Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) - Australian Maritime ...

Requirements for lifting appliances Schedule 7Schedule 7Requirements for lifting appliances(subsection 29.1)1 Requirements for derricks1.1 Drawings and operational instructionsA derrick must not be used in loading or unloading unless the informationspecified in subsection 25.1 of this Order is readily available to the person incharge.1.2 Use of staysA derrick must not be used in loading or unloading unless all necessary stays,including backstays and preventer stays, to counteract loads on masts andderrick posts, other than stays such as shoulder stays necessarily disconnected toenable loading or unloading operations to proceed, are correctly fitted and kepttaut and secure during loading and unloading.1.3 Securing of guys in way of deck cargoWhen deck cargo is stowed against and above a vessel’s rails or bulwarks, awire rope pendant or a chain extending from a ring bolt or other anchorage onthe vessel must be provided:(a) of sufficient length to enable derrick guys and preventers to be attachedwithout the need for a person engaged in loading or unloading to gooverside; and(b) having a safe working load not less than the safe working load of thederrick guy or preventer with which it is to be associated.1.4 Permanent attachments to a derrickA derrick must not be used in loading or unloading unless all permanentattachments to the derrick, such as a ring bolt, eyebolt, padeye, lug, band or heelconnection or fitting:(a) are of suitable material and construction; and(b) have strength appropriate to the maximum load which may be imposed onthat attachment in accordance with the information specified insubclause 1.1.1.5 Securing of guys to a derrickFor the purpose of loading or unloading, each guy, guy block, preventer guy orsimilar rope must be individually secured to a derrick at a permanent attachmentcomplying with subclause 1.4, no more than 1 connection being made to eachsuch attachment except that, in the case of a preventer guy, an eye that has beenformed in 1 end by splicing may be placed around the derrick head in suchmanner that the eye is unlikely to be dislodged during loading or unloading.Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2011 61MO32 modcomp-130604Z.docx