SUB-COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID CARGOES AND CONTAINERS 18th session 30 September 2013 REPORT TO THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE 1 AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS CHAPTER VI 1 The new paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 are added after the existing paragraph 3, as follows: "4 In the case of cargo carried in a container*, except for containers carried on a chassis or a trailer when such containers are driven on or off a ro-ro ship engaged in short international voyages as defined in regulation III/3, the gross mass according to paragraph 2.1 of this regulation shall be verified by the shipper, either by: .1 weighing the packed container using calibrated and certified equipment; or .2 weighing all packages and cargo items, including the mass of pallets, dunnage and other securing material to be packed in the container and adding the tare mass of the container to the sum of the single masses, using a certified method approved by the competent authority of the State in which packing of the container was completed. 5 The shipper of a container shall ensure the verified gross mass** is stated in the shipping document. The shipping document shall be: .1 signed by a person duly authorized by the shipper; and .2 submitted to the master or his representative and to the terminal representative sufficiently in advance, as required by the master or his representative, to be used in the preparation of the ship stowage plan***. 6 If the shipping document, with regard to a packed container, does not provide the verified gross mass and the master or his representative and the terminal representative have not obtained the verified gross mass of the packed container, it shall not be loaded on to the ship. GUIDELINES REGARDING THE VERIFIED GROSS MASS OF A CONTAINER CARRYING CARGO Introduction 1 To ensure the safety of the ship, the safety of workers both aboard ships and ashore, the safety of cargo and overall safety at sea, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), as amended, requires in chapter VI, part A, regulation 2 that packed containers' gross mass are verified
SUB-COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID CARGOES AND CONTAINERS 18th session 30 September 2013 REPORT TO THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE 1 AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS CHAPTER VI 1 The new paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 are added after the existing paragraph 3, as follows: "4 In the case of cargo carried in a container*, except for containers carried on a chassis or a trailer when such containers are driven on or off a ro-ro ship engaged in short international voyages as defined in regulation III/3, the gross mass according to paragraph 2.1 of this regulation shall be verified by the shipper, either by: .1 weighing the packed container using calibrated and certified equipment; or .2 weighing all packages and cargo items, including the mass of pallets, dunnage and other securing material to be packed in the container and adding the tare mass of the container to the sum of the single masses, using a certified method approved by the competent authority of the State in which packing of the container was completed. 5 The shipper of a container shall ensure the verified gross mass** is stated in the shipping document. The shipping document shall be: .1 signed by a person duly authorized by the shipper; and .2 submitted to the master or his representative and to the terminal representative sufficiently in advance, as required by the master or his representative, to be used in the preparation of the ship stowage plan***. 6 If the shipping document, with regard to a packed container, does not provide the verified gross mass and the master or his representative and the terminal representative have not obtained the verified gross mass of the packed container, it shall not be loaded on to the ship. GUIDELINES REGARDING THE VERIFIED GROSS MASS OF A CONTAINER CARRYING CARGO Introduction 1 To ensure the safety of the ship, the safety of workers both aboard ships and ashore, the safety of cargo and overall safety at sea, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), as amended, requires in chapter VI, part A, regulation 2 that packed containers' gross mass are verified
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