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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventieth session (7 to 11 December 1998) expressed serious concern at the dangers to personnel working at the top of containers during container securing operations, which result from container securing arrangements being located in difficult and dangerous locations, and approved the Recommendation on safety of personnel during container securing operations (MSC/Circ.886).

  2 The Committee at its eighty-fourth session (7 to 16 May 2008) reiterated its concern at the dangers to personnel engaged in the operation of securing containers at deck level and approved the Revised Recommendation on safety of personnel during container securing operations, as set out in the annex.

  3 Member Governments are invited to bring this Revised Recommendation to the attention of port authorities, containership owners, designers and all other parties concerned and to consider other positive measures to address this problem in port and when approving cargo securing arrangements, as appropriate.

  4 This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.886 on Recommendation on safety of personnel during container securing operations.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1263 – Revised Recommendation on Safety of Personnel During Container Securing Operations – (9 June 2008)
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