Marine Orders - Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2 (Order No. 14 of 1997)
12Marking of cargo mass
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12 Marking of cargo mass
12.1 An article of cargo, a package, a container, a portable tank, an intermediate bulk container, a returnable cargo unit or other unitised articles of cargo of one tonne gross mass or more, to be loaded on a ship at a port in Australia, must be marked with its gross mass in accordance with Appendix 19 by the shipper of that article, package or unitised cargo.
12.2 If the actual gross mass is not marked on an article of transport equipment, it is deemed that the shipper has declared that the actual gross mass is equal to the maximum gross mass or, in the case of a flexible intermediate bulk container, the SWL marked on the item.