Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, product or Hazardous Material transported to, from, in or through the jurisdiction of the Dubai Port Authority and involving the use of Port’s Facilities.

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A calendar day

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All federal, PCFC (Ports, Customs and Freezone Corporation) or Dubai municipal laws, rules, regulations, statute, ordinances, permits or orders, and any judicial or administrative interpretations thereof, relating to (a) the prevention, control, or management of pollution, (b) the protection of the environment, including but not limited to, air, water, groundwater, land, soil, sediments, humans, animals, and vegetation, (c) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal, discharge, release, emission or transportation, or (d) regulation of or exposure to Hazardous Materials and/or petroleum products.

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Any substance or material that is listed, defined or otherwise designated as a “hazardous substance” under the PCFC Health & Safety Code including IMDG; (b) any chemical or COC; (c) any hydrocarbons, petroleum, petroleum products or waste; (d) any metabolite or chemical breakdown product or derivative or component part of substances identified above; and (e) any other chemical, substance or waste, that is regulated by, or may form the basis of liability under, any Environmental Laws.

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The Dubai Port Authority and/or the Ports Customs and Free Zone Corporation.

DP World UAE Region FZE.

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Any wharves, docks, piers, sea channels, sheds, warehouses, land, structures, pipelines and extensions thereof and appurtenances there to, equipment and appliances of all kinds situated within the jurisdiction of and/or owned, operated or leased by the Port Operator, included within Mina Rashid and the Jebel Ali Port.

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This Tariff, Circular (30^th November 2011 edition), and any subsequently issued tariffs, Circulars or amendments hereof.

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Includes

1. Any person or entity using the Port Facilities or to whom or from whom any service, work or Labour is furnished, performed, done or made available by the Port Authority/Port Operator or any other person using the Port Facilities,
2. Any person or entity owning or having custody of Cargo moving in, over or through the Port Facilities;
3. All Vessels and their owners, operators, crew and agents; and
4. Any other person, firm or corporation that conducts business at the Port Facilities.

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Except as otherwise specified, when the term “Vessel” is used in this Tariff, it shall be held to mean floating craft of every description and shall include in its meaning the term “Owners, Charterers, Operators and Mortgagees thereof”.

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Any and all services conducted within the Port Facilities.

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Authority certifying vessels sea worthiness.

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Unless otherwise specified, all Tons shall be regarded as Freight Tons and shall be determined by a weight Tonne of 1,000 kilos or a measurement of one cubic meter whichever is greater.

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The physical handling of Cargo onboard of the Vessel from or to the Vessel’s hook or point of discharge or load. This includes supervision and management. Irrespective of the terms of shipment, payment of stevedoring and related service charges will be the responsibility of the shipping line and/or his agent.

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The terms “Container” or “Containerized” when used in this Tariff refer to the standard ISO Container, suitable for stacking and transportation of dry, liquid gas or refrigerated Cargo, constructed of metal, fiberglass, plastic or wood, which confines its contents and must be capable of being handled as a unit and lifted by a crane with a Container spreader.

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The area at the Port which is assigned for the receipt of inbound Cargo from the Vessel and from which inbound Cargo may be delivered to the Consignee’s Agent or loaded on a Vessel in the case of transhipment and that area which is assigned for the receipt of outbound Cargo from Shipper’s Agents for loading onboard a Vessel.

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The term Open/Covered storage, parking area and/or marshalling area, as used in this Tariff, refers to those areas at the Port Facility where Cargo or Containers may be held in custody of the Port Operator as instructed by the Owner or Agent. This area is considered as Port Facility storage.

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The specified period during which Cargo or Containers handled over the quay may occupy space assigned to it in the Port Facility, free of storage charges, either prior to the loading or subsequent to the discharge of such Cargo or Containers, and shall include:

1. Import and Transhipment Container free period will commence from the date of discharge from the vessel;
2. Import and Transhipment cargo free period will commence from the date of completion off loading of the vessel or on the third day after commencement of operation whichever occurs first; and
3. Export Cargo free period will start from the date of receipt. Export and Transhipment Cargo storage charges will be raised to the Agent of the loading Vessel.

Note: Export and Transhipment Cargo storage charges will be raised to the Agent.

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“Transhipment Cargo or transhipment Container” means goods landed from a Vessel and placed in the custody of the Port Operator for the purpose of shipment on another Vessel. To qualify for the transhipment Cargo rates the Cargo must be discharged by the first carrier onto the Port Operator terminals and remain in the custody of the Port Operator until it is transhipped onboard the on-carrying Vessel at the Port Operator terminals.

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1. - Dubai should be the starting and finishing port for the ship's itinerary and with a minimum of 6 such calls to Dubai in a season (September to June).
2. - Complete passenger turnaround (embarkation & disembarkation) should be done in Dubai throughout their regular itinerary in the season.
3. - The respective Cruise Liner should officially declare and advertise Dubai as their Homeport.
4. - All above criteria need to be met by the Cruise Liner.

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- Any Cruise Ship / Liner that does not meet all the above mentioned criteria will be considered as a non-home porting ship call.

Note:

1. Total Passengers Handled per call- sum total of passengers disembarked, embarked, shore excursions at Port Rashid Cruise Terminal, Dubai.
2. Passengers Handled in a season for each Cruise Line - total passenger count beginning September to following June.
3. Billing for Passenger Handling Fee for Homeporting Cruise ships will be as per 401.18 (a). The rebate, if the Cruise Liner qualifies as per the subsequent slabs mentioned, will be payable at the end of the season.
4. Billing for Passenger Handling Fee for non Homeporting Cruise ships will be as per 401.19 (a). The rebate, if the Cruise Liner qualifies as per the subsequent slabs mentioned, will be payable at the end of the season.
5. Passenger Handling Fee for maiden Calls is waived.

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