14.05.180 Manifests.
Masters, owners, agents, or operators of vessels are required to furnish the port of Bethel with complete copies of vessel manifests.
A. Required Information. All manifests must include, but are not limited to, the specifications listed:
1. A list of all cargo, including company gear, empty containers or equipment, that is going to be loaded or unloaded at the port facility.
2. A description of cargo, gross weight, quantities, shipper, consignee, destination port, originating port.
3. Carrier information including the name of the carrier, vessel name(s) and arrival date.
4. All manifests must be certified as correct by an authorized official of the company and must also designate the basis of weight or measurement on which the freight was assessed. In lieu of manifests, freight bills containing all information as required above may be accepted.
B. Time Due.
1. Inbound Manifest. Must be furnished forty-eight (48) hours prior to the vessel’s arrival.
2. Outbound Manifest. Must be furnished twenty-four (24) hours prior to the vessel’s loading or unloading.
3. Lighterage Vessels. With inbound or outbound cargo, must furnish the port director with a cargo manifest with estimated weights prior to loading or off-loading.
C. Revised Manifest. Revisions to the manifest shall be turned in to the port director’s office no later than twenty-four (24) hours after loading and unloading are completed.
D. Penalty for Failure to Timely Provide Manifest. Failure to submit a manifest as required herein may result in a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and a denial of port use privileges. If the port of Bethel or the city is required to provide personnel for the purpose of checking freight on or off any vessel at any port facility, the master, owner, agent, or operator of said vessel shall be charged the hourly human-hour labor rate for port personnel established under Section 2, Item 207 of the Bethel Tariff. [Ord. 17-11 § 2; Ord. 209 § 5, 1992. Formerly 14.04.040.]