Marine Orders - Part 32: Cargo Handling Equipment, Issue 2 (Order No. 14 of 1997)
17Maintenance and repairs
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17 Maintenance and repairs
17.1 General
Materials handling equipment, mechanical ventilation equipment, lighting and other equipment used in loading and unloading, must at all times be:
(a) properly maintained; and
(b) used only for its intended purpose.
17.2 Ship machinery
Whenever ship machinery is supplying power to materials handling equipment or other equipment being used in or in relation to loading or unloading, the master must ensure that a qualified person experienced in the operation and maintenance of the ship machinery is present on the ship.
17.3 Safety arrangements
17.3.1 If maintenance or repair work is carried out during loading or unloading, the person in charge must ensure that all persons are reasonably protected against accidental injury arising from the maintenance or repair work.
17.3.2 For the purpose of 17.3.1, the person in charge must assess the danger in the maintenance or repair work and must take into account the presence or likely presence of noxious gases, fumes, dust, radiation, excessive noise or other nuisance that could obstruct, interfere with or distract a person engaged in the loading or unloading.
17.4 Repairs to be competent
A person must not carry out repair work on materials handling equipment unless that person is:
(a) competent in the repair of that type of equipment; and
(b) equipped to perform that repair.
17.5 Heat treatment
A chain, ring, hook, shackle, swivel, connecting plate or overhauling weight that is subject to stress must not be used in loading or unloading after repair unless it has, if necessary, been subjected under the supervision of a responsible person to a process of heat treatment appropriate to its design and material to restore the mechanical properties of the material or to relieve any stress.
17.6 Verification
17.6.1 Repaired materials handling equipment must be tested or thoroughly examined in accordance with 15 before being put to use, unless the repair is:
(a) the normal periodic replacement of an individual component by a component having the same technical specification; or
(b) a minor repair to a non load bearing component.
17.6.2 Repaired materials handling equipment must not be put to use, until:
(a) the equipment is certified safe to use, in accordance with 15; or
(b) in the case of a repair referred to in 17.6.1, the repair is recorded in the register of materials handling equipment.
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