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Preliminary

Jurisdiction

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Section one

Preliminary

Section Two

Rules and Regulations governing use of Channel & Harbor

No loading and no unloading operations at miscellaneous locations along the canal or waterway shall be permitted where such activities cause craft, vessel or barge tow to be moored wholly or partly in the navigable channel.

A permit for any new structures must be obtained from the District Engineers, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Galveston, Texas.  This will include all wharf structures, mooring facilities, pipe line crossings, aerial lines and structures.  Permit will be issued after consideration of the proposed construction.

Similarly no sewage, garbage, dead animals or any objectionable odoriferous waste or other debris of any sort which might pollute, defile or clog part of the waterway shall be allowed.  This especially applied to oil and the Masters of all vessels are warned of the severe penalties provided by State and Federal laws in such cases.

Petroleum and petroleum products are highly inflammable and extreme care and precautions must be taken to avoid such discharge to the waterway.  When such petroleum products reach the waterway by accident or carelessness they must be promptly removed by the owner, Master, Agent or operator by use of tank truck with vacuum pump or other means.  Failure to promptly remove such inflammables shall be justification for the Commission taking protective measures and billing resulting costs against such owner, Master, Agent or operator.

Residue to be handled as determined.

No diving, or use of diving equipment, for any purpose whatsoever, shall be allowed except as specifically authorized and supervised by the Commission.

Section Three

Rules and Regulation Governing Use of Facilities

Bulk metals and ores, which by their nature are not liable to theft and are not placed within the shedded area are not subject to this charge.

All bills are due and payable when presented; terms cash.  Errors, if any, must be brought to the attention of the Commission within 10 days or the amount billed will be considered correct.  Failure to pay within 30 days shall be cause for the name of the vessel, including barges, its owner and agents or other users of the facilities to be placed on the "Delinquent List".

The Commission will not assist in collecting penalty and/or similar bills which may be passed on the agents.  The Port's bills are due and payable when presented regardless of when the vessel, including barges, it's owner or agents are reimbursed.

The Commission reserves the right to apply any payment received against the oldest unpaid bills rendered against vessels, including barges, their operators, owners and agents, or the users of Port facilities, and further reserves the right to estimate and collect in advance all charges against vessels, including barges, operators or agents whose credit has not been established.

Any person or vehicle using space unauthorized are subject to immediate ejection from the premises or the Authority and space so occupied shall be charged at the rate of $.10 per square foot per day.

Cargo so placed as to obstruct doors or fire fighting equipment shall be subject to removal by the Commission and the party responsible shall pay full cost of removal.

No aerial or overhead lines, piles or trestles or structures are permitted.  To assure free and economical operations, the Commission shall determine all uses and designs of structures for use on it's properties.

Failure to maintain clean working areas shall justify the Commission to provide cleanliness and bill the user cost plus 25%

Similarly losses of fire equipment must be immediately re-established by those responsible for such loss.

Vehicles so left in unauthorized areas may be towed away and impounded by the Authority and such vehicles shall be reclaimed only on payment of a $75.00 towing fee.

(1)  Immediately upon completion of loading or discharging of cargoes on and/or through the liquid product facilities of the Authority, all hose must be immediately disconnected from header valves and all openings blind flanged.

(2)  All hose sections must be drained thoroughly and no liquid products of any nature should be allowed to spill or become wasted on the dock structure.

(3)  All hose must be separated, blind flanged and placed out of the way as prescribed by the Commissioner's Underwriters.

(4)  Every user of the liquid products facilities must maintain competent supervision over the facility and vessel starts work and until such time as hose are disconnected and stored as outlined in the preceding paragraph hereof.

(5)  If such user of the liquid products facilities neglect to observe proper regulations, the Commission shall arrange for caring of lines and any cleaning of these facilities that may be required at the expense of such user at costs, plus twenty-five percent (25%) with a minimum charge of $25.00 to be assessed.

All vessels shall have suitable signs displayed about the dock, to the effect: "NO SMOKING ALLOWED", and vessel officers will be held responsible for the enforcement of this order on their respective vessels on the crew and all others on board.

Acids, oil, and empty gasoline or distillate drums must be removed from the wharves at once.  The storage, keeping or use of gasoline, distillate or other liquid petroleum products on the property under the control of the Authority, except at such localities as may be specifically prohibited and except at such localities as may be designated therefore the same shall not be handled except between sunrise and sunset and vessels will be allowed to take on board gasoline or distillate only between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Delivery must be made direct from tank trucks to the vessel and the trucks will not be allowed to wait on the wharves.

Shipments of articles classified as explosive or dangerous by the U.S. Coast Guard will be accepted only after a full compliance by shippers or delivering carrier with the rules and regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission governing the transportation of such articles.  Wharfage and handling facilities will not be provided except under special arrangements and at double the rate published herein.

Such equipment as requires oil, gasoline, and inflammables must be serviced at areas outside the terminal provided by the Authority.

Repairs must not be made on the terminal but at designated outside locations.

Contamination of the terminal must be avoided by proper preventive measures. Leaks of oil and gasoline on the floor must not be permitted.

All equipment must meet good fire protection requirements and have proper fire extinguisher available.

Section Four

Charges Applying at the Port of Bay City, Texas

$100.00 for first 24 hours or fraction thereof.

NOTE A: Vessels laying up in excess of a 24 hour period following actual completion of discharging or loading will, in addition of above charges, be required to pay for the lay time period in excess of 24 hours at the rate provided for the item covering dockage.

First day and each succeeding day or fractional part of a day -- $100.00.

A charge of $1.00 per 1,000 gallons of metered water shall be made with a minimum charge of $15.00.

NOTE: NO CONNECTION shall be made to FIRE HYDRANTS, hoses or hose lines for fresh water service.

Section Five

Wharfage

Wharfage is a charge on freight passing over a wharf or transferred between vessels or loaded from water over shipside while vessel occupies berth at wharf.  It does not include sorting piling, weighing, handling, insurance, customs, revenue stamps, or fees of any nature imposed by the State or Federal Government against the shipment or vessel transporting the same.  All vessels and their owners landing goods on the wharves or delivering or receiving goods from barges or other craft while said vessel is berthed at a wharf, thereby contract to pay and are responsible for the wharfage on the same, at the rates provide herein to be collected either from vessels, their owners, or their agents.

All products that enter Port of Bay City Authority property, by any means, will be subject to the applicable wharfage rates.

All transshipped products are subject to negotiations as to wharfage rates. Transshipped products are those which are brought onto Port property and shipped off Port property by any means of transportation.

Free time does not apply on cargo not loaded on, or discharges from a vessel. 

MONTH:  For the purpose of this section of the Tariff, a Month is that period beginning as 12:01 a.m. on the first day of a calendar month following spotting of the cargo for unloading and ending at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the calendar month preceding loading out of the cargo.

In computing days on INBOUND CARGO, time will begin with the first day following date of vacating berth by discharging vessel and will continue to and include day cargo is removed from the wharf.

Section Six

Rates for Matagorda Harbor

Section Seven

General Information

Industries designed for substantial tonnage, both inbound and outbound are desirable.