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Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2016

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 2
Compilation date: 1 January 2024

This compilation was prepared on 4 March 2024 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 12 — consequential changes) Order 2023
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation
6 Application
7 Exemptions
8 Equivalents
Division 2 Requirements for loading or unloading a vessel
9 Functions and duties of master
10 Loading and unloading — employment of seafarers
11 Use of equipment
12 Removal of equipment
13 Loading and unloading — general requirements
14 Unsafe or inadequate loading or unloading arrangements
15 Access on board vessels and safety of cargo spaces
16 Marking of cargo mass
17 Weighing of cargo
Division 3 Safe working load and certificates
18 Drawings and operational instructions
19 Determination and marking
20 SWL standards
21 Material handling equipment loads
22 Testing, examination, inspection and certification
23 Certificate of test
24 Record of inspection
25 Register of material handling equipment
26 Certificate of test or record of inspection to be kept on vessel
Division 4 Maintenance and repair of equipment used in loading and unloading
27 General
28 Ship machinery
29 Repairs to material handling equipment
30 Repaired equipment
31 Heat treatment
32 Transitional
Schedule 1 Safety during cargo operations
Schedule 2 Access on board vessels
Schedule 3 Testing and examination procedures
Schedule 4 Requirements for material handling equipment
Schedule 5 Safe use of material handling equipment
Schedule 6 Derricks and cranes used for loading or unloading
Division 1 Derricks
Division 2 Cranes
Division 3 Controls and brakes
Schedule 7 Marking of cargo mass
Schedule 8 Approved splices in wire rope
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
        This Order is Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2016.

2 Purpose
        This Order:
(a) prescribes matters for machinery and equipment that belong to a vessel and are used for loading or unloading the vessel, including inspection, testing, maintenance and operation; and
(b) gives effect to those parts of the following instruments of the International Labour Organization that apply to machinery, appliances and equipment that belong to a vessel and are used for loading or unloading the vessel:
 (i) Convention No. 27, Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels), 1929, as in force from time to time;
 (ii) Convention No. 152, Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work), 1979, as in force from time to time;
 (iii) Recommendation No.160, Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work), 1979, as in force from time to time;
 (iv) the ILO Code.

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this