that every person intending to use\nsuch vessel is equipped with a life jacket of a kind approved by the Director and\nthat such vessel is seaworthy in its condition and equipment and that at least one\nperson competent in vessel-handling is included in the crew.\n(2) Vessels anchored more than two hundred yards from the shoreline must carry\nriding lights by night unless otherwise authorised in that behalf by the Director\nor in areas protected by reef.\n(3) Vessels, unless engaged in rescue operations, must keep clear of swimmers and\ndivers.\n(4) All users of the sea must refrain from interference with buoys, markers and\nracing officials.\n(5) At least one person shall remain on board and act as lookout on any dive-boat\nor other vessel whilst divers therefrom are down.\n144. Divers\n144. (1) Save as authorised by the Director no person may dive in a navigational channel\nlisted in Schedule 9.\n\nRegulation 145\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 48\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(2) A person diving, except in a swim area, shall \u2014\n(a)\nby day display a float, marker or flag as prescribed in Schedule 5;\n(b) by night display the lights prescribed in Schedule 5.\n145. Swimmers\n145. (1) Save as authorised by the Director no person may swim in a navigational\nchannel listed in Schedule 9.\n(2) Swimming in the sea by shore based swimmers is restricted to an area of two\nhundred yards from the shoreline save that such restriction does not apply\nbetween sunrise and sunset to swimmers who clearly display a float or marker\nprescribed in Schedule 5.\n146. Designation of water sports areas Schedule 8\n146. The areas described in Schedule 8 are designated as watersports areas.\n146A. Designation of temporary watersports areas for watersports events\n146A.(1) Notwithstanding regulation 146, the Director, after consultation with the\nCommissioner of Police, may designate areas within the territorial waters of the\nIslands as temporary watersports areas for the purpose of watersports events.\n(2) A designation made under paragraph (1) is subject to compliance with the\nrequirements in regulations 146B, 146C and Schedule 8A.\n(3) The restrictions on vessels under regulation 30 shall apply to areas designated\nas temporary watersports areas as they apply to watersports areas.\n146B. Submission of application for authorisation of watersports event and\ndesignation of temporary watersports areas\n146B.(1) An application for the authorisation of a watersports event in respect of which a\ndesignated temporary watersports area will be required, shall be submitted to\nthe Director in the form prescribed in Schedule 8A \u2014\n(a)\none month in advance of the scheduled event; or\n(b) less than one month before the event, if, subject to approval by the\nDirector, there are exceptional circumstances which caused a delay in the\nsubmission of the application.\n(2) The Director, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police, may \u2014\n(a)\napprove an application made under paragraph (1); and\n(b) designate the respective area to be a temporary watersports area for the\npurpose of carrying out the watersports event.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 146C\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 49\n\n146C. Requirements for approval of a watersports event\n146C.\nThe approval of an application under 146B is subject to compliance with the\nlaw and any requirements specified by the Director, after consultation with the\nCommissioner of Police, including \u2014\n(a)\nthe dates approved for the watersports event;\n(b) the time of day during which the watersports event may be conducted;\n(c)\nthe types of activities permitted during the watersports event; and\n(d) the measures which the organisers of the watersports event are required to\ntake in order to properly manage the event and to ensure the safety of\npersons at the event, including making provision for a sufficient number\nof \u2014\n(i)\nsafety marshals, to prevent unauthorised persons from entering the\ndesignated area during the event; and\n(ii) emergency medical technicians, to assist in the event of an accident\nor emergency.\n147. Swim areas\n147. (1) Any person in control of a beach to which access is provided from the sea may,\nwith the approval of the Authority, set aside an area within two hundred yards\nof the shore as swim areas, provided that such area is kept marked by marker\nbuoys which have been approved by the Authority.\n(2) No vessel shall enter a swim area marked with such marker buoys unless\nengaged in rescue operations or in an emergency, and unless the master is\nsatisfied that there is no danger to any swimmer.\nPART 7 - LICENCE FEES: LOCAL VESSELS\n148. Licence fees: local vessels\n148. (1) The owner of a vessel specified in subregulation (2) shall, on or before 31st\nJanuary in each year, obtain from the Director in respect of the vessel a licence\nupon payment to the Director of the fee specified in subregulation (2) in respect\nof such vessel but when a local vessel is used for commercial purposes, the\nowner of the vessel shall be exempt from paying the fee so specified in respect\nof such vessel.\n(2) Each of the following fees listed under the heading \u201cFee\u201d shall be payable in\nrespect of the vessel listed immediately opposite under the heading \u201cVessel\u201d \u2014\nVessel\nFee\nLocal vessels twenty-one feet and under\nNil\n\nRegulation 149\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 50\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nJet ski-boat, or wave-runner, used for private purposes\nNil\nJet ski-boat, or wave-runner, used for commercial purposes\n$150\nLocal vessels over twenty-one feet but not over thirty feet\n$200\nLocal vessels over thirty feet but not over forty feet\n$1,000\nLocal vessels over forty feet but not over fifty feet\n$2,000\nLocal vessels over fifty feet but not over sixty feet\n$3,000\nLocal vessels over sixty feet but not over seventy feet\n$4,000\nLocal vessels over seventy feet but not over eighty feet\n$5,000\nLocal vessels over eighty feet but not over ninety feet\n$6,000\nLocal vessels over ninety feet but not over one hundred feet\n$7,000\nLocal vessels over one hundred feet\n$10,000\n(3) Each licence fee to which this Part refers shall be paid on or by 1st January in\neach year or from the date on which it was granted and shall expire on 31st\nDecember of the year in which it was granted.\n(4) Where a person acquires possession of a vessel after the 1st January in any year,\nthe fee payable shall be apportioned and calculated from the first day of the\nquarter of the year during which the person acquired possession of the vessel at\nthe rate of twenty-five per cent of the whole annual fee for each quarter or part\nof a quarter of each year.\n(5) Licence fees shall be payable once in each calendar year.\n(6) The Port Authority shall remit the licence fees collected by it under this Part\n(less two per cent of the total collected) to Government on a monthly basis\nwithin thirty days of the collection of the fees for a particular month.\n(7) The Cabinet may, from time to time, waive, reduce or suspend any or all of the\nfees specified in this regulation in relation to any person or group of persons in\nthe Cayman Islands.\nPART 8 - CRANE SERVICES\n149. Crane services in Grand Cayman\n149. (1) The charge for the off-loading from or loading onto a vessel or otherwise\nhandling by the crane of the Authority of a container, trailer or other means of\nconveyance is \u2014\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\nRegulation 149\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 51\n\n(a)\nfor each twenty foot length and pro rata, $50.00;\n(b) for crane lifts not less than 70,000 lbs. but less than 100,000 lbs., $700.00\nfor the first hour and $700.00 per hour thereafter per crane;\n(c)\nfor crane lifts not less than 100,000 lbs., $1,000.00 per lift for the first hour\nand $1,000.00 per hour thereafter per crane; and\n(d) for crane re-rigging, $500.00 per lift.\n(2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), there shall be a minimum charge of $400.00\nper hour for a minimum of two hours for any crane services provided by the\nAuthority under this regulation.\n(3) Where the Authority is unable for any reason to provide its crane for any of the\nservices provided by the Authority, the Director may authorise any person or\ncompany to operate another crane owned or usually operated by that person or\ncompany, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director considers\nnecessary in the circumstances.\n(4) Where the Director authorises any person or company to use a crane in\naccordance with subregulation (3), there shall be a surcharge for every\ncontainer, trailer or other means of conveyance, for each twenty foot length and\npro rata, of $25.00.\n(5) There shall be a surcharge of $25.00 for each twenty foot length and pro rata\nfor every container, trailer or other means of conveyance landed at the port in\nGrand Cayman without the aid of the Authority\u2019s crane.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 53\n\n SCHEDULE 1\nLIGHTHOUSES\n(regulation 18)\nGRAND CAYMAN\nAnchorage Light\nGeorge Town Harbour\nFlashing Red\n\nBoatswain Point\nFlash (1) every 15 seconds\nElevation 90 ft.\n\nSouthwest Point\nFlash (2) every l0 seconds\nElevation 20 ft.\n\nEast End\nGroup Flash (2) every 20 seconds\nElevation 72 ft.\nVisibility 12 miles\nCAYMAN BRAC\nNorth East Point\nFlash every 20 seconds\nElevation 150 ft.\nVisibility 12 miles\n\nSouth West Point\nQuick Flash Red\nVisibility 9 miles\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 54\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nDANGEROUS CARGO\n(regulation 54)\nThe following items are dangerous for the purpose of regulation 54 \u2014\nacetic acid;\nacetone and other inflammable organic compounds;\nacetylene, compressed or liquid, in cylinders with a porous substance;\nacid in bulk or otherwise;\nammonia;\naniline oil;\ncarbide of calcium;\ncelluloid and its compounds;\nchlorate of potash;\nchloroform;\ncollodion;\nexplosives;\ngases, compressed or liquefied;\nmatches;\nmotor spirits and all other inflammable liquids;\nnaphthalene and solids which take up water with production of heat, such as\ncaustic soda and caustic potash;\npotassium cyanide and other poisonous compounds;\nvitriol;\nzinc chloride, unslaked lime, etc., which must be protected from water;\nall inflammable solids such as resin, sulphur, camphor; and\nany other item of cargo ordered by the Director to be treated as dangerous.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 55\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nFORM - PA. 1\nPORT REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\n(regulation 32)\nTo Port Director_________________________________________________\nNOTICE OF ARRIVAL AND APPLICATION FOR A BERTH\nName of ship _________________________Flag_______________________\nLast port of call_________________________E.T.A.____________________\nTonnage_________________GRT__________NRT_____________________\nLength_____________Beam________Draft FWD_______AFT____________\nPilot required__________________Not required________________________\nManifest W\/T______C\/T_____No. of mailbags________Description of cargo\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\nPassengers_______________Registered No.___________________________\nRequest that a berth at_____________________________________________\nBe allotted to this vessel on_________________________________________\nfor the purpose discharging \/ loading and \/or disembarking \/ embarking\npassengers_______________________________________________________\nI hereby declare and certify as follows \u2014\n* The vessel is not\/is carrying dangerous goods and\/or explosives (other than) those\ndescribed in the Schedule as shown on the back thereof.\nCargo to be landed_________W\/T__________________C\/T______________\nRemarks________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\nAgent__________________________________________________________\nDate______________________________Signed________________________\nMASTER \/ AGENT\n* Delete whichever is not applicable.\n(To be submitted in duplicate.)\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 56\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nFORM - PA. 2\nPORT REGULATIONS\n (2026 Revision)\n(regulation 138)\nREQUISITION FOR PORT SERVICES\nDate__________________\nTO: The Port Director\nPlease provide the following for the S\/S Sch. M\/V______________________\ndue to arrive on__________________________________________________\n\n(i) Berth or anchorage\n\n(ii) In and out pilot\n\n(iii) Moorings gangs\n\n(iv) Mooring launch\n\n(v) Port labour (overtime)\n\n(vi) Crane to lift _______ tons\n\n(vii) Forklifts on board\n\n(viii) Other port equipment as follows \u2014\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n___________________________________________________\nDelete those services not required.\nI\/we undertake to meet promptly the charges raised for these services together with any\novertime incurred and further to pay for any and all damage caused to any equipment on\nhire from the above mentioned department.\nThe cash deposit in the sum of_________dollars and_______________cents\nis here forwarded.\n________________\nMASTER \/ AGENT\n_________________________________________________________________\nTo be completed in the Department.\nThe following arrangements have been made for the supply of services required \u2014\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 57\n\nCash Deposit\n(a)\nper ton unloaded\n$10.00\n(b)\nper ton loaded\n$ 7.00\n\nDate________________________ _________________\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 58\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nFORM - PA. 3\nPORT DIRECTOR\nPORT REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\nNOTICE OF DEPARTURE OF A SHIP\n(regulation 43)\nTO:_________________________________  ___________________\nOWNER \/ AGENT\n1.\nName of ship_________________________________________________\n2.\nFlag________________________________________________________\n3.\nPort of Registry_______________________________________________\n4.\nTonnage_________________GRT____________GRT________________\n5.\nDate and time of arrival_________________________________________\n     ____________________________________________________________\n6.\nPort at which voyage commenced_________________________________\n7.\nLast port of call________________________________________________\n8.\nNext port of call_______________________________________________\n9.\nCargo discharged, B\/L Tons_______________cu. ft.__________________\n10.\nNo. of mail bags_______________________________________________\n11.\nCargo loaded, B\/L tons__________________cu. ft.___________________\n12.\nDate and time sailed____________________________________________\n13.\nDraft forward________________________aft._______________________\n14.\nRemarks______________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 59\n\nPORT REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\nPre-Arrival Notification Vessel Information\n(regulation 11(1))\n\nPort Authority of the Cayman Islands\nPre-Arrival Notification\nInstructions & Information\n\nNote that the form can be downloaded using the link to the following website:\nhttp:\/\/www.caymanport.com\/Forms.php, then completed in Excel format and emailed to pfso@caymanport.com and icm@gov.ky\n\nPlease save this file as a template for future use.\n\nYou will be prompted to give the template a name (like \u2018Cayman Pre-Arrival\nNotification\u2019) and choose a place to save it.\n\nYou can then fill out this spreadsheet each time you need to send a Pre-Arrival\nNotification to the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands -\n\n1.  By double-clicking on the icon representing the file you saved.\n2.  The file will open and you can enter the information required. Once you have\ncompleted filling out the first sheet, you can move to the next sheet by using the tabs at\nthe bottom of the spreadsheet.\n3.  Once you have completed the form, save it by clicking File | Save As.\n4.  You will be prompted to give the document a name (you may want to use the name\nof your vessel and the date the notice is for) and choose a place to save it (i.e. \u2018Cayman\nPre-Arrival Notifications\u2019).\n5.  The file can then be e-mailed to the Port Facility Security Officer at\ninfo@caymanport.com.\n\nSuggestions:\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 60\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nIf you are a shipping agent, you can have your clients fill out the spreadsheet on the ship\nand then have them send you a copy when they send it to the Port Authority. This may\nsave you from having to forward the information.\n\nBefore e-mailing, please check to ensure all required fields are filled in to avoid any\ndelay in processing and subsequent delay of the vessel.\n\nTo assist you in completing the form, certain cells have comments to explain what is\nrequired. Simply place the cursor over a red flag displayed in the upper right corner of\nthe cell. A dialog box that appears has helpful information regarding information\nrequired in that cell.\n\nImportant Information:\n\nPort Authority:  Please file Pre-Arrival Notification at least 24 hours before vessel\narrives in the Cayman Islands. The form also has tabs at the bottom for Services\nRequested; Crew List; Passenger List; Embarking Crew\/Passenger List and\nDisembarking Passenger Crew List. Complete them as applicable. When you are within\nVHF radio communication distance of the Cayman Islands, contact Port Security on\nVHF Channel 16.\nCustoms:  The following forms are required by Customs - Clearance from last port\n(original); Pre-Arrival Notification (2 copies); Maritime Declaration of Health; Stores\nList; Crew List; Crew Declaration; Passenger List; Embarking Crew\/Passenger List;\nDisembarking Passenger Crew List.\nImmigration:  The following forms are required by Immigration - Clearance from last\nport (original); Pre-Arrival Notification (2 copies); Maritime Declaration of Health;\nCrew List; Passenger List; Embarking Crew\/Passenger List; Disembarking Passenger\nCrew List.\nShipping Agents:  Should you require an agent, the following is a list of Ship\u2019s Agents\nthat are available in Grand Cayman: Bodden Shipping Agency Ltd - 345 949 6254;\nThompson Shipping Company Ltd 345 949 8044; West Indian Agencies Ltd 345 945\n7126; Shelby Agency 345 949 2101 and Cayman Freight Shipping Services 345 949\n4977.\nNational Conservation Act:  No pathogens, dissolved or suspended minerals or\nsolids, waste materials or other substances to flow or to be discharged or put into\nCayman waters.  Penalty - Fine up to $500,000, four years\u2019 imprisonment,\nconfiscation of vessel.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 61\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 62\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 63\n\nSCHEDULE 4\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 64\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 4\nPRESCRIBED PORTS\n(regulation 140)\nPort of George Town\nBritish Admiralty Nautical Chart No. 462\nThe limits of the Port of George Town are defined as follows \u2014\nFrom latitude 19\uf0b0 22\u2019 12\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 25\u2019 W, thence in the true direction of 180\uf0b0 T.\nfor 6.2 miles to latitude 19 \uf0b015\u2019 57\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 25\u201900\" W., thence in the true direction\n090\uf0b0 T. for 1.6 miles to South West Pt. light. latitude. 19\uf0b0 15\u201957\" N. longitude 81\uf0b0 23\u201918\"\nW., thence along the foreshore at the average high water mark to South West Point, thence\nalong to George Town including all marine works, wharves and property vested in the\nCrown thence along to Low Pt. and thence along the foreshore to latitude 19\uf0b0 22\u2019 12\" N.\nlongitude 81\uf0b0 25\u2019 00\"W., being the area that includes waters and ocean bed to the average\nhigh water mark of George Town Harbour lying within the defined limits so described.\nPort of Cayman Brac\nBritish Admiralty Chart No. 462\nThe limits of the Port of Cayman Brac are defined as follows \u2014\n(a)\nthe boundaries of parcels 5, 77 and 78 in Block 109B, Cayman Brac East,\nand\n(b) an area bounded by a line starting at a point on the average high water\nmark being the boundary between parcels 5 and 9 in Block 109B, Cayman\nBrac East, latitude 19\uf0b0 44\u2019 42\" N., 79\uf0b0 46\u2019 6\" W., thence along the average\nhigh water mark in a north-easterly direction for a distance of\napproximately .78 miles to a point on the average high water mark being\nthe boundary between parcels 5 and 6 in Block 108D, Cayman Brac East,\nlatitude 19\uf0b0 45\" 19\", longitude 79\uf0b0 45\u2019 26\", thence on a bearing of true\nNorth for a distance of .16 miles to a point being latitude 19\uf0b045\u201919\u201d,\nlongitude 79\uf0b045\u2019 26\", thence on a bearing of 245\uf0b0 for a distance of 3.46\nmiles to a point being latitude 19\uf0b0 43\u2019 3\" longitude 79\uf0b0 48\u2019 46\", thence on\na bearing of south for a distance of .16 miles to a point on the average high\nwater mark being the boundary between parcel 24 in Block 101C, Cayman\nBrac East, and the road, latitude 19\uf0b0 43\u2019 43\" longitude 79\uf0b0 48\u2019 46\", thence\nin a north-easterly direction along the average high water mark for a\ndistance of approximately 2.75 miles to the starting point.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 5\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 65\n\nSCHEDULE 5\nDIVERS DOWN FLAG\n(regulation 144)\n\u2022\nBLUE\nWHITE\n\nOR\n\n(International Code \u201cA\u201d)\nDIVERS FLOAT OR MARKER\na white object on the surface,\nSWIMMERS FLOAT OR MARKER\nclearly visible at two hundred\nyards\n\nDIVERS LIGHTS\n0 red\nred over white over red,\n\n0 white\ndisplayed vertically\n\n0 red\n\nRED\nWHITE\nRED\n\nSCHEDULE 6\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 66\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 6\nDEMARCATED NAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS\n(regulation 21)\nEither 15-inch equilateral triangles with reflectors lined up on each\nside of the channel\nOR\nflashing green lights 0 0 0 0 0 0\nfrom open sea \u2192  LAND\nflashing red lights 0  0  0  0  0 0\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 7\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 67\n\nSCHEDULE 7\nPORT ANCHORAGE AREA\n(regulation 141)\n\nGrand Cayman\n\nSCHEDULE 7\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 68\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nType\nIsland\nName\nCorner\nID\nLatitude\nLongitude\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC21\n19\u00b018.054\u2019 N\n81\u00b022.966\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC22\n19\u00b018.054\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.171\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC23\n19\u00b018.084\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.190\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC24\n19\u00b018.230\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.171\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC25\n19\u00b018.380\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.325\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC26\n19\u00b018.434\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.425\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC27\n19\u00b018.462\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.435\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC28\n19\u00b018.600\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.466\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC29\n19\u00b018.600\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.657\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC30\n19\u00b018.600\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.800\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC31\n19\u00b017.653\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.016\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC32\n19\u00b017.653\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.256\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC33\n19\u00b017.632\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.289\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC34\n19\u00b017.567\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.329\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC35\n19\u00b017.567\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.431\u2019 W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nGrand\nCayman\nGC George\nTown\nGC36\n19\u00b017.567\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.633\u2019 W\n\nBeing all that area that includes waters and ocean bed to the average high water mark of\nGeorge Town Harbour lying along the coastline, whether natural or man-made, between\npoints 21 and 31.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 7\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 69\n\nCayman Brac\n\nSCHEDULE 7\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 70\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nType\n\nIsland\n\nName\nCorne\nr ID\nLatitude\n\nLongitude\n\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nCayman\nBrac\nCB\nAnchorage\nArea\nCB41\n19\u00b0 41.796' N\n79\u00b0 52.575' W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nCayman\nBrac\nCB\nAnchorage\nArea\nCB42\n19\u00b0 41.953' N\n79\u00b0 52.681' W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nCayman\nBrac\nCB\nAnchorage\nArea\nCB43\n19\u00b0 41.574' N\n79\u00b0 52.894' W\nPort Anchorage\nArea\nCayman\nBrac\nCB\nAnchorage\nArea\nCB44\n19\u00b0 41.769' N\n79\u00b0 52.994' W\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 7\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 71\n\nSCHEDULE 7A\n(regulation 141C)\nPORT CONTROL ZONES\nGrand Cayman\nJackson Point\n\nSCHEDULE 7\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 72\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nType\nIsland\nName\nCorner\nID\nLatitude\nLongitude\n\nPort Control\nZone\nGrand\nCayman\nGC Jackson\nPoint\nGC37\n19\u00b017.108\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.555\u2019 W\nPort Control\nZone\nGrand\nCayman\nGC Jackson\nPoint\nGC38\n19\u00b017.159\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.780\u2019 W\nPort Control\nZone\nGrand\nCayman\nGC Jackson\nPoint\nGC39\n19\u00b016.832\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.666\u2019 W\nPort Control\nZone\nGrand\nCayman\nGC Jackson\nPoint\nGC40\n19\u00b016.865\u2019 N\n81\u00b023.947\u2019 W\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 8\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 73\n\nSCHEDULE 8\nWATERSPORTS AREAS\n(regulation 146)\nSOUTH SOUND\n600 ft. east of the Channel through the reef at Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 05\" N Long 81\u00b0 21\u2019 24\" W, then\nnorth west to the coast to Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 33\" N Long 81\u00b0 21\u2019 36\" W, then 1\/2 mile east along\nthe coast to Lat 19\u00b0 16\u2019 42\" N Long 81\u00b0 21\u2019 10\" W, then south east to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0\n16\u2019 12\" N Long 81\u00b0 20\u2019 57\" W.\nFRANK SOUND\n600 ft. east of the channel in the reef at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 32\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 37\" W, then north\nwest to the coast to Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 01\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 58\" W, then l\/2 mile along the coast\neast to Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 05\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 30\" W, then south west to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019\n33\" N Long 81\u00b0 10\u2019 08\" W.\nEAST POINT\nOn the coast east of the Lighthouse at Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 05\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 58\" W, south east\nto the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 50\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 43\" W, south west along the reef to Lat 19\u00b0\n17\u2019 42\" N Long 81\u00b0 06\u2019 12\" W, north west to the coast to Lat l9\u00b017\u2019 50\"N Long 81\u00b006\u2019\n20\" W.\nCOLLIERS CAY\nIn the south, the boundary runs approximately in line with the Colliers Wilderness Drive\nextending seaward from the nearshore at Lat 19\u00b0 19\u2019 43\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 02\" W to the\nbarrier reef at Lat 19\u00b0 19\u2019 43\" N Long 81\u00b004\u2019 44\" W, then northerly along the reef passing\nthrough the coordinates Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 03\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u2019 46\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 30\" N Long\n81\u00b0 04\u201952\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 40\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u2019 59\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 47\" N Long 81\u00b0 04\u2019\n04\" W, then southwesterly to the nearshore to Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 42\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 13\" W, then\nsouthward along the nearshore passing through coordinates Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 37\" N Long 81\u00b0\n05\u2019 09\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 29\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 04\" W, Lat 19\u00b0 20\u2019 03\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 01\"\nW, returning to Lat 19\u00b0 19\u2019 43\" N Long 81\u00b0 05\u2019 02\" W.\nKAIBO\nIn the south, the boundary starts at the southern tip of the Kaibo public beach at Lat 19\u00b0\n21\u2019 15\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 34\" W, extending southeasterly to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 14\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019\n30\" W, then northeasterly to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 29\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 13\" W turning more northerly\nto Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 34\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 12\" W, then northwesterly to the nearshore at Lat 19\u00b0\n21\u2019 37\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 24\" W, then south along the nearshore to the beach at the Kaibo\n\nSCHEDULE 8\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 74\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\npublic beach at Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 17\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 32\" W, returning to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 15\" N\nLong 81\u00b0 16\u2019 34\" W.\u201d.\nRUM POINT\nThe north west tip at Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 22\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 20\" W, south east along the coast for\n1\/2 Mile to Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 07\" N Long 81\u00b0 15\u2019 57\" W, north east to the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 13\"\nN Long 81\u00b0 15\u2019 54\" W, north west along the reef to Lat 19\u00b0 22\u2019 33\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 12\"\nW.\nWATER POINT\nThe south east tip of Public Beach at Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 16\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 34\" W, due south for\n600 ft. to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 10\" N Long 81\u00b0 16\u2019 14\" W, then east and north east parallel to the\nshore to Lat 19\u00b0 21\u2019 17\" N Long 81\u00b0 17\u2019 07\" W, then 600 ft. northerly to the shore to Lat\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 22\" N Long 81\u00b0 17\u2019 05\" W.\nDUCK POND BIGHT\nAt the north west tip of Duck Pond Cay at Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 38\" N Long 81\u00b0 17\u2019 57\" W, then\nsouth west to Head Sound to Lat 19\u00b0 18\u2019 12\" N Long 81\u00b0 18\u2019 29\" W, then south east, north\neast and westerly, along the shoreline of Duck Pond Bight, back to the starting point on\nDuck Pond Cay.\nCAYMAN BRAC\nCommencing at The Rock at Lat 19\uf0b0 42\u2019 24\" N and Long 79\uf0b0 51\u2019 00\" W, thence easterly\nalong the Foreshore to Lat 19\uf0b0 42\u2019 50\" N and Long 79\uf0b0 50\u2019 00\" W to the Stake Bay\nLaunching Ramp, thence northerly to Lat 19\uf0b0 43\u2019 10\" N and Longitude 79\uf0b0 50\u2019 00\" W\nthence westerly to Latitude 19\uf0b0 42\u2019 42\" N and Longitude 79\uf0b0 51\u2019 10\" W.\nBODDEN TOWN EAST\nThe area situated offshore the seaside public park near to the Meagre Bay Pond, which\ncommences at the western end at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 18\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 56\u201d W, then extends\ntoward the reef and turns east just inside the barrier reef at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 13\u201d N and Long\n081\u00b0 13\u2019 54\u201d W. It then continues east along the inner reef and turns northwest toward the\nshore at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 26\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 14\u201d W before turning west along the shore.\nIts nearshore boundary passes through coordinates Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 27\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019\n41\u201d W before terminating at Lat 19\u00b0 17\u2019 18\u201d N and Long 081\u00b0 13\u2019 56\u201d W.\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 8A\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 75\n\nSCHEDULE 8A\nWATERSPORTS AREAS\n(regulations 146A and 146B)\nApplication for Designation of Temporary Watersports Areas\nfor Watersports Events\nApplicant\u2019s first name and last name: __________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nApplicant\u2019s physical address on island: ________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nApplicant\u2019s postal address (on or off island): ____________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nApplicant\u2019s telephone contact details: _________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nApplicant\u2019s e-mail address: _________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nA brief description of proposed activities at watersports event: ______________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nState location, or locations, of watersports event: ________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n\nSCHEDULE 8A\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 76\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nState proposed dates of watersports event: ______________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nState the measures which organisers of the watersports event will take to address\nmanagement and safety issues for the event, including ensuring that there are \u2014\n(i)\nsufficient safety marshals to prevent unauthorised persons from entering the\ndesignated area during the event:\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n(ii)\nemergency medical technicians at the event who are available to assist in the\nevent of an accident or emergency:\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nIf an application is submitted less than one month before the watersports event, provide\ndetails of the exceptional circumstances justifying approval of the late application:\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\nSignature of Applicant:\n\nDate of Submission:\n________________________________________________________________________\n________________________________________________________________________\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 8A\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 77\n\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\n_________________________________________________________________________\nApplication for Designation of Temporary Watersports\n                        Areas for Watersports Events\n\nDate of receipt:\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\nApproved:\n\nSignature of Director:\n\nDate:\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\nNot approved:\n\nSignature of Director:\n\nDate:\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\nReasons for decision:\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________________\n\nSCHEDULE 9\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 78\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 9\nNAVIGATIONAL CHANNELS\n(regulations 21, 144(1) and 145(1))\nGRAND CAYMAN\nCOLLIERS\n19\u00b021\u201924\"N\n81\u00b005\u201917\"W\nCHANNEL\n19\u00b021\u201922\"N\n81\u00b005\u201900\"W\nEAST END\n19\u00b021\u201900\"N\n81\u00b005\u201931\"W\n\n19\u00b020\u201954\"N\n81\u00b005\u201917\"W\nEAST CHANNEL\n19\u00b018\u201950\"N\n81\u00b003\u201947\"W\nEAST END\n19\u00b018\u201950\"N\n81\u00b004\u201946\"W\n\n19\u00b018\u201938\"N\n81\u00b004\u201941\"W\n\n19\u00b018\u201938\"N\n81\u00b003\u201944\"W\n\nSOUTH CHANNEL\n19\u00b018\u201904\"N\n81\u00b0 05\u201925\"W\nEAST END\n19\u00b017\u201954\"N\n81\u00b0 05\u201937\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201943\"N\n81\u00b005\u201915\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201940\"N\n81\u00b005\u201928\"W\n\nBREAKERS\n19\u00b017\u201944\"N\n81\u00b012\u201916\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201942\"N\n81\u00b011\u201959\u2019W\n\n19\u00b017\u201918\"N\n81\u00b012\u201910\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201918\"N\n81\u00b011\u201952\"W\n\nSOUTH SOUND\n19\u00b016\u201912\"N\n81\u00b021\u201912\"W\n\n19\u00b016\u201909\"N\n81\u00b021\u201924\"W\n\n19\u00b015\u201952\"N\n81\u00b021\u201905\"W\n\n19\u00b015\u201947\"N\n81\u00b021\u201916\"W\nGOVERNMENT\n19\u00b018\u201911\"N\n81\u00b023\u201900\"W\nLAUNCHING\n19\u00b018\u201911\"N\n81\u00b023\u201931\"W\nRAMP\n19\u00b018\u201915\"N\n81\u00b023\u201934\"W\nGEORGE TOWN\n19\u00b018\u201915\"N\n81\u00b023\u201900\"W\n\nBIC CHANNEL\n19\u00b024\u201914\"N\n81\u00b022\u201913\"W\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 9\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 79\n\nCONCH POINT\n19\u00b024\u201906\"N\n81\u00b021\u201954\"W\n\n19\u00b023\u201954\"N\n81\u00b022\u201920\"W\n\n19\u00b023\u201950\"N\n81\u00b022\u201903\"W\n\nMAIN CHANNEL\n19\u00b023\u201910\"N\n81\u00b019\u201951\"W\nNORTH SOUND\n19\u00b023\u201907\"N\n81\u00b019\u201925\"W\n\n19\u00b022\u201948\"N\n81\uf0b019\u201928\"W\n\n19\u00b022\u201946\"N\n81\uf0b019\u201952\"W\n\nRUM POINT\n19\u00b023\u201903\"N\n81\u00b018\u201900\"W\nNORTH SOUND\n19\u00b022\u201957\"N\n81\u00b017\u201938\"W\n\n19\u00b022\u201940\"N\n81\u00b018\u201918\"W\n\n19\u00b022\u201929\"N\n81\u00b018\u201902\"W\n\nBLUFF BAY\n19\u00b021\u201940\"N\n81\u00b0 07\u201933\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201938\"N\n81\u00b007\u201919\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201918\"N\n81\u00b007\u201933\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201918\"N\n81\u00b007\u201919\"W\n\nBRINKLEYS\n19\u00b021\u201900\"N\n81\u00b014\u201912\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201906\"N\n81\u00b014\u201924\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201918\"N\n81\u00b014\u201906\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201918\"N\n81\u00b014\u201918\"W\n\nIRONSHORE FLAT\n19\u00b015\u201948\"N\n81\u00b010\u201954\"W\nOLD MAN BLUFF\n19\u00b020\u201948\"N\n81\u00b011\u201906\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201906\"N\n81\u00b010\u201948\"W\n\n19\u00b021\u201906\"N\n81\u00b011\u201900\"W\n\nBODDEN TOWN\n19\u00b016\u201912\"N\n81\u00b014\u201948\"W\n\n19\u00b016\u201900\"N\n81\u00b015\u201900\"W\n\n19\u00b016\u201918\"N\n81\u00b015\u201918\"W\n\n19\u00b016\u201924\"N\n81\u00b015\u201906\"W\n\nSCHEDULE 9\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 80\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nFRANK SOUND\n19\u00b017\u201930\"N\n81\u00b010\u201930\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201906\"N\n81\u00b010\u201930\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201900\"N\n81\u00b010\u201936\"W\n\n19\u00b017\u201930\"N\n81\u00b010\u201936\"W\n\nSOUTH WEST\n19\u00b015\u201947\"N\n81\u00b023\u201911\"W\nPOINT\n19\u00b015\u201947\"N\n81\u00b023\u201958\"W\n\n19\u00b016\u201900\"N\n81\u00b023\u201958\"W\n\n19\u00b016\u201900\"N\n81\u00b023\u201911\"W\n\nNORTH SMB\nCHANNEL\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 4.9\" N\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 4.1\" N\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 13.2\" W\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 12.6\" W\n\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 6.4\" N\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 7.2\" W\n\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 5.6\" N\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 6.6\" W\n\nSOUTH SMB\nCHANNEL\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 0.5\" N\n19\u00b0 20\u2019 59.6\" N\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 10.4\" W\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 9.9\" W\n\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 2.1\" N\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 4.4\" W\n\n19\u00b0 21\u2019 1.2\" N\n81\u00b0 23\u2019 3.9\" W\n\nCAYMAN BRAC\nCAYMAN BRAC\n19\u00b044\u201942\"N\n79\u00b046\u201900\"W\nDOCK CHANNEL\n19\u00b044\u201936\"N\n79\u00b046\u201912\"W\n\n19\u00b045\u201924\"N\n79\u00b045\u201948\"W\n\n19\u00b045\u201900\"N\n79\u00b046\u201912\"W\n\nCAYMAN BRAC\n19\u00b040\u201954\"N\n79\u00b053\u201918\"W\nCHANNEL\n19\u00b041\u201900\"N\n79\u00b053\u201900\"W\nSOUTH WEST\n19\u00b040\u201936\"N\n79\u00b052\u201951\"W\n\n19\u00b040\u201936\"N\n79\u00b053\u201912\"W\nLITTLE CAYMAN\nLITTLE CAYMAN\n19\u00b042\u201936\"N\n79\u00b057\u201930\"W\nEAST END\n19\u00b042\u201948\"N\n79\u00b057\u201948\"W\nCHANNEL\n19\u00b042\u201942\"N\n79\u00b057\u201918\"W\n\n19\u00b043\u201900\"N\n79\u00b067\u201930\"W\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nSCHEDULE 9\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 81\n\nLITTLE CAYMAN\n19\u00b039\u201930\"N\n80\u00b004\u201924\"W\nSOUTH SOUND\n19\u00b039\u201918\"N\n80\u00b004\u201942\"W\nCHANNEL\n19\u00b039\u201900\"N\n80\u00b004\u201927\"W\n\n19\u00b039\u201900\"N\n80\u00b004\u201942\"W\n\nLITTLE CAYMAN\n19\u00b040\u201900\"N\n80\u00b006\u201924\"W\nDOCK CHANNEL\n19\u00b040\u201915\"N\n80\u00b006\u201912\"W\n\n19\u00b040\u201924\"N\n80\u00b006\u201924\"W\n\n19\u00b040\u201906\"N\n80\u00b006\u201936\"W\n\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th\nday of January, 2026.\nKim Bullings\nClerk of the Cabinet\n\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 83\n\nENDNOTES\nTable of Legislation history:\nSL #\nAct\/Law #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\n25\/2025\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2025\n9-Apr-2025\nLG22\/2025\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2025 Revision)\n11-Feb-2025\nLG12\/2025\/s4\n2\/2024\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2024\n1-Feb-2024\nLG4\/2024\/s12\n35\/2023\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2023\n21-Dec-2023\nLG42\/2023\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2022 Revision)\n31-Jan-2022\nLG7\/2022\/s1\n23\/2021\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2021\n12-Mar-21\nLG21\/2021\/s5\n\n56\/2020\nCitation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020\n3-Dec-20\nLG89\/2020\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2020 Revision)\n14-Jan-20\nLG5\/2020\/s13\n45\/2019\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2019\n21-Nov-2019\nLG44\/2019\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2018 Revision)\n23-Mar-18\nGE24\/2018\/s9\n27\/2017\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2017\n3-May-17\nGE37\/2017\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2017 Revision)\n31-May-17\nGE45\/2017 \/s26\n56\/2016\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2016\n19-Oct-16\nGE83\/2016\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2016 Revision)\n2-Sep-16\nGE69\/2016\/s19\n17\/2016\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2016\n20-May-16\nGE38\/2016\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (2013 Revision)\n21-Oct-13\nG21\/2013\/s7\n22\/2013\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2013\n10-May-13\nGE39\/2013\/s1\n46\/2012\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2012\n20-Sep-12\nGE91\/2012\/s3\n\nPort Regulations (2011 Revision)\n7-Nov-11\nG23\/2011\/s13\n12\/2010\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2010\n29-Mar-10\nG7\/2010\/s6\n\nPort Regulations (2008 Revision)\n21-Jul-08\nG15\/2008\/s2\n16\/2007\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2007\n27-Aug-07\nGE22\/2007\/s1\n20\/2006\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2006\n1-Jul-06\nG13\/2006\/s13\n17\/2002\n\nPort (Amendment) (Container Fees) Regulations, 2002\n16-Sep-02\nGE32\/2002\/s2\n\nPort Regulations (2002 Revision)\n2-Jul-02\nG13\/2002\/s9\n13\/2001\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 2001\n7-Aug-01\nGE16\/2001\/s1\n\nPort Regulations (1999 Revision)\n1-Mar-99\nG5\/1999\/s5\n14\/1997\n\nPort (Amendment) (Port Dues) Regulations, 1997\n8-Dec-97\nG25\/1997\/s1\n15\/1997\n\nPort (Grand Cayman Crane Services) Regulations, 1997\n1-Apr-97\nG7\/1997\/s8\n\nPort Regulations (1998 Revision)\n2-Mar-98\nG5\/1998\/s4\n16\/1997\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1997\n1-Apr-97\nG7\/1997\/s7\n\n4\/1997\nMiscellaneous Provisions (Fees and Duties) (Temporary)\n22-Apr-97\nGE4\/1997\/s2\n\nENDNOTES\nPort Regulations (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 84\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nSL #\nAct\/Law #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\nAct, 1997 (part)\n\nPort Regulations (1995 Revision)\n7-Feb-95\nG5\/1995\/s5\n13\/1994\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1994\n17-Oct-94\nG21\/1994\/s1\n14\/1992\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1992\n16-Jun-92\nG12\/1992\/s2\n21\/1991\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 (sic)\n1-Jan-92\nGE4Oct\/1991\/s1\n20\/1991\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1991\n15-Sep-91\nGE2Sep\/1991\/s2\n23\/1990\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1990\n1-Jul-90\nGE4Jul\/1990\/s1\n9\/1988\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1988\n12-Sep-88\nG19\/1988\/s10\n8\/1988\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1988\n4-Jul-88\nG14\/1988\/s1\n22\/1987\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1987\n1-Jan-88\nG23\/1987\/s1\n26\/1986\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations, 1986\n24-Nov-86\nG24\/1986\/s1\n24\/1986\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 1986\n13-Oct-86\nG21\/1986\/s1\n13\/1986\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1986\n14-Apr-86\nG8\/1986\/s2\n10\/1986\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1986\n31-Mar-86\nG7\/1986\/s2\n19\/1985\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1985\n19-Aug-85\nG17\/1985\/s1\n18\/1985\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1985\n13-May-85\nG10\/1985\/s1\n14\/1984\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 1984\n7-Jan-85\nG1\/1985\/s1\n1\/1984\n\nPort Authority (Safety Equipment on Vessels) Regulations,\n1984\n1-May-84\nG5\/1984\/s1\n9\/1983\n\nPort (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 1983\n31-Oct-83\nG22\/1983\/s2\n8\/1983\n\nPort (Amendment) Regulations, 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