Marine order 16—Load lines

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Marine order 16—Load lines [1]

Submitted by anathomson on Thu, 30/01/2020 - 15:06

About

Marine order 16 implements the international standards for vessel load lines including:

requirements of and compliance with the load lines convention
marking of vessels
circumstances when a vessel is overloaded
entries required in the official logbook of a regulated Australian vessels.

Marine order 507 sets out load line requirements for domestic commercial vessels.

Assistance and tools

Legislation and incorporated material

Marine order 507—load line certificates—national law [2]

Related content

Port State control inspection common load line issues [3]

Superseded

Federal Register of Legislation [4]

Reference

List of material referenced in this marine order:

Load lines convention ( [5]search, register or borrow [5]) [5]
Survey guidelines under the harmonised system of survey and certification (HSSC), 2011, IMO resolution A.1053(27). Current 2015 guidelines are available in IMO resolution A.1104(29 [6]).

Author

Standards

expiry_date

Thursday 30 January 2020

Summary

Meeting load line requirements.

Marine Order Number

16

Source URL: https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/marine-order-16-load-lines

Links
[1] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/marine-order-16-load-lines
[2] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/marine-order-507-load-line-certificates-national-law
[3] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/port-state-control/port-state-control-inspection-common-load-line-issues
[4] https://www.legislation.gov.au/
[5] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/conventions-underpinning-marine-orders
[6] https://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/Pages/Default.aspx