Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173:body:0:p122
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 315835–318730

Shipowners should provide seafarers employed on liquefied gas carriers with appropriate training and instructions in the relevant operational and safety requirements associated with their duties and emergency situations.
Comprehensive operating instructions should be provided concerning the particular ship and cargo.
For each operation, the person in command should designate a competent officer who is familiar with the safe operation of liquefied gas carriers. The person in command should ensure that the designated officer has available an adequate number of experienced seafarers.
Particular attention is drawn to the need to:
       ensure that a full description of the cargo's physical and chemical properties is supplied with each cargo loaded;
       ensure that seafarers are made aware of the safety precautions and emergency action to be taken in the event of spillage:
       plan effective first aid treatment due to possible physical contact with liquefied gases or cold cryogenic pipelines, some of which can be at a temperature of minus 160 degrees Celsius;
       carry out emergency drills at regular intervals using personal protective equipment and safety and rescue devices.

22.6 Container ships
Operators must provide seafarers with specific training in the safe operation and maintenance of on-board container cranes.
Operators should provide each ship with instruction manuals for the operation and maintenance of cargo handling equipment. A stowing and securing manual must also be provided.
Each container should be fitted with a safety approval plate specifying the country of approval, date of manufacture, identification number, maximum operating gross weights, allowable stacking weight, transverse racking and test load value.
The stack height of containers should take account of their design strength and also not impair visibility from the bridge. The number of tiers on deck or in the hold should not exceed the design limitation of both the vessel and the container.
When carrying containers on a hatch cover the strength of the hatch cover should not be exceeded. Covers should be restrained against sliding and tipping by approved type stoppers and locking devices.
Containers stowed on deck should be secured to the ship, for example, by stacking cones and twist locks. Twist locks can be used effectively when containers are stowed one or two high, especially if the container in the second tier is either light loaded or empty. Care should be taken that twist locks are placed in the correct way and locked. When the number of tiers on deck exceeds two, stacking cones and wire or steel rod lashings should be used.
All containers should be effectively secured, preferably at the bottom corners, in a way that will prevent them sliding.
No restraint system should be imposed on containers, or any of their fittings, which create forces in excess