Readers of this module should be able to understand and take steps to develop specific port reform measures based on the port’s/government’s economic, financial, political, and social goals and within institutional and legal frameworks. The module includes updated reference clauses and checklists for preparing concession agreements and other legal instruments.
General Approach for Drafting a Ports Law
Objectives and Functions of a Port Authority
Corporatized Ports—Special Considerations
Port Authority and Terminal Operations
Appealing Port Authority Regulations
Dangerous Cargoes: Transport and Handling
Pollution and Reception Facilities
Regulation of Other Port Functions
Legal Structure of Port Competition Regulation
Full Concession, Leasehold, and Land Rent
Full Concession and BOT Schemes
Full Concession Agreement Structure
Part 1—Conditions Precedent to be Fulfilled by the Operator
Part 2—Conditions Precedent to be Fulfilled by the Port Authority
Term of the Concession Agreement
General Rights and Obligations of the Operator
General Rights and Obligations of the Port Authority
Transfer of Rights, Obligations, and Assets
Termination Due to Noncompliance
The Tender Process and Transaction Preparation
Functional and Technical Design under a BOT Arrangement
Completion Tests and Take-Over
Hand-Back and Transfer of Facilities
Annex I—Checklist of Concession/BOT Agreement Provisions
Box 1: Singapore: Transforming a Service Port into Landlord Port
Box 2: Panama: Enabling Legislation for a Concession
Box 3: Eastern Europe: Decentralizing Port Management
Box 4: Latin America: Allowing Private Stevedoring Operations
Box 5: Object of Port of Rotterdam, Ltd.
Box 6: Caution: Single National Ports Authority can be Hazardous to Economic Health
Box 7: Functions of Corporatized Port Authorities
Box 8: Division of Shares in Corporatized Port Authority
Box 9: Violated Neutrality: A Port Director with Two Hats
Box 10: Maritime Domain: A Potential Impediment to Port Development
Box 11: Marine Management Tasks to be Separated from Corporatized or Privatized Port Tasks
Box 12: Harbormaster’s Powers and Functions
Box 13: Reference Clauses on General Regulations of the Authority
Box 14: Reference Clauses on Specific Regulations of the Authority
Box 15: Reference Clauses on Damages
Box 16: Reference Clauses on Liability
Box 17: Reference Clauses on Port Safety and Environmental Protection
Box 18: Reference Clauses on Reporting
Box 19: Reference Clauses on Loading and Discharging Dangerous Cargoes
Box 20: Reference Clauses on Waste Management
Box 22: Sample Port Competition Act
Box 23: Full Concession, Lease, and Rent Contracts—Landlord Port
Box 24: Main Schedules to a Concession or BOT Agreement
Box 25: Reference Clause on Term of Concession
Box 26: Reference Clause on Nomination of Operator of a Container Terminal
Box 27: Reference Clauses on General Rights and Obligations of the Operator
Box 28: Reference Clauses on General Rights and Obligations of the Port Authority
Box 29: Reference Clauses on Permitted Activities
Box 30: Reference Clauses on Newly Built Assets in the Concession Area (BOT arrangement)
Box 31: Reference Clauses on Transfer of Assets
Box 32: Reference Clause on Productivity Targets
Box 33: Reference Clauses on Selection and Transfer of Personnel
Box 34: Reference Clauses on Force Majeure
Box 35: Reference Clauses on Lease of Facilities
Box 36a: Reference Clauses on Site Conditions
Box 36b: Reference Clauses on Site Conditions (continued)
Box 37: Reference Clauses on Access to the Site
Box 38: Reference Clause on Governing Law
Box 39: Reference Clause on Price Discrimination
Box 40: Reference Clause on Taxes
Box 41: Reference Clauses on Concession Fee
Box 42: Reference Clauses on Insurance and Indemnity
Box 43: Reference Clauses for Security
Box 44: Reference Clauses on Unclaimed Cargoes
Box 45: Reference Clauses on Information and Communication
Box 46: Reference Clause on Termination by the Port Authority
Box 47: Reference Clause on Termination by the Operator
Box 48: Reference Clauses on Termination Due to Noncompliance
Box 49: Reference Clauses on Prolongation
Box 50: Reference Clauses on Bankruptcy
Box 51: Reference Clauses on Expiration of Concession
Box 52: Reference Clause on Arbitration
Box 53: Reference Clause on Costs
Box 54: Clauses on Miscellaneous Conditions
Box 55: Reference Clauses on Construction and Maintenance (Landlord Port Situation)
Box 56: Reference Clauses on Scope of a Concession Agreement (including a BOT arrangement)
Box 57: Reference Clauses on Construction Program
Box 58: Reference Clauses on Infrastructure Design
Box 59: Reference Clauses on Technical Design and Construction Problems
Box 60: Reference Clauses on Site Conditions
Box 61: Reference Clauses on Construction
Box 62: Reference Clauses on Zero Date
Box 63: Reference Clauses on Drop Dead Date
Box 64: Reference Clauses on Extension Events
Box 65: Reference Clause on Take-Over Tests
Box 66: Reference Clauses on Hand-Back of Facilities
Box 67: A Case of Legal Limitations Adversely Affecting a Port Concession
Box 68: The Case of St. Maarten
Box 69: Reference Clause on Lender’s Security
Box 70: Reference Clauses on Law Changes
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