CLEARING OF THE SHIP IN

The procedure of clearing the ship inwards in various ports is somewhat different.

In some ports, the ships agent, or his clerk, comes abo­ard the ship directly on her arrival and brings a pile of blank forms. These blanks must be filled up to clear the ship in.

If the captain knows this routine perfectly well, he does the job himself or charges one of his mates with this business.

Sometimes the captain asks his agent to help him and in this cаsе he just states the facts which must be put down in these document. Then one of the mates or the agent takes all these documents together with some ship's papers, goes ashore and arranges with the authorities all the formalities for clearing the ship in.

In other ports, the agents comes aboard together with the medical, Customs, Port and Immigration officers.

They all gather in the captain's cabin or in the saloon, sit down at the table and fill up the blanks themselves. The agent helps the captain to provide them with necessary informa­tion about the ship. Very often the agent acts аs an interpre­ter too. When the blanks are filled in the captain reads them through and signs his name.

The Medical Officer usually requires the captain to produ­ce the following documents: the Crew List of Passengers (if any), the Bill of Health, the Disinfection and Deratization Certificates and the Tonnage Certificate.

The Customs and Port Authorities require the Tonnage Certificate, the Ships Register or Certificate of Registry, the Certificate of Free Pratique, the Load Line Certificate orCertificate of Freeboard, the Radio Certificate, the Safe­ty Equipment Certificate and the Ships Official Log Book. They also require the Master's Declaration, the Crew List, the List of Provisions and stores, and the Cargo Manifest together with Bills of Lading.

II. NOTES:

1. deratization (derating) certificate - свидетельство о дератизации

2. disinfection certificate-свидетельство о дезинфекции

3. certificate of freeboard- свидетельство о грузовой марке
load line certificate

4. radio (telegraph) certificate -сертификат на судовую радиостанцию

5. safety equipment certificate - свидетельство о спасательных средствах

III. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Is the procedure of clearing in the same in all ports?

2. Whom does the captain charge with the filling in the blank forms?

3. Does the agent act as an interpreter?

4. What should the captain do with the documents before signing them?

5. What ship's papers may the medical officer request the master to produce?

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