To give effect to the International Convention for Safe Containers, and to provide for matters connected therewith.
In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise- ''Authority'' means the South African Maritime Safety Authority established by section 2(1) of the South African Maritime Safety Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 5 of 1998); ''container'' means a container as deï¬ned in the Convention and to which the Convention applies; ''Contracting State'' means a state speciï¬ed in a notice under section 4; ''inspector'' means a person appointed as an inspector under section 6; ''Minister'' means the Minister of Transport; ''organ of state'' has the same meaning assigned to it in section 239 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; ''the Convention'' means the International Convention for Safe Containers set out in the Schedule; ''the Republic'' includes the Prince Edward Islands referred to in section 3; ''this Act'' includes the regulations.
In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned by the Convention, has the same meaning as in the Convention.
This Act extends to the Prince Edward Islands as deï¬ned in section 1 of the Prince Edward Islands Act, 1948 (Act No. 43 of 1948).
In its application to those islands, transport between the Republic and the Prince Edward Islands is not international transport.
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a state, other than the Republic, speciï¬ed in the notice as a State Party to the Convention.
43 of 1948.
A notice under subsection (1) is evidence that a state speciï¬ed in such notice is a State Party to the Convention.
Subject to this Act, Articles II to VI of the Convention have the force of law in the Republic.
The Authority may appoint as an inspector any person who is qualiï¬ed to be so appointed, to perform any of the functions assigned to an inspector in terms of this Act.
The Authority must issue to each inspector a certiï¬cate in the prescribed form, stating that he or she has been appointed as an inspector.
When boarding any vehicle or entering any premises contemplated in section 7(1), an inspector must, on request, show the certiï¬cate to the person in charge of the vehicle or premises.
a provision of this Act has been contravened; and examine any record or document and make copies or extracts of such a record or document, found in such a vehicle, ship, train, truck, aircraft or premises.
The owner or person in charge of any vehicle boarded or premises entered by an inspector and every person in such vehicle or on such premises, must give the inspector all reasonable assistance to enable the inspector to perform his or her functions under this Act and must provide the inspector with any information that the inspector may reasonably require with respect to the administration of this Act.
An entry and inspection of premises without a warrant must be carried out only during normal hours of business and with the consent of the owner or person in control of the premises.
No person may remove or interfere in any way with a container detained by an inspector in terms of this Act, unless authorised by an inspector.
The person authorised by the Authority under subsection (1) has all the powers conferred upon a court of marine enquiry by section 9(1) and (4) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951), and subsections (2) and (3) of that section apply accordingly.
The person authorised to conduct an inquiry must, as soon as possible after conclusion of that inquiry, submit a report with recommendations to the Authority, together with all the evidence and other material that was before the inquiry.
The Authority must publish the report within 60 days of receipt, unless the report contains a recommendation that a publication be withheld in the public interest, in which case the Authority may withhold publication of the report in whole or in part as it deems ï¬t.
The Authority may supply copies of a published report in the manner and on the terms that it deems proper.
prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; and generally with regard to any other incidental administrative or procedural matter necessary to prescribe for the proper implementation of this Act.
The Minister may incorporate all or part of any health and safety standard, without re-stating the text thereof, in a regulation by referring to the number, title and year of issue of that health and safety standard or to any other particular by which that health and safety standard is sufficiently identiï¬ed.
Whenever a health and safety standard referred to in paragraph (a) is subsequently amended or substituted, the amended health and safety standard is, in the absence of a contrary intention, deemed to have been incorporated in terms of the regulation contemplated in paragraph (a).
A copy of a full text of a health and safety standard incorporated in terms of paragraph (a) and any amendment or substitution thereof, must be kept at a place in the Republic that the Authority directs and must be available for public inspection.
Section 28 of the Standards Act, 2008 (Act No. 8 of 2008), does not apply to any incorporation of a health and safety standard or to any amendment or substitution of a health and safety standard under this section.
A person who contravenes this Act commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to a ï¬ne or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
the offence was committed in the territorial jurisdiction of that court; or the accused is found or carries on business in the territorial jurisdiction of that court.
agrees to abide by the decision of the Authority; and deposits with the Authority such amount of money as may be determined by the Authority, which amount must not exceed the maximum ï¬ne that may be imposed under subsection (1), the Authority may, after any inquiry that it deems ï¬t, determine the matter summarily and may, without legal proceedings, order the whole or any part of the deposit to be forfeited by way of a penalty.
A person may appeal to the Minister against a determination or order of the Authority.
An appeal must be lodged within 90 days from the date of the determination or order.
The imposition of a penalty under subsection (3) must not be regarded as a conviction for an offence, and no prosecution in respect of the offence in question may thereafter be instituted.
All ï¬nes and other money penalties imposed under this Act must be paid to the Authority for the beneï¬t of the Maritime Fund established by section 38 of the South African Maritime Safety Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 5 of 1998).
This Act continues in force until a date ï¬xed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette following denunciation of the Convention by the Republic or the termination thereof in accordance with Article XII of the Convention.
This Act is called the Merchant Shipping (Safe Containers Convention) Act, 2011, and comes into operation on a date ï¬xed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.
at least 7 m2 (75 sq ft) if it is ï¬tted with top corner ï¬ttings. The term ''container'' includes neither vehicles nor packaging; however, containers when carried on chassis are included.
''Corner ï¬ttings'' means an arrangement of apertures and faces at the top and/or bottom of a container for the purposes of handling, stacking and/or securing.
''International transport'' means transport between points of departure and destination situated in the territory of two countries to at least one of which the present Convention applies. The present Convention shall also apply when part of a transport operation between two countries takes place in the territory of a country to which the present Convention applies.
''Tare weight'' means the weight of the empty container including permanently affixed ancillary equipment.
''Maximum permissible payload'' or ''P'' means the difference between maximum operating gross weight or rating and tare weight.
Every existing container shall be approved in accordance with the relevant provisions for approval of existing containers set out in Annex I within ï¬ve years from the date of entry into force of the present Convention.
For the enforcement of the provisions of Annex I every Administration shall establish an effective procedure for the testing, inspection and approval of containers in accordance with the criteria established in the present Convention, provided, however, that an Administration may entrust such testing, inspection and approval to organisations duly authorised by it.
An Administration which entrusts such testing, inspections and approval to an organisation shall inform the Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (hereinafter referred to as ''the Organisation'') for communication to Contracting Parties.
A Contracting Party shall not impose any other structural safety requirements or tests on containers covered by the present Convention, provided, however, that nothing in the present Convention shall preclude the application of provisions of national regulations or legislation or of international agreements, prescribing additional structural safety requirements or tests for containers specially designed for the transport of dangerous goods, or for those features unique to containers carrying bulk liquids or for containers when carried by air. The term ''dangerous goods'' shall have that meaning assigned to it by international agreements.
Every container which has been approved under Article III shall be subject to control in the territory of the Contracting Parties by officers duly authorised by such Contracting Parties. This control shall be limited to verifying that the container carries a valid Safety Approval Plate as required by the present Convention, unless there is signiï¬cant evidence for believing that the condition of the container is such as to create an obvious risk to safety. In that case the officer carrying out the control shall only exercise it in so far as it may be necessary to ensure that the container is restored to a safe condition before it continues in service.
The present Convention shall be open for signature until 15 January 1973 at the Office of the United Nations at Geneva and subsequently from 1 February 1973 until 31 December 1973 inclusive at the Headquarters of the Organisation at London by all States Members of the United Nations or Members of any of the specialised agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to the present Convention.
The present Convention is subject to ratiï¬cation, acceptance or approval by States which have signed it.
Instruments of ratiï¬cation, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Organisation (hereinafter referred to as ''the Secretary-General'').
The present Convention shall enter into force twelve months from the date of the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratiï¬cation, acceptance, approval or accession.
For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the present Convention after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratiï¬cation, acceptance, approval or accession, the present Convention shall enter into force twelve months after the date of the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratiï¬cation, acceptance, approval or accession.
Any State which becomes a Party to the present Convention after the entry into force of an amendment shall, failing an expression of a different intention by that State, be considered as a Party to the Convention as amended; and be considered as a Party to the unamended Convention in relation to any Party to the Convention not bound by the amendment.
The present Convection may be amended upon the proposal of a Contracting Party by any of the procedures speciï¬ed in this Article.
Upon the request of a Contracting Party, any amendment proposed by it to the present Convention shall be considered in the Organisation. If adopted by a majority of two thirds of those present and voting in the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organisation, to which all Contracting Parties shall have been invited to participate and vote, such amendment shall be communicated to all Members of the Organisation and all Contracting Parties at least six months prior to its consideration by the Assembly of the Organisation. Any Contracting Party which is not a Member of the Organisation shall be entitled to participate and vote when the amendment is considered by the Assembly.
If adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting in the Assembly, and if such majority includes a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting, the amendment shall be communicated by the Secretary-General to all Contracting Parties for their acceptance.
Amendment by a conference: Upon the request of a Contracting Party, concurred in by at least one third of the Contracting Parties, a conference to which the States referred to in Article VII shall be invited will be convened by the Secretary-General.
Any amendment to the Annexes proposed by a Contracting Party shall be considered in the Organisation at the request of that Party.
If adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting in the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organisation to which all Contracting Parties shall have been invited to participate and to vote, and if such majority includes a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting, such amendment shall be communicated by the Secretary-General to all Contracting Parties for their acceptance.
Such an amendment shall enter into force on a date to be determined by the Maritime Safety Committee at the time of its adoption unless, by a prior date determined by the Maritime Safety Committee at the same time, one ï¬fth or ï¬ve of the Contracting Parties, whichever number is less, notify the Secretary-General of their objection to the amendment.
Determination by the Maritime Safety Committee of the dates referred to in this paragraph shall be by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, which majority shall include a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting.
The Secretary-General shall inform all Contracting Parties and Members of the Organisation of any request and communication under this Article and the date on which any amendment enters into force.
Where a proposed amendment to the Annexes has been considered but not adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee, any Contracting Party may request the convening of a conference to which the States referred to in Article VII shall be invited. Upon receipt of notiï¬cation of concurrence by at least one third of the other Contracting Parties, such a conference shall be convened by the Secretary-General to consider amendments to the Annexes.
The present Convention shall cease to be in force if the number of Contracting Parties is less than ï¬ve for any period of twelve consecutive months.
Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention which cannot be settled by negotiation or other means of settlement shall, at the request of one of them, be referred to an arbitration tribunal composed as follows: each party to the dispute shall appoint an arbitrator and these two arbitrators shall appoint a third arbitrator, who shall be Chairman. If, three months after receipt of a request, one of the parties has failed to appoint an arbitrator or if the arbitrators have failed to elect the Chairman, any of the parties may request the Secretary-General to appoint an arbitrator or the Chairman of the arbitration tribunal.
Reservations to the present Convention shall be permitted, excepting those relating to the provisions of Articles I to VI, XIII, the present Article and the Annexes, on condition that such reservations are communicated in writing and, if communicated before the deposit of the instrument of ratiï¬cation, acceptance, approval or accession, are conï¬rmed in that instrument. The Secretary-General shall communicate such reservations to all States referred to in Article VII.
modiï¬es for the Contracting Party which made the reservation the provisions of the present Convention to which the reservation relates to the extent of the reservation; and modiï¬es those provisions to the same extent for the other Contracting Parties in their relations with the Contracting Party which entered the reservation.
Any Contracting Party which has formulated a reservation under paragraph 1 may withdraw it at any time by notiï¬cation to the Secretary-General.
The original of the present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General, who shall communicate certiï¬ed true copies to all States referred to in Article VII.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.
(a) A Safety Approval Plate conforming to the speciï¬cations set out in the Appendix to this Annex shall be permanently affixed to every approved container at a readily visible place, adjacent to any other approval plate issued for official purposes, where it would not be easily damaged.
On each container, all maximum gross weight markings shall be consistent with the maximum gross weight information on the Safety Approval Plate.
the approval has been withdrawn by the Administration.
Country of approval and approval reference Date (month and year) of manufacture Manufacturer's identiï¬cation number of the container or, in the case of existing containers for which that number is unknown, the number allotted by the Administration Maximum operating gross weight (kg and lb) Allowable stacking weight for 1,8 g (kg and lb) Transverse racking test load value (kg and lb).
A blank space should be reserved on the plate for insertion of end-wall and/or side-wall strength values (factors) in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Regulation and Annex II, tests 6 and 7. A blank space should also be reserved on the plate for the ï¬rst and subsequent maintenance examination dates (month and year) when used.
Where the Administration considers that a new container satisï¬es the requirements of the present Convention in respect of safety and if, for such container, the end-wall and/or side-wall strength values (factors) are designed to be greater or less than those stipulated in Annex II, such values shall be indicated on the Safety Approval Plate.
The date (month and year) before which a new container shall undergo its ï¬rst examination shall be marked on the Safety Approval Plate.
Plate and in a manner acceptable to that Contracting Party which prescribed or approved the particular examination procedure involved.
The interval from the date of manufacture to the date of the ï¬rst examination shall 5 not exceed ï¬ve years. Subsequent examination of new containers and re-examination of existing containers shall be at intervals of not more than 30 months. All examinations shall determine whether the container has any defects which could place any person in danger.
(a) As an alternative to paragraph 2, the Contracting Party concerned may approve 10 a continuous examination programme if satisï¬ed, on evidence submitted by the owner, that such a programme provides a standard of safety not inferior to the one set out in paragraph 2 above.
To indicate that the container is operated under an approved continuous examination programme, a mark showing the letters ''ACEP'' and the identiï¬cation of 15 the Contracting Party which has granted approval of the programme shall be displayed on the container on or as close as practicable to the Safety Approval Plate.
All examinations performed under such a programme shall determine whether a container has any defects which could place any person in danger. They shall be performed in connection with a major repair, refurbishment, or on-hire/off hire 20 interchange and in no case less than once every 30 months.
Contracting Party of the territory in which the owner is domiciled or has his head office.
Party which is prepared to act as the Contracting Party concerned. The owner shall comply with the conditions for the use of such procedures set by the Administration in question.
To qualify for approval for safety purposes under the present Convention all new containers shall comply with the requirements set out in Annex II.
In the case of containers for which an application for approval has been submitted, the Administration will examine designs and witness testing of a prototype container to ensure that the containers will conform with the requirements set out in Annex II. When satisï¬ed, the Administration shall notify the applicant in writing that the container meets 40 the requirements of the present Convention and this notiï¬cation shall entitle the manufacturer to affix the Safety Approval Plate to every container of the design type series.
Where the containers are to be manufactured by design type series, application 45 made to an Administration for approval by design type shall be accompanied by drawings, a design speciï¬cation of the type of container to be approved and such other data as may be required by the Administration.
The applicant shall state the identiï¬cation symbols which will be assigned by the manufacturer to the type of container to which the application for approval relates.
keep a record of containers manufactured to the approved design type. This record shall at least contain the manufacturer's identiï¬cation numbers, dates of delivery and names and addresses of customers to whom the containers are delivered.
Approval may be granted by the Administration to containers manufactured as 15 modiï¬cations of an approved design type if the Administration is satisï¬ed that the modiï¬cations do not affect the validity of tests conducted in the course of design type approval.
Approval Plates on the basis of design type approval unless satisï¬ed that the 20 manufacturer has instituted internal production-control features to ensure that the containers produced will conform to the approved prototype.
In order to ensure that containers of the same design type series are manufactured to the approved design, the Administration shall examine or test as many units as it 25 considers necessary, at any stage during production of the design type series concerned.
Approval of individual containers may be granted where the Administration, after 35 examination and witnessing of tests, is satisï¬ed that the container meets the requirements of the present Convention; the Administration, when so satisï¬ed, shall notify the applicant in writing of approval and this notiï¬cation shall entitle him to affix the Safety Approval Plate to such container.
allowable stacking weight for 1,8 g (kg and lb); and such other data as required for the Safety Approval Plate, then the Administration, after investigation, shall notify the owner in writing whether approval is granted; and if so, this notiï¬cation shall entitle the owner to affix the Safety Approval Plate after an examination of the container concerned has been carried out in accordance with Regulation 2. The examination of the container concerned and the affixing of the Safety Approval Plate shall be accomplished not later than 1 January 1985.
Existing containers which do not qualify for approval under paragraph 1 of this Regulation may be presented for approval under the provisions of Chapter II or Chapter III of this Annex. For such containers the requirements of Annex II relating to end-wall and/or side-wall strength tests shall not apply. The Administration may, if it is satisï¬ed that the containers in question have been in service, waive such of the requirements in respect of presentation of drawings and testing, other than the lifting and ï¬oor-strength tests, as it may deem appropriate.
such other data as required for the Safety Approval Plate, the Administration, after investigation, may approve the container, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter II.
Approval Plate after an examination of the container concerned has been carried out in accordance with Regulation 2. The examination of the container concerned and the affixing of the Safety Approval Plate shall be accomplished not later than 1 January 1985.
The owner of an approved container that has been modiï¬ed in a manner resulting in structural changes shall notify the Administration or an approved organization duly authorized by it of those changes. The Administration or authorized organization may require retesting of the modiï¬ed container as appropriate prior to recertiï¬cation.
The Safety Approval Plate, conforming to the model reproduced below, shall take the form of a permanent, non-corrosive, ï¬reproof rectangular plate measuring not less than 200 mm x 100 mm. The words ''CSC SAFETY APPROVAL'', of a minimum letter height of 8 mm, and all other words and numbers of a minimum height of 5 mm shall be stamped into, embossed on or indicated on the surface of the plate in any other permanent and legible way.
3 IDENTIFICATION No.
WEIGHT kg . ..
6 FOR 1,8 g kg........
Country of approval and approval reference as given in the example on line 1. (The country of approval should be indicated by means of the distinguishing sign used to indicate country of registration of motor vehicles in international road traffic.) 2. Date (month and year) of manufacture. 3. Manufacturer's identiï¬cation number of the container or, in the case of existing containers for which that number is unknown, the number allotted by the Administration. 4. Maximum operating gross weight (kg and lb). 5. Allowable stacking weight for 1,8 g (kg and lb). 6. Transverse racking test load value (kg and lb). 7. End-wall strength to be indicated on plate only if end-walls are designed to withstand a load of less or greater than 0,4 times the maximum permissible payload, i.e. 0,4 P.
Side-wall strength to be indicated on plate only if the side-walls are designed to withstand a load of less or greater than 0,6 times the maximum permissible payload, i.e. 0,6 P.
In setting the requirements of this Annex, it is implicit that in all phases of the operation of containers the forces as a result of motion, location, stacking and weight of the loaded container and external forces will not exceed the design strength of the container. In particular, the following assumptions have been made: (a) the container will so be restrained that it is not subjected to forces in excess of those for which it has been designed; (b) the container will have its cargo stowed in accordance with the recommended practices of the trade so that the cargo does not impose upon the container forces in excess of those for which it has been designed.
A container made from any suitable material which satisfactorily performs the following tests without sustaining any permanent deformation or abnormality which would render it incapable of being used for its designed purpose shall be considered safe. 2. The dimensions, positioning and associated tolerances of corner ï¬ttings shall be checked having regard to the lifting and securing systems in which they will function.
Where appropriate to the design of the container, the following test loads and test procedures shall be applied to all kinds of containers under test: 20 1.
The container, having the prescribed internal loading, shall be lifted in such a way that no signiï¬cant acceleration forces are applied. After lifting, the container shall be suspended or supported for ï¬ve minutes and then lowered to the ground.
Internal loading: A uniformly distributed load such that the combined weight of container and test load is equal to 2 R. In the case of a tank-container, when the test weight of the internal load plus the tare weight is less than 2 R, a supplementary load distributed over the length of the tank is to be applied to the container. (i) Lifting from top corner ï¬ttings: Containers greater than 3 000 mm (10 ft) (nominal) in length shall have lifting forces applied vertically at all four top corner ï¬ttings. Containers of 3 000 mm (10 ft) (nominal) in length or less shall have lifting forces applied at all four top corner ï¬ttings, in such a way that the angle between each lifting device and the vertical shall be 30°.
Externally applied forces: Such as to lift the combined weight of 2 R in the manner prescribed (under the heading TEST PROCEDURES). (ii) Lifting from bottom corner ï¬ttings: Containers shall have lifting forces applied in such a manner that the lifting devices bear on the bottom corner ï¬ttings only. The lifting forces shall be applied at angles to the horizontal of: 30° for containers of length 12 000 mm (40 ft) (nominal) or greater, 37° for containers of length 9 000 mm (30 ft) (nominal) and up to but not including 12 000 mm (40 ft) (nominal), 45° for containers of length 6 000 mm (20 ft) (nominal) and up to but not including 9 000 mm (30 ft) (nominal), 60° for containers of less than 6 000 mm (20 ft) (nominal).
A uniformly distributed load such that The container shall be placed on bars the combined weight of container and which are in the same horizontal plane, test load is equal to 1,25 R. In the case of one bar centred within each fork-lift a tank-container, when the test weight of pocket which is used for lifting the loaded the internal load plus the tare weight is container. The bars shall be of the same less than 1,25 R, a supplementary load width as the forks intended to be used in distributed over the length of the tank is the handling, and shall project into the to be applied to the container. fork pocket 75% of the length of the fork pocket.
Externally applied forces: Such as to lift the combined weight of 1,25 R in the manner prescribed (under the heading TEST PROCEDURES). (ii) Lifting from grappler arm positions: The container shall be placed on pads in the same horizontal plane, one under each grappler arm position. These pads shall be of the same sizes as the lifting area of the grappler arms intended to be used.
Other methods: Where containers are designed to be lifted in the loaded condition by any method not mentioned in (A) or (B)(i) and (ii) they shall also be tested with the internal loading and externally applied forces representative of the acceleration conditions appropriate to that method.
2.1 For conditions of international transport where the maximum vertical acceleration forces vary signiï¬cantly from 1,8 g and when the container is reliably and effectively limited to such conditions of transport, the stacking load may be varied by the appropriate ratio of acceleration forces.
2.2 On successful completion of this test the container may be rated for the allowable superimposed static stacking weight, which should be indicated on the Safety Approval Plate against the heading ALLOWABLE STACKING WEIGHT FOR 1,8 g (kg and lb).
A uniformly distributed load such that the combined weight of container and test load is equal to 1,8 R. Tank-containers may be tested in the tare condition. The container, having the prescribed internal loading, shall be placed on four level pads which are in turn supported on a rigid horizontal surface, one under each bottom corner ï¬tting or equivalent corner structure. The pads shall be centralized under the ï¬ttings and shall be of approximately the same plan dimensions as the ï¬ttings.
Such as to subject each of the four top corner ï¬ttings to a vertical downward force equal to 0,25 Ã 1,8 Ã the allowable superimposed static stacking weight. Each externally applied force shall be applied to each of the corner ï¬ttings through a corresponding test corner ï¬tting or through a pad of the same plan dimensions. The test corner ï¬tting or pad shall be offset with respect to the top corner ï¬tting of the container by 25 mm (1 in) laterally and 38 mm (11â2 in) longitudinally.
Internal loading: None.
Externally applied forces: A concentrated load of 300 kg (660 lb) uniformly distributed over an area of 600 mm x 300 mm (24 in x 12 in). The externally applied forces shall be applied vertically downwards to the outer surface of the weakest area of the roof of the container.
Two concentrated loads, each of 2 730 kg (6 000 lb) and each applied to the container ï¬oor through a contact area of 142 cm2 (22 sq in). The test should be made with the container resting on four level supports under its four bottom corners in such a manner that the base structure of the container is free to deï¬ect. A testing device loaded to a weight of 5 460 kg (12 000 lb), that is 2 730 kg (6 000 lb) on each of two surfaces, having, when loaded, a total contact area of 284 cm2 (44 sq in), that is 142 cm2 (22 sq in) on each surface, the surface width being 180 mm (7 in) spaced 760 mm (30 in) apart, centre to centre, should be manoeuvred over the entire ï¬oor area of the container.
None. The container in tare condition shall be placed on four level supports, one under each bottom corner, and shall be restrained against lateral and vertical movement by means of anchor devices so arranged that the lateral restraint is provided only at the bottom corners diagonally opposite to those at which the forces are applied.
Such as to rack the end structures of the container sideways. The forces shall be equal to those for which the container was designed. The externally applied forces shall be applied either separately or simultaneously to each of the top corner ï¬ttings on one side of the container in lines parallel both to the base and to the planes of the ends of the container. The forces shall be applied ï¬rst towards and then away from the top corner ï¬ttings. In the case of containers in which each end is symmetrical about its own vertical centerline, one side only need be tested, but both sides of containers with asymmetric ends shall be tested.
A uniformly distributed load, such that The container, having the prescribed the combined weight of a container and internal loading, shall be restrained test load is equal to the maximum longitudinally by securing the two operating gross weight or rating, R. In bottom corner ï¬ttings or equivalent the case of a tank-container, when the corner structures at one end to suitable weight of the internal load plus the tare anchor points.
is less than the maximum gross weight or rating, R, a supplementary load is to be applied to the container.
Externally applied forces: Such as to subject each side of the container to longitudinal compressive and tensile forces of magnitude R, that is, a combined force of 2 R on the base of the container as a whole. The externally applied forces shall be applied ï¬rst towards and then away from the anchor points. Each side of the container shall be tested.
The end-walls should be capable of withstanding a load of not less than 0,4 times the maximum permissible payload. If, however, the end-walls are designed to withstand a load of less or greater than 0,4 times the maximum permissible payload, such a strength factor shall be indicated on the Safety Approval Plate in accordance with Annex I, Regulation 1.
Such as to subject the inside of an endwall to a uniformly distributed load of 0,4 P or such other load for which the container may be designed. The prescribed internal loading shall be applied as follows: Both ends of a container shall be tested except that where the ends are identical only one end need be tested. The endwalls of containers which do not have open sides or side doors may be tested separately or simultaneously. The end-walls of containers which do have open sides or side doors should be tested separately. When the ends are tested separately the reactions to the forces applied to the end-wall shall be conï¬ned to the base structure of the container.
Such as to subject the inside of a sidewall to a uniformly distributed load of 0,6 P or such other load for which the container may be designed. The prescribed internal loading shall be applied as follows: Both sides of a container shall be tested except that where the sides are identical only one side need be tested. Side-walls shall be tested separately and the reactions to the internal loading shall be conï¬ned to the corner ï¬ttings or equivalent corner structures. Open-topped containers shall be tested in the condition in which they are designed to be operated, for example, with removable top members in position.