Cap. 13 ст. 276Rulesastotimefor loading and discharging, in the absence of agreement.

If the period for loading and discharging is not fixed by agreement, the following rules shall be observed:

(a) The period for loading or discharging in Malta is of eight days, if the vessel is of one hundred tons or less; of twelve days, if the vessel is of more than one hundred tons but not more than two hundred; of twenty days, if the vessel is of more than two hundred tons. Such period shall be reckoned from the time when the master declares that he is ready to load or discharge. The days mentioned in this article are successive working days.

(b) Outside Malta, the period for loading or discharging shall be determined according to the laws and usages of the place of loading or discharging and if the loading or discharging is to be effected in different places, the period shall be determined according to the laws and usages of the place where the last portion of the cargo is loaded or discharged.