Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
- Code of Safe Working Practice for seafarers
- Comparison of single and double hull tankers
- Livestock investigations
- OHS Incident Reports
- Offshore Support Vessel Code
- Review of grain auditing procedures
- Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
- Ship-Helicopter Transfers
The Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
PDF: 652KB]The following introduction is an extract from the document linked above:
Introduction
1 This Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
has been developed by the International Maritime Organization to minimize
losses of bulk carriers.
2 The purpose of the Code is to assist persons responsible for the safe
loading or unloading of bulk carriers to carry out their functions and to
promote the safety of bulk carriers.
3 The Code primarily covers the safety of ships loading and unloading solid
bulk cargoes, excluding grain, and reflects current issues, best practices
and legislative requirements. Broader safety and pollution issues such as
those covered by the SOLAS, MARPOL and Load Line Conventions are not specifically
included in the Code.
4 The recommendations in this Code provide guidance to shipowners, masters,
shippers, operators of bulk carriers, charterers and terminal operators
for the safe handling, loading, and unloading of solid bulk cargoes. The
recommendations are subject to terminal and port requirements, or national
regulations. Persons responsible for the loading or unloading of bulk carriers
should also be aware of such regulations and requirements.
5 Masters and terminals loading and unloading solid bulk cargoes possessing
chemical hazards should also refer to SOLAS chapters II-2 and VII and to
MSC/Circ.675 (Recommendations on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Cargoes
and Related Activities in Port Areas).
6 The requirements of individual terminals and port authorities should be
published in terminal and port information books. The type of information
usually given in these books is listed in appendix 1. The books should be
given to the masters of ships where possible before or on arrival at a port
or terminal.
7 It is recommended that a copy of this Code be made available to every
ship, charterer and bulk loading or unloading terminal so that advice on
operational procedures is readily available and respective responsibilities
are identified.