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gation, approaching the dock and leaving the port of the ships and ves-
sels are revised. All forms of load and passenger transportation, place
and time, pilotage and towing boat services are reframed. The
Regulation attributes great importance to the discipline and precau-
tionary measures. A whole fifth section entitled “Discipline and Order”,
consists of 17 articles, is reserved for the realization of discipline and
order in the ports. The Regulation has other provisions in other sec-
tions concerning the obligation to give prior notice in order to promote
precautionary measures.
The Obligation to Give Notice to Entering the Port Zone
Ships and vessels under 300 Gross Tons (“GT”) used for touristic
activities of excursion, entertainment or sport and ‘home trade’ fisher-
man boats which approach the shore facilities assigned to them are not
subject to the obligation to give notice. However the obligation to noti-
fy has been adopted concerning Turkish or foreign flagged ships or
vessels navigating internationally (article 9) as well as Turkish and for-
eign flagged ships carrying dangerous loads (article 18) in two differ-
ent articles. According to article 9, the abovementioned ships and ves-
sels are obliged to give notice twenty four hours before entering the
port zone or if the navigation duration of the ship or vessel to enter the
port zone is less than twenty four hours after leaving the relevant port
facility. Ships navigating internationally and carrying dangerous loads
are also subject to complete the Dangerous Load Manifest Form and
notify the port authority in writing. Pursuant to the Regulation, ships
carrying petroleum and derivatives thereof or other harmful and dan-
gerous substances should carry out the necessary notifications to the
port authority and bear the financial obligations required by the
international agreements to which Turkey is a party. The Regulation
specifies the administrative sanctions which shall be applied on the
violation of these provisions.
Dangerous Substances
The Regulation has stipulated ships carrying dangerous substances
both within the obligation to notify as well as adherence to the rules
which should be applied and precautions which should be taken by the
shore facility. Docks, piers, storehouses, warehouses allocated to
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