Port of Fujairah Ordinance 1982

We Hamad Bin Mohamed al Sharqi, Ruler of Fujairah and its dependencies do hereby enact the following law which shall be effective from this Date.

Chapter I: Citation and interpretation

Article 1

This ordinance may be cited as the Port of Fujairah Ordinance 1982.

Article 2 – Interpretation

In this ordinance except where the context otherwise requires “AGENT” or “SHIPPING AGENT” or “OWNERS REPESENTATIVE” means any company or person appointed by the owners, or Master of a ship to act on their behalf or on behalf of any one of them in the Port of Fujairah and who has accepted such appointment.

“Cargo”
Means all goods carried or to be carried on board a ship and includes all general cargo, cement, timber, bagged cargo, passenger’s moveable property of every description, baggage, animals and birds, whether alive or dead, and commodities which in the opinion of the Port Authority could be classed as cargo in Breakbulk, Containers or Bulk. Oil in Bulk is included in this description.

“Charges”
Includes all charges, dues, rates and tolls of every description which are payable under this ordinance or under the Port Rules or the Port Tariff.

“Container”