This publication presents amendments to the CSS Code, as amended.

The most recent amendments, approved at the eighty-seventh session of the Maritime Safety Committee (12 to 21 May 2010), include a new annex 14 on Guidance on providing safe working conditions for securing of containers on deck.

Also included are:

• Revised Guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual approved in May 2010;

• Elements to be taken into account when considering the safe stowage and securing of cargo units and vehicles in ships, as amended in 2010;

• Amendments to the Guidelines for securing arrangements for the transport of road vehicles on ro-ro ships, as amended in 2010.

Contents

Preface ... v

Resolution A.714(17)
Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing ... 1

Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing

Foreword ... 5

Chapter 1 - General ... 9

Chapter 2 - Principles of safe stowage and securing of cargoes ... 15

Chapter 3 - Standardized stowage and securing systems ... 19

Chapter 4 - Semi-standardized stowage and securing ... 21

Chapter 5 - Non-standardized stowage and securing ... 23

Chapter 6 - Actions which may be taken in heavy weather ... 25

Chapter 7 - Actions which may be taken once cargo has shifted ... 27

Annex 1 - Safe stowage and securing of containers on deck of ships which are not specially designed and fitted for the purpose of carrying containers ... 29

Annex 2 - Safe stowage and securing of portable tanks ... 33

Annex 3 - Safe stowage and securing of portable receptacles ... 37

Annex 4 - Safe stowage and securing of wheel-based (rolling) cargoes ... 40

Annex 5 - Safe stowage and securing of heavy cargo items such as locomotives, transformers, etc. ... 42

Annex 6 - Safe stowage and securing of coiled sheet steel ... 47

Annex 7 - Safe stowage and securing of heavy metal products ... 52

Annex 8 - Safe stowage and securing of anchor chains ... 54

Annex 9 - Safe stowage and securing of metal scrap in bulk ... 56

Annex 10 - Safe stowage and securing of flexible intermediate bulk containers ... 57

Annex 11 - General guidelines for the under-deck stowage of logs ... 60

Annex 12 - Safe stowage and securing of unit loads ... 64

Annex 13 - Methods to assess the efficiency of securing arrangements for non-standardized cargo ... 68

Note on annex 14 ... 87

Annex 14 - Guidance on providing safe working conditions for securing of containers on deck ... 89

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Resolution A.489(XII) – Safe stowage and securing of cargo units and other entities in ships other than cellular containerships ... 105

Appendix 2 - Revised guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual ... 108

Appendix 3 - Resolution A.533(13) – Elements to be taken into account when considering the safe stowage and securing of cargo units and vehicles in ships ... 120

Appendix 4 - Resolution A.581(14) – Guidelines for securing arrangements for the transport of road vehicles on ro–ro ships ... 125

Appendix 5 - Resolution A.864(20) – Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships ... 133

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