Ship's safety
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Codes - 2011 TDC Code – Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 – Resolution A.1048(27) - Annex A – Guidance In Developing Procedures and Checklists - A.2 Safety during loading and securing of timber deck cargoes - Ship's safety

Ship's safety

  A.2.3 All loading operations should be planned to immediately cease if a list develops for which there is no satisfactory explanation.

  A.2.4 In the event that the vessel takes up an unexplained list, then no further work should be undertaken until all ship's tanks are sounded and assessment made of the ship's stability condition.

  A.2.5 If deemed necessary, samples of the timber cargo should be weighed during loading and their actual weight should be compared to the weight stated by the shipper, in order to correctly assess the ship's stability.

  A.2.6 Draught checks should be regularly carried out during the course of loading and the ship's displacement should be calculated to ensure the ship's stability and draft in the final condition are within prescribed limits.

  A.2.7 Permitted loading weights on deck and hatches should not be exceeded.

  A.2.8 The stability of the ship should at all times be positive and in compliance with the ship's intact stability requirements.

  A.2.9 Emergency escape routes should be free and ready for use.

  A.2.10 There should be free access to ventilation ducts and valves if required.

  A.2.11 Obstructions, such as lashings or securing points, in the access way of escape routes or operational spaces and to safety equipment, fire-fighting equipment or sounding pipes should be avoided. Where they are unavoidable they should be clearly marked(11).

  A.2.12 Instructions on how to calculate the GM of the vessel will be provided in the approved stability manual and these instructions should be followed to determine the GM of the ship. An approximation of the GM may be obtained (when safe to do so) from the rolling period or static list at a late stage of loading. Rolling or static list may be initiated by quick or slow (as appropriate) shifting of cargo with the deck cranes or lowering cargo bundles onto other deck cargo at one side of the ship.

Parent topic: A.2 Safety during loading and securing of timber deck cargoes
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