Space in sheds and/or open storage will be assigned on receipt of written application, on the prescribed Port Authority form, subject always to available space. Application for space should specify commodity, origin and/or destination, tonnage, date of cargo delivery, date of discharge and/or shipment, name of shipper or consignee, vessel, owner and agent. Space assigned will be clean, free of any infestation and suitable in all respects to receive cargo, and acceptance of such space assignment without exception shall be considered an acknowledgment of such good condition and preclude any subsequent claim for damages. Following use, assigned space must be returned in like condition.
The facilities of the Port Authority are for the storage, loading, unloading and/or handling of import, export, coastwise, intercoastal and local cargoes, and the Port Authority reserves the right to control and assign space in the Port terminals for the storage, loading, unloading and/or handling of all freight on and/or in these facilities.
A penalty assessment equal to the doubling of all applicable tariff charges shall be made against any agency, stevedore firm or other user utilizing any port facilities for the loading, unloading, handling, and/or storage of cargo without prior assignment by the Port Authority of the space being used.
Owners and/or agents, by submitting a signed "Application for cargo space assignment" acknowledge and agree to comply with any and all policy rules, regulations, and terminal tariff provisions regarding Cargo Space application, assignment, and congestion; credit and payment of charges; and liability for damage to port facilities.
28 Miss. Code. R. § 1-02-196