Port Workers (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 223 of 2009

PORT WORKERS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 171)

Port Workers (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 17 of the Port

Workers Ordinance, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport

and Communications, in consultation with the Malta Maritime

Authority, has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Port Workers

(Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Port Workers Regulations, 1993,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come

into force on the 1st of March, 2009.

(Regulation 24)

Fees payable to Foremen

Foremen of Port Workers engaged in the supervision of the handling of cargo

shall be paid the following fees

Description

To foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of unitised cargo

Loading of unitised cargo-

Locally manufactured goods, per ton...............................................................................

.... 0.25c

Other unitised cargo, per ton............................................................................................

.... 0.28c

Unloading of unitised cargo, per ton................................................................................

.... 0.32c

Loading and unloading of empty containers and trailers, per unit...................................

.... 1.74c

To foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of general cargo,

per ton ..............................................................................................................................

.... 0.35c

To foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of the following

bulk cargo

Wheat, per ton ...................................................................................................

.... 0.12c

Barley, maize and corn, per ton ........................................................................

.... 0.16c

Soya and alfalfa, per ton....................................................................................

.... 0.35c

Pellets and seeds, per ton ..................................................................................

.... 0.35c

Cement, per ton .................................................................................................

.... 0.19c

Other bulk cargo, per ton ..................................................................................

.... 0.35c

Handling of accompanied commercial vehicles with a cargo capacity of

more than 10 tons

Chassis cab trucks or trailers of 20ft, per unit...................................................

.... 5.00c

Articulated trucks or trailers of 40ft, per unit ...................................................

.. 10.00c

Articulated trucks or trailers of over 40ft, per unit ...........................................

.. 15.00c

Empty accompanied commercial vehicles, per unit..........................................

....1.74c

Regulation 7 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as sub-regulation (1) thereof, and immediately after

sub-regulation (1) as renumbered there shall be added the following

new sub-regulation

“(2) The employers of port workers shall provide

appropriate insurance cover to hold the foremen harmless for

damages to property and to third parties provided that such

damages are not a result of gross negligence on the part of the

foremen.”.

For the marginal note and sub-regulation (1) of regulation

8 of the principal regulations, there shall be substituted the

following

(1) Port workers shall work with the tools and

“Port workers

to work with

tools provided equipment provided by their employer.”.

by employer.

For the First Schedule to the principal regulations, there

shall be substituted the First Schedule to these regulations.

Immediately after paragraph (g) of Part II of the Second

Schedule to the principal regulations, there shall be added the

following new paragraph

“(h) Loading and unloading of accompanied

commercial vehicles with a cargo capacity of over 10 tons

Chassis cab trucks or trailers of 20ft,

per unit ……………………………………€26.00

Articulated trucks or trailers of 40ft,

per unit ……………………………………€58.00

Articulated trucks or trailers of over

40ft, per unit ………………………………€74.00

Empty accompanied commercial

vehicles, per unit …………………………€12.46

Port workers shall be paid these fees if they have

provided port work during the loading and unloading of the

specified cargo.”.

Immediately after sub-paragraph (vii) of paragraph (4)

of the Seventh Schedule to the principal regulations, there shall be

added the following new sub-paragraph

“(viii) accompanied commercial vehicles of a cargo

capacity of more than 10 tons.”.