1.1. AS "Muuga Container Terminal", hereinafter "Terminal", a stevedoring company, is located on the territory of Muuga Harbour (in the southwest part of the Gulf of Finland), 20 km from Tallinn in Estonia.

1.2. General information concerning Muuga Harbour, the servicing of ships, marine safety rules in the port, the system of fee scale and rate system for the services offered by the port administration is presented in the Book of Procedures of Muuga Harbour.

1.3. These regulations regulate mutual relations between the TERMINAL and the possessor (forwarding agents) and transporters (shipping companies, car transport companies) of the cargo, who perform transhipment through the TERMINAL, either on general terms or in accordance with bilateral agreements.

1.4. The TERMINAL operates on two quays that are equipped as stationary (quay No. 14) and height-adjustable (quay No 15) respectively.

1.5. The TERMINAL performs the loading and unloading of RO-RO type ships and container vehicles, loading and unloading onto vehicle transport, the delivery of cargo to recipients (containers and small cargoes), the short-term ground storage of cargoes in storage yards and other services on the basis of current stevedore agreements and bilateral agreements concluded with possessors (forwarding agents).

1.6. Owners of cargo or their representatives (agents, forwarding agents) who have not concluded an agreement with the TERMINAL yet perform the transhipment of their cargo through the TERMINAL on the basis of marine shipping agreements concluded with ship owners (carriers), are required to perform the provisions of these regulations and current stevedore agreements from the time of the entry of their cargo into the TERMINAL until subsequent despatch to its destination.

In accordance with the appendices to this agreement, the carrier (ship owner) is required to notify the owners of the cargo of the regulations valid at the TERMINAL.

1.7. Cargo owners who perform the transhipment of cargo through the TERMINAL on the basis of a marine shipping agreement usually pay, depending on the terms and conditions of the agreement, for the loading of the cargo onto or off the ship, directly to the carrier as part of the cargo funds, unless otherwise prescribed by an agreement. The owner of cargo (forwarding agent) shall pay for all operations involved with the formation/disassembly of cargo areas (the loading/emptying of containers and trailers), the loading and unloading of cargo onto and from truck and rail transport, the storage of cargo, etc. and other services provided by the TERMINAL in the TERMINAL itself.

1.8. The owners of the cargo (forwarding agents) are required to insure their cargoes for at least the entire time the cargoes are at the TERMINAL.

The TERMINAL does not insure cargo if this is not agreed to in corresponding agreements.

1.9. The TERMINAL is located on territory with a border regime.

The regulations established by the TERMINAL’s administration for the acceptance and delivery of cargo and the permit regime shall also be valid on the territory of the TERMINAL. All persons on the territory of the TERMINAL are required to fulfil the demands of the Border Guard checkpoint, the employees of the TERMINAL’s internal security service, observe traffic regulations and move with their own means of transport, observing the requirements of traffic signs and road markings.