Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Goods placed on a wharf for shipment in a vessel may remain on the wharf free of storage charges:
(a) for a period fixed by the Harbourmaster by notice to the owner of the vessel; or
(b) if no period is fixed in accordance with paragraph (a), while the vessel is berthed at the wharf and during the 2 days immediately before the arrival of the vessel at the wharf.
(2) Where goods placed on a wharf for shipment on a vessel remain on the wharf longer than is allowed under this by-law, the owner of the vessel shall pay a storage charge at the rate of 30 cents per tonne of the goods for each day in excess of the period of free storage allowed.
(3) In this by-law, "tonne" means tonne by weight or tonne by volume depending upon which measurement yields the greater storage charge.