Regulations on Port Services at Commercial Ports｜第 3 條｜港務｜Regulation｜In Force
第 二 章｜交通部｜v1.0
Effective Date: 9999-12-31｜Last Amended: 2023-04-26
Within twenty-four hours before a ship's arrival at the port and twelve hours before the ship's departure from the port, the ship owner or his/her agent shall, according to the actual situation, fill in a prior notice sheet that specifies related information such as the route, the estimated arrival time, the draft, the captain's name, the quantity and type of cargo, the number of crew members, seafarers and passengers, the next calling port and the destination port. For international commercial ports, the sheet shall be submitted to the maritime and port authority for audits and then given to the commercial port management enterprise to facilitate arrangement of berths; for domestic commercial ports, the sheet shall be submitted to the maritime and port authority or an institution designated by the Executive Yuan (Hereinafter referred to as the “Designated Institution”) for audits before the berths are arranged. However, in case of an emergency, a ship can apply for emergency entry or departure from the port. Besides the documents established in the preceding paragraph, the owner or his/her agent of an international ship shall also enclose documents supporting the purchase of the ship owner’s liability insurance, BALLAST WATER REPORTING FORM (as shown in the enclosure ) For the owner or his/her agent of an international ship or merchant ship directly sailing to Mainland China regions, he/she shall declare the list of crew members and seafarers prior to departure or arrival; if passengers are present, a list of passengers should also be included. For the party operating the cargo shipping business, the party shall complete the declaration of the imported Cargo Bay Plan five hours prior to the arrival at the discharging port. The aforementioned prior notices in the preceding two paragraphs may also be faxed or sent through telegraph by the captain of the ship. For ships other than passenger ships with photocopies or electronic copies of ship document examined by the maritime and port authority or designated institution, the ship owner or his/her agent may apply in advance for the prior notice sheet for the ship's departure from the port prior to its arrival at the port. When the documents submitted are incomplete, the ship owner or his/her agent shall supplement the documents and submit them to the maritime and port authority or designated institution for inspection within five days after the date of the ship's departure; failure to do so shall disqualify the ship owner or his/her agent from applying for the prior notice sheet for ship's departure. The maritime and port authority or designated institution may establish separate operating directions in a prior notice sheet of the following conditions without conforming with Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3 and the preceding paragraph of this Article: 1. In the case of a public service ship, operating ship owned by the state (state-operated) or private enterprise or transport vessel, if multiple entries at the same port are needed within a certain period of time. 2. In the case of a recreational yacht neither berthing in the commercial port nor entering/exiting the border.