Application and Minimum Standards
1- Unless a national law of a GCC member state provides otherwise, the provisions and schedules of these regulations apply to every port authority and every port set out in Schedule 1: (Schedule of Ports); and
1/1 to the navigable waters, works, activities and the property managed by a port authority of ports referred to in Schedule 1: (Schedule of Ports);
1/2 to all ships, craft, goods, vehicles, companies, organisations and persons entering or using a port set out in Schedule 1: (Schedule of Ports).
2- The competent ministers , or the designated authorities, reserve the right to amend Schedule 1: (Schedule of Ports) by adding to or removing from it the names of ports.
3- Every port authority may, in consent with the competent minister , or the designated authority, define and adapt the land and water boundaries of a
port for which the port authority is responsible and to which these regulations shall apply, and shall publish any amendment.
4- Port authorities of the GCC member states reserve the right to accept only vessels that are in compliance with the construction and safety rules of classification societies recognised by GCC member states.
5- Every owner, charterer, master or agent applying for a permission for a ship
to enter a port under these regulations must ensure that the standard of the ship, including the ship’s master and crew certificates are not below the standards set by the Conventions, Protocols, Resolutions or Codes of
Practice as presented under 6..
6- The Conventions, Protocols, Resolutions or Codes are
6/1 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, including SOLAS Protocol 1978, always as amended.
6/2 International Convention on Load Lines (LOAD LINES), 1966, including
Protocol 88, always as amended.
6/3 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL
73/78), always as amended.
6/4 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and
Co-operation (OPRC), 1990 including the protocol to this convention
(HNS Protocol) covering marine pollution by hazardous and noxious substances, always as amended.
6/5 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships'
allast Water and Sediments, Adoption: 13 February 2004, and its
Resolutions, always as amended.
6/6 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships
(TONNAGE), 1969, always as amended .
6/7 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea (COLREGs), 1972, always as amended.
6/8 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and
Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1995, always as amended.
6/9 International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972, always as amended.
6/10 ILO Code of Practice on safety and health in ports, 2005, always as amended.
6/11 ILO Code of Practice on accident prevention on board ship at sea and
in port, 2nd Edition 1996, always as amended.
6/12 ILO C185 Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, always as amended.
6/13 ILO and IMO Code of Practice on security in ports, 2004, always as amended.
6/14 Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (1982), 1985, including the Protocols related thereto, always as amended.
6/15 Kuwait Regional Conventions for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, 1978, including the Protocols related thereto, always as amended.
6/16 International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescues, 1979, as amended.
6/17 Consolidated Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended.
6/18 Any further Convention with respect to security, safety or environment protection adopted by the IMO or ILO or any other related International Organisation, after the coming into effect of these regulations.