Port Workers (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

L.N. 175 of 2026

PORT WORKERS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 171)

Port Workers (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 20 of the Port

Workers Ordinance, the Minister responsible for ports has made the

following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Port Workers Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2026 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Port Workers Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 171.02.

referred to as the "principal regulations".

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the

amended as follows

(a) the items in Column 1 and the tariffs in Column 2 in

Part I thereof shall be substituted by the following new items and

tariffs

"COLUMN 1

Nature of cargo

a. Cement - in big bags or on pallets per ton...................

Cement - in 50 kg bags per ton....………………............

b. Soda, Sulphur and Coal - in bags per ton....................

c. Onions, carobs, oats, pollard, cotton seed, oil cake,

barley, bran, coke and malt - in bags per ton…….…......

d. Potatoes per ton....……………………………….......

e. Iron joists, beams, girders, rails, metal rods including

angle iron and sheets, ingots per ton................................

f. Refrigerated Fruit in cases or cartons per ton.…….....

Refrigerated other per ton…………….....…………......

g. Fruit in cases or cartons (not refrigerated) per ton......

h. Scrap metal (other than aluminium) loose per ton......

i. Scrap aluminium loose per ton.………………….......

j. Motor and aviation spirit in cans or drums, and

explosives including ammunition and pyrotechnics per

ton..............................................................…………….

k. Chairs, loose or in bundles, each .………………......

Willows, canes et similia, in bundles per

bundle..................................................................

Empty drums of a capacity of 40 gallons and

over - each ……..................................................

l. Empty wine and beer casks - each ……………….......

m. All other cargo other than cargo in bulk per ton….....

Note

The fees shown above include any remuneration due for the

carrying of cargo necessary for the performance of the whole

operation.";

(b) the items in Column 1 and the rates in Column 2 in

Part II thereof shall be substituted by the following new items

and tariffs

"COLUMN 1

Nature of work

a. Unloading or loading of unitised cargo.…………......

b. Shifting of unitised cargo for each operation………...

c. Loading or unloading of empty containers………….

d. Loading or unloading of empty trailers.………….....

e. Loading or unloading of empty containers on trailers

f. Road transport vehicles and bowser (excluding ship’s

equipment used to tow, push, carry or move unitised

cargo) rolled on or off a RORO ship to load or unload

cargo................................................................................

g. Folding or collapsible containers loaded or unloaded €1.84 per ton of

interlocked into one another............................................

h. Loading and unloading of accompanied commercial

vehicles with a cargo capacity of over 10 tons

§

(i)

Chassis cab trucks or trailers of 20ft, per

unit......................................................................

§

(ii)

Articulated trucks or trailers of 40ft, per

€83.52

unit......................................................................

§ (iii) Articulated trucks or trailers of over

€106.56

40ft, per unit.......................................................

§ (iv)

Empty

accompanied

commercial

€17.94

vehicles, per unit.................................................

Note

Port workers shall be paid the tariffs in the table above if

they have provided port work during the loading and unloading of the

specified cargo.";

(c) Part III thereof shall be substituted by the following

new Part

"PART III

Bulk Cargo

Port workers employed to handle the cargo specified in Column 1

shall be entitled to payment of the total tariffs indicated in Column 2

(where applicable)

"COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

Nature of cargo

Total tariffs

payable by

employers of

port workers in

respect of

whole

operation

Per ton

Bulk cargo loaded or unloaded by suction plant feeding in

hold ex chutes at a silo

a. Wheat.................................................................................

b. Oats and barley.................................................................

c. Soya beans, oil cake, pollard and beans..........................

d. Cement in bulk................................................................

e. Other bulk cargo...............................................................

Bulk cargo not loaded or unloaded by suction plant

a. Wheat.................................................................................

€1.01

b. Carobs, oats, cotton seed and barley...................................

€1.84

c. Other grains........................................................................

€1.04

d. Salt, sand and grit...............................................................

€4.16

e. Marble chippings and aggregates.......................................

€2.12

f. Alfalfa, grass pellets, soya bean pellets and sunflower

€5.98

meal.......................................................................................

g. Other bulk cargo................................................................

€1.11

Note

1. The above fees include any remuneration due for the

carrying of cargo necessary for the performance of the whole

operation.

2. Bagging and tying of damaged bulk wheat which cannot be

unloaded by suction shall be paid at double the tariff for bulk wheat

not unloaded by suction and the normal fees applicable to bagged

cargo shall be paid for its unloading.

The tariff for the unloading of wheat in bulk not unloaded

by suction from deep tanks shall be seventy-five percent (75%) in

addition to the normal tariff specified in this Part.

The unloading of wheat in bulk between pipes not unloaded

by suction in the deep tanks shall be charged at double the normal

tariff shown in this Part and the quantity of wheat so discharged shall

be established by agreement between the master (or the chief officer)

and the Authority.

Where bulk cargo is not loaded or unloaded at a silo, port

workers employed to handle from ship’s tackle to stack on quay or in

shed or vice versa the cargo in bulk specified in Column 1 of the table

below shall be paid the tariffs indicated in Column 2 and 3 thereof

(where applicable)

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

Nature of Cargo

Slinging/unslinging

Handling on

under ship’s tackle, on

quay

quay or on lighters,

including stowing/

stacking as necessary

Tariff per ton

Tariff per ton

a. Wheat.........………........….…

€0.27

b. Carobs, oats, cotton seed and

€0.43

barley...........................................

c. Other grains.……………........

€0.27

d. Deffun, marble chippings...….

€0.40

e. Other bulk cargo.……….……

€0.27

Note

The above tariffs include any remuneration due for any stowage

which may be necessary.

Port workers employed in the handling of bulk cargo to

perform the operations specified in Column 1 of the table below shall

be paid entitled to the tariffs indicated in Column 2 thereof

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

Nature of work

Rate per ton

a. Bagging and tying..............................................................

€0.58

b. Suction plant feed on deck or lighter.................................

€0.58

c. Bucket conveyor feeding: Grain other than wheat............

€0.91

d. Bucket conveyor feeding: Wheat......................................

€0.53

Note

The tariffs indicated for item (a) shall be in addition to the tariffs

indicated in note 5 and the tariffs indicated for items (b) and (c) shall

be entitled to the tariffs indicated in Column 3 of note 5.";

(d)

Part IV thereof shall be substituted by the following new

Part

"PART IV

Shed of Stack to Transport

Port workers employed to handle from shed or stack on open

quay to transport, the cargo specified in Column 1 shall be paid the

fees indicated in Column 2 or 3 thereof in accordance with the type of

operation performed

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

Nature of Cargo

Carrying from

Receiving at

shed or stack on

tail board of

open quay,

truck and

loading and

stacking on

stacking on truck

trucks

Frozen meat per ton.......................................

€1.71

-

Cereals including bran, pollard, and canary

seed and salt, in bags per ton.........................

€1.34

€ 0.71

Oil cake in bags per ton.................................

€2.12

€ 0.71

Sugar in bags per ton.....................................

€1.34

€ 0.73

Timber per ton...............................................

€1.47

-

L.P. Gas Cylinders per cylinder.....................

€0.17

-

Seed potatoes per bag....................................

€0.13

-

Bitumen and Asphalt in drums per ton..........

€0.98

-

Any substances in bags or in drums for use

in the oil industry...........................................

€1.11

€0.73

Note

The tariffs indicated in Column 2 in respect of the item "Oil cake

in bags" shall be levied irrespective of the average weight of, or the

weight, of individual bags and includes any remuneration due for the

handling of bags for weighing purposes.";

(e) Part V thereof shall be substituted by the following

new Part

"Part V

Miscellaneous

1. Any port worker employed as a heavy plant driver or

signalman for any one operation shall be paid a tariff of fifteen euro

(€15.00) per hour, subject to a minimum period of eight (8) hours.

2. Any port worker employed as a winchman shall be paid

hundred twenty euro (€120) for four (4) hours shift due to health and

safety requirements

Provided that where a worker is ordered to work as a

winchman, heavy plant driver or signalman and no work is

assigned to him before the lapse of the first four (4) hours from

the commencement of the ordered shift, such worker shall be

entitled to payment equivalent to eight (8) hours at the applicable

rate.

3. Port workers employed in enclosed port areas, with regard

to the handling of unitised cargo to perform the following port work,

including the

(a)

packing and unpacking of containers;

(b)

loading and unloading of trailers;

(c) dismantling of other unit loads on quay, in warehouse or

stacking ground;

(d)

sorting of cargo so handled according to the main bill of

lading marks and the stacking of such cargo on quay or in a

warehouse; and

(e)

consolidation of unit loads for loading on board a ship;

shall be paid a tariff of fifteen euro (€15.00) per hour, subject to a

minimum period of work of eight (8) hours.

4. All the amounts established under Schedule II shall be

subject to an increase of five per cent (5%) every three (3) years.";

3. In the Fifth Schedule of the principal regulations the Amends the

Fifth Schedule

following items

to the principal

regulations.

"(a) On night shift from Monday to Saturday

€11.65

....................................................................................... per man

(b)

On Sundays and national or public holidays

€23.29

....................................................................................... per man";

shall be substituted by the following new items

"(a) On night shift from Monday to Saturday

€20.00

........................................................................................ per worker

(b)

On Sundays and national or public holidays

€50.00

........................................................................................ per worker".

4. The Sixth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the

Sixth Schedule

amended as follows

of the principal

regulations.

(a) in item 12(c) thereof the words "€4.66 per man" shall

be substituted by the words "€85.00 per worker";

(b)

immediately after item 12(d) thereof there shall be

added the following new item

"12A. Where a port worker is engaged for work and due to

circumstances not attributable to the worker, no work is available

or work is interrupted, such worker shall be entitled to an idle

time payment equivalent to the applicable hourly rate for the

duration during which no work is performed.".

€0.72