Arrangements for Vessel Berthing: For Captain and Shipping Company

1. On a daily basis PCHS will communicate with the shipping lines/Vessel Operators and the NPA to agree on a berthing schedule, the agreed schedule will be forwarded to all interested stakeholders.
2. A Ship Entry Notice (SEN) will be required from the NPA this is an approval form from the Nigerian Port Authority notifying Terminal operators on approval to berth vessel at the terminal. It contains some important detailed information about the vessel, most especially the tonnage and length over all (L.O.A).
3. A Cargo Manifest will be required which contains cargo description and names of owners.
4. A cargo arrival list (CAL) which contains cargo details, names and residential address of owners for reconciliation.
5. On receipt of a SEN and MANIFEST, a file is opened on a vessel.

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Vessel Operations: For Captain and Shipping Company and Port Agent

To handle a vessel at PCHS the following will be required:

1. Vessel Manifest
2. A copy of the vessels discharge List
3. Vessel Stowage Plan
4. Port Rotation numbers, vessel codes, service codes, LOA and call sign of vessel
5. The sailing schedule is to be received at least 14 days ahead of the eta and updated on a daily basis
6. Information on the type of vessel, geared or gearless to be received at least 7 days in advance of a vessels call
7. The amount of containers to be discharged
8. All information on DG and OOG.

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Vessel Loading: For Captain and Shipping Company

1. Before being able to plan the loading of a vessel PCHS will need a stowage loading list at least 36 hours in advance of the ETA.
2. Exact stowage locations for containers such as out of gauge containers, reefers and dangerous goods.
3. PCHS requires a full load list with container numbers excluding the empty containers to be loaded this load list will be accepted as the Shipping Line release.
4. All container weights that are mentioned are gross so the cargo and weight is combined.
5. PCHS will need a list of container numbers and the planned position for DG, OOG and reefer containers.
6. Any re-stow instruction detailing from position to position.
7. On completion of all vessel loading operations a report will be provided detailing the number of containers discharged, numbers of Laden & Empty containers which have been loaded to the vessel to include DG, OOG and any damaged containers

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