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of starting operations; they must remain alongside when these are completed.
(4) With the exception of the consignee's agents and of persons having duties to perform

on board (stores, projector, mooring boats and where undertaken, commercial operations
(1)
or repairs), no stranger is allowed on board .
Persons authorized to go on board (in particular the crew of mooring boats) are not
permitted access to the interior of the ship, save in cases of absolute necessity.
(5) Masters of vessels carrying Grade A petroleum or liquefied inflammable gases are

advised to fit metallic spark screens on the top of the vessel's funnels during transit, to
prevent the escape of insufficiently cooled flakes which might start a fire.

(6) Tankers in ballast, whether gas free or not, must keep their cargo tank hatches closed
during the whole of their stay in SC.

1 ) These instructions do not apply to officials or craft of the SCA or to those of the Government.

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