Ship’s moorings etc

(1) Ships within a port shall have sufficient hands on board to attend to their moorings, and to cause them to be slackened or heave in as necessary. No rope shall be made fast except to dolphins, buoys, moorings and bollards placed for that purpose, and no wire rope may be used unless the bollards and the edge of the coping of the wharf are protected from chafes to the satisfaction of the Ports Commissioner. Chain cables may not be used for mooring alongside a wharf. etc. (2) Ships shall anchor, moor, and berth to the satisfaction of the Ports Commissioner, and shall take such additional precautions in severe weather as may be ordered. (3) Ships alongside wharfs shall affix efficient rat guards on every line and wire connected to or reaching shore if so ordered by the Ports Commissioner.