The provisions relating to storage and handling of dangerous and/or harmful goods in the North Sea Port Port Police Regulation Ghent are without prejudice to the applicable international, European and national regulations. Everyone who handles dangerous and/or harmful goods knows the specific regulations and applies them correctly.
Handling includes supplying, removing, loading, unloading, transferring, storing and transhipping as well as keeping dangerous and/or harmful goods on board. Handling hazardous and/or noxious goods falls outside this scope.
Unless otherwise stipulated in the port police regulations, any handling of dangerous and/or harmful goods must be reported or requested to the harbor master's office through the port information system Enigma+ no later than 24 hours prior to handling.