Marine order 32 sets out the requirements and responsibilities for:

• loading and unloading operations
• inspection, testing and maintenance of machinery and equipment used for loading and unloading a vessel—which belongs to the vessel
• safe working loads.

Legislation and incorporated material

• Navigation Act 2012

Related content

• Cargo regulations
• Cargo marine orders and publications
• Dangerous, hazardous and harmful cargoes handbook
• Information sheet—Marine Order 32
• Air pollution

Applications

• Certificate of test and examination of derricks and cranes (AMSA 365)
• Certificate of test and examination of cargo gear being blocks, chains, rings, hooks, shackles, swivels, connecting plates and overhauling weights (AMSA 366)
• Certificate of test and examination of cargo trays, crates, tubs, scrap bins and other loading and unloading receptacles (367)
• Certificate of test of wire rope (AMSA 368)
• Certificate of test and examination of cargo lifts and mechanical ramp (AMSA 641) 
• Certificate of test and examination of lifting beams (AMSA 642)

List of material referenced in this marine order:

• Marine Orders - Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2  – 1 February 1998
• Marine - Orders Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2 (Amendment) – 1 February 1999
• Marine Orders - Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2 (Amendment) – 15 March 1999
• Marine Orders - Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2 (Amendment) – 1 May 1999
• Issue 2 of Marine Orders Part 32 as in force on 5 December 2011 - Marine Orders - Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2 (Compilation No.1) – Issue 2 including amendments – 1 July 1999
• Marine Order 32, issue 3 – 6 December 2011
• Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2011 - 1 June 2013
• AS 1353.2-1997 borrow or purchase)
• AS 3569-2010 Steel Wire Ropes – Product specification, as amended by AS 3569-2010/Amdt 1-2012 (borrow or purchase)
• AS 3668-1989 Flexible intermediate bulk containers – Non-dangerous goods, (borrow or purchase)
• AS 4142.1-1993 Fibre ropes – Care and safe usage, (borrow or purchase)
• AS 4143.1-1993 Methods of Test for Fibre Ropes, (borrow or purchase)
• AS/NZS 1680.1:2006 Interior and workplace lighting – General principles and recommendations, (borrow or purchase)
• Code of practice safety and health in ports, 2005, International Labour Organization
• Guidance on access on hatchless container vessels – see MSC.1/Circ.1263 (borrow or purchase)
• International Convention for Safe Containers and the Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. C027), International Labour Organization
• International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) (access, borrow or purchase)
• ISO 6780:2003 Flat pallets for intercontinental materials handling – Principal dimensions and tolerances, (borrow or purchase)
• Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Recommendation 1979 (No. R160), International Labour Organization
• Safety and Health in Dock Work Convention 1979 (No.C152), International Labour Organization
• UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Model Regulations, United Nations

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