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Group of Experts for the revision of the IMO/ILO/UNECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units
Fourth session Geneva, 4 – 6 November 2013 Item 4 of the provisional agenda Outcome of the eighteenth session of IMO Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers
Outcome of the eighteenth session of IMO Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers
Note by the secretariat
At its eighteenth session, the IMO Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) considered the draft IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for packing of cargo transport units (draft CTU Code).
The outcome of discussions and the recommendations made by DSC are contained in the annexes to this document for consideration by the Group of Experts, as follows:
Annex I Report of the IMO Working Group on Container Safety (DSC 18/WP.3)
Parts relating to the draft CTU Code are included in
paragraphs 1 – 4;
paragraphs 16 – 25;
paragraph 26, points 5 to 9;
Annex 4.
Annex II Excerpts from the draft report to the Maritime Safety Committee (DSC 18/WP.1)
(paragraphs 8.1 to 8.11 relating to the draft CTU Code)
Informal document EG GPC No. 4 (2013)
Distr.: Restricted 1 November 2013 Original: English
Informal document EG GPC No. 4 (2013)
Annex I
Report of the IMO Working Group on Container Safety (DSC 18/WP.3)
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: E
NG
LIS
H
DIS
CLA
IMER
A
s a
t its
da
te o
f iss
ue
, th
is d
ocu
me
nt,
in w
ho
le o
r in
pa
rt,
is s
ub
ject
to
con
sid
era
tion
by
the
IMO
org
an
t
o w
hic
h it
has
be
en
su
bmitt
ed.
Acc
ord
ing
ly, i
ts c
ont
en
ts a
re s
ubj
ect
to
ap
pro
val a
nd a
me
ndm
ent
o
f a
su
bsta
ntiv
e a
nd
dra
ftin
g n
atu
re, w
hic
h m
ay
be
ag
reed
aft
er
tha
t da
te.
DEV
ELO
PMEN
T O
F M
EASU
RES
TO
PR
EVEN
T LO
SS O
F C
ON
TAIN
ERS
R
EVIS
ION
OF
THE
GU
IDEL
INES
FO
R P
ACK
ING
OF
CAR
GO
TR
ANSP
OR
T U
NIT
S
Rep
ort o
f the
wor
king
gro
up
GEN
ERA
L 1
The
Wor
king
Gro
up o
n C
onta
iner
Saf
ety
met
fro
m 1
6 to
18
Sep
tem
ber
2013
und
er
the
chai
rman
ship
of
Mr.
K.
Sm
ith (
Uni
ted
Sta
tes)
. 2
The
gro
up w
as a
tten
ded
by d
eleg
atio
ns fr
om th
e fo
llow
ing
Mem
be
r G
ove
rnm
ent
s:
B
RA
ZIL
C
HIN
A
CY
PR
US
D
EN
MA
RK
E
ST
ON
IA
FIN
LAN
D
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AN
CE
G
ER
MA
NY
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RE
EC
E
JAP
AN
LI
BE
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AR
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IS
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A
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UB
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OF
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SS
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FE
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TIO
N
SLO
VA
KIA
S
PA
IN
SW
ED
EN
U
NIT
ED
KIN
GD
OM
U
NIT
ED
ST
AT
ES
and
the
follo
win
g A
ssoc
iate
Mem
ber
of IM
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he g
roup
was
als
o at
tend
ed b
y re
pres
enta
tives
fro
m t
he f
ollo
win
g U
nite
d N
atio
ns
and
spec
ializ
ed a
gen
cies
:
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L L
AB
OU
R O
RG
AN
IZA
TIO
N (
ILO
) U
NIT
ED
NA
TIO
NS
EC
ON
OM
IC C
OM
MIS
SIO
N F
OR
EU
RO
PE
(U
NE
CE
) an
d ob
serv
ers
from
the
follo
win
g n
on-g
over
nme
ntal
org
aniz
atio
ns in
con
sulta
tive
stat
us:
IN
TE
RN
AT
ION
AL
CH
AM
BE
R O
F S
HIP
PIN
G (
ICS
) IN
TE
RN
AT
ION
AL
OR
GA
NIZ
AT
ION
FO
R S
TA
ND
AR
DIZ
AT
ION
(IS
O)
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L A
SS
OC
IAT
ION
OF
PO
RT
S A
ND
HA
RB
OR
S (
IAP
H)
BIM
CO
IC
HC
A I
NT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L L
IMIT
ED
(IC
HC
A)
EU
RO
PE
AN
CH
EM
ICA
L I
ND
US
TR
Y C
OU
NC
IL (
CE
FIC
) IN
ST
ITU
TE
OF
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L C
ON
TA
INE
R L
ES
SO
RS
(IIC
L)
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L A
SS
OC
IAT
ION
OF
DR
ILLI
NG
CO
NT
RA
CT
OR
S (
IAD
C)
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L G
RO
UP
OF
PR
OT
EC
TIO
N A
ND
IN
DE
MN
ITY
AS
SO
CIA
TIO
NS
(P &
I C
lubs
) IN
TE
RN
AT
ION
AL
RO
AD
TR
AN
SP
OR
T U
NIO
N (
IRU
) T
HE
INT
ER
NA
TIO
NA
L M
AR
INE
CO
NT
RA
CT
OR
S A
SS
OC
IAT
ION
(IM
CA
) IN
TE
RN
AT
ION
AL
TR
AN
SP
OR
T W
OR
KE
RS
' FE
DE
RA
TIO
N (
ITF
) W
OR
LD S
HIP
PIN
G C
OU
NC
IL (
WS
C)
TH
E N
AU
TIC
AL
INS
TIT
UT
E (
NI)
TE
RM
S O
F R
EFER
ENC
E 4
Tak
ing
int
o ac
coun
t th
e co
mm
ents
and
dec
isio
ns m
ade
in p
lena
ry,
the
wor
king
g
roup
was
inst
ruct
ed t
o:
w
ith re
gard
to a
gend
a ite
m 5
.1
fin
aliz
e th
e dr
aft
amen
dmen
ts
to
SO
LAS
re
gula
tion
VI/2
an
d th
e dr
aft
Gui
delin
es r
egar
ding
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of a
con
tain
er c
arry
ing
car
go,
base
d on
doc
umen
t D
SC
18/
5;
.2
furt
her
cons
ider
the
mat
ter
rela
ted
to p
reve
ntin
g th
e us
e of
cou
nter
feit
refr
iger
ants
, ta
king
in
to
acco
unt
docu
men
t D
SC
18/
5/5,
an
d ad
vise
th
e S
ub-C
omm
ittee
on
how
to
deal
with
the
mat
ter
of r
espo
nsib
ility
, re
late
d to
th
e pr
opos
ed m
odifi
catio
ns o
f th
e dr
aft
amen
dmen
t to
par
agra
ph 7
.3.7
.2.4
of
the
IMD
G C
ode
to r
efer
to E
&T
20
for
final
iza
tion
;
with
rega
rd to
age
nda
item
8
.3
cons
ider
the
dra
ft C
TU
Cod
e (D
SC
18/
8),
taki
ng i
nto
acco
unt
docu
men
ts
DS
C 1
8/8/
1, D
SC
18/
8/2,
DS
C 1
8/7/
7, D
SC
18/
INF
.4 a
nd D
SC
18/
INF
.7,
in p
artic
ular
on
how
to
redu
ce t
he v
olum
e of
the
dra
ft C
ode
(e.g
. sp
littin
g th
e cu
rren
t dr
aft
into
tw
o, s
o th
at t
he f
irst
part
wou
ld b
e th
e dr
aft
Cod
e an
d th
e se
cond
pa
rt
wou
ld
be
anot
her
docu
men
t,
for
exam
ple
trai
ning
m
ater
ials
) an
d on
whi
ch p
ropo
sals
and
com
men
ts s
houl
d be
ref
lect
ed in
the
dr
aft C
ode,
and
adv
ise
the
Sub
-Com
mitt
ee a
ccor
ding
ly;
.4
adv
ise
th
e S
ub-C
omm
itte
e o
n h
ow
to
final
ize
th
e C
ode
(e.g
. re
ferr
ing
co
mm
ents
an
d de
cisi
ons
by
the
Sub
-Com
mitt
ee,
thro
ugh
the
IMO
S
ecre
taria
t, t
o th
e G
roup
of
Exp
erts
), t
akin
g i
nto
acco
unt
that
the
fou
rth
sess
ion
of t
he G
roup
of
Exp
erts
has
bee
n te
ntat
ivel
y p
lann
ed f
or 4
and
5
Nov
embe
r 20
13; a
nd
.5
subm
it a
writ
ten
repo
rt b
y F
rida
y, 2
0 S
epte
mbe
r 20
13.
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DEV
ELO
PMEN
T O
F M
EASU
RES
TO
PR
EVEN
T LO
SS O
F C
ON
TAIN
ERS
Dra
ft am
endm
ents
to S
OLA
S ch
apte
r VI
5 A
s in
stru
cted
by
the
Sub
-Com
mitt
ee,
the
grou
p co
nsid
ered
the
dra
ft a
men
dmen
ts t
o S
OLA
S c
hapt
er V
I, re
gar
ding
ma
ndat
ory
verif
icat
ion
of g
ross
wei
ght
of
cont
aine
rs,
base
d on
an
nex
1 t
o do
cum
ent
DS
C 1
8/5,
and
aft
er a
n in
-dep
th d
iscu
ssio
n of
all
the
issu
es i
nvo
lved
, th
e gr
oup
final
ized
the
dra
ft a
men
dmen
ts to
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ion
VI/2
, as
set
out
in a
nnex
1.
Dra
ft G
uide
lines
rega
rdin
g th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
car
ryin
g ca
rgo
6 H
avin
g c
onsi
dere
d th
e dr
aft
Gui
delin
es r
egar
ding
th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s of
a
cont
aine
r ca
rryi
ng c
arg
o (D
SC
18/
5, a
nnex
2),
the
gro
up t
ook
actio
n as
indi
cate
d he
reun
der.
Sc
ope
of a
pplic
atio
n 7
The
gro
up c
onsi
dere
d th
e co
mm
ents
fro
m t
he d
eleg
atio
n of
Spa
in,
mad
e in
ple
nary
, re
gar
ding
par
agra
ph 4
of
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
, co
ncer
ning
the
sco
pe o
f ap
plic
atio
n an
d co
nclu
ded
that
the
re is
no
cont
radi
ctio
n, a
s th
e dr
aft
Gui
delin
es a
pply
to
con
tain
ers
tend
ered
by
a s
hipp
er a
nd n
ot t
o si
ngle
car
go
item
s w
hich
are
del
iver
ed t
o th
e sh
ip a
nd p
acke
d on
bo
ard
into
a c
onta
iner
.
Met
hods
for o
btai
ning
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
of a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r 8
In c
onsi
derin
g c
omm
ents
fro
m t
he d
eleg
atio
n of
Spa
in c
once
rnin
g p
arag
raph
7.2
.1
of th
e dr
aft G
uide
lines
, the
gro
up a
gre
ed t
hat
no a
dditi
onal
am
endm
ents
wer
e ne
cess
ary.
Ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s 9
The
gro
up c
onsi
dere
d th
e co
mm
ents
fro
m t
he d
eleg
atio
n of
Bel
giu
m in
ple
nary
, th
at
in t
he d
raft
Gui
delin
es,
the
mas
s sh
ould
not
be
cons
ider
ed a
t th
e tim
e of
boo
king
, bu
t af
ter
the
cont
aine
r is
pac
ked,
and
not
ed t
hat
it is
rec
ogni
zed
that
it is
com
mer
cial
pra
ctic
e fo
r th
e sh
ippe
r to
pro
vide
a g
ross
mas
s to
the
car
rier
at t
he t
ime
of b
ooki
ng.
How
eve
r, i
n th
e dr
aft
amen
dmen
ts t
o S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
n V
I/2.5
and
par
agra
ph 8
of
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
reg
ardi
ng
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
of a
con
tain
er c
arry
ing
car
go
, as
set
out
in
anne
xes
1 an
d 2,
re
spec
tivel
y, i
t is
spe
cifie
d th
at i
t is
the
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
whi
ch m
ust
be u
sed
on t
he
docu
men
tatio
n an
d as
a c
ondi
tion
for
ship
loa
ding
. I
f th
e g
ross
mas
s is
alre
ady
verif
ied
at
the
time
of b
ooki
ng it
can
be
used
for
shi
p st
owag
e pu
rpos
es.
Equi
pmen
t 10
In
con
side
ring
sec
tion
11 (
Eq
uipm
ent)
of
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
on
whe
ther
acc
urac
y st
anda
rds
shou
ld b
e de
fined
in
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
, as
the
re m
ay b
e di
ffere
nt s
tand
ards
in
vari
ous
Sta
tes,
and
not
ing
that
IM
O g
uide
lines
can
not
inte
rfer
e w
ith n
atio
nal r
egul
atio
ns,
the
gro
up d
ecid
ed to
kee
p th
e dr
aft t
ext
as p
repa
red
by t
he c
orre
spon
denc
e gr
oup.
M
aste
r's d
iscr
etio
n 11
In
res
pons
e to
the
enq
uiry
fro
m t
he d
eleg
atio
n of
Gre
ece
abou
t th
e m
eani
ng a
nd
scop
e of
par
agra
ph 2
0 of
the
dra
ft G
uide
lines
, th
e co
nsen
sus
view
of
the
grou
p w
as t
hat
the
para
gra
ph a
s dr
afte
d em
bodi
es a
nd r
eaff
irms
the
Mas
ter's
dis
cret
ion
to r
equi
re a
n in
divi
dua
l pa
cked
con
tain
er t
o be
we
ighe
d as
con
ditio
n fo
r sh
ip s
tow
age
if th
e M
aste
r ha
s co
ncer
ns
abou
t th
e va
lidity
of
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
prov
ided
in
the
ship
ping
doc
umen
t. A
s th
is
alre
ady
follo
ws
from
the
per
tinen
t S
OLA
S p
rovi
sion
s, t
he g
roup
als
o ag
reed
tha
t it
is n
ot
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nece
ssar
y to
am
end
the
prop
osed
am
endm
ents
to
S
OLA
S
regu
latio
n V
I/2
and/
or
para
grap
h 20
of
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
fur
ther
reg
ardi
ng t
he M
aste
r's d
iscr
etio
n to
acc
ept
or
deny
shi
pmen
ts fo
r sh
ip s
tow
age.
En
forc
emen
t 12
T
he g
roup
con
side
red
the
com
men
ts f
rom
the
del
egat
ion
of t
he B
aham
as,
mad
e in
pl
enar
y, c
once
rnin
g e
nfor
cem
ent
and
how
obl
igat
ion
shou
ld b
e pl
ace
d on
por
t S
tate
s to
en
sure
shi
pper
s ar
e ac
ting
res
pons
ibly
. I
n th
is c
onte
xt,
the
grou
p re
view
ed p
arag
raph
s 21
an
d 22
of
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
and
am
ende
d th
e dr
aft
text
to
refle
ct t
hat
it is
a r
equi
rem
ent
of
Con
trac
ting
Par
ties
to e
nsur
e S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
are
enf
orce
d.
Dra
ft G
uide
lines
rega
rdin
g th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
car
ryin
g ca
rgo
13
Aft
er
a le
ngth
y di
scus
sion
of
al
l re
late
d m
atte
rs,
the
grou
p pr
epar
ed
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
reg
ardi
ng t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
car
ryin
g c
arg
o,
as s
et o
ut i
n an
nex
2.
Mat
ters
rela
ted
to p
reve
ntin
g th
e us
e of
cou
nter
feit
refr
iger
ants
14
In
co
nsid
erin
g m
atte
rs r
elat
ed
to
prev
entin
g th
e us
e of
co
unte
rfei
t re
frig
eran
ts,
taki
ng in
to a
ccou
nt d
ocum
ent
DS
C 1
8/5/
5 (I
CS
and
WS
C),
the
gro
up a
gre
ed t
o th
e pr
opos
ed
amen
dmen
ts
to
para
grap
h 7.
3.7.
2.4
and
to
the
new
dr
aft
para
gra
ph 7
.3.7
.2.5
of
th
e IM
DG
Cod
e,
with
ed
itoria
l m
odifi
catio
ns.
In
th
is
conn
ectio
n,
havi
ng
note
d th
at
the
afor
emen
tione
d pr
opos
ed a
men
dmen
ts s
houl
d be
con
side
red
in t
he c
onte
xt o
f ch
apte
r 7
of
the
IMD
G C
ode,
th
e g
roup
ag
reed
to
pr
opos
ed
cons
eque
ntia
l am
endm
ents
to
pa
rag
raph
7.3
.2.2
re
gar
ding
th
e re
spon
sibi
lity
of
the
cont
aine
r ow
ner,
an
d th
at
thes
e pr
opos
ed c
onse
que
ntia
l am
endm
ents
cou
ld i
mpa
ct o
n ot
her
part
s of
the
IM
DG
Cod
e an
d,
ther
efor
e, s
houl
d be
furt
her
cons
ider
ed b
y E
&T
20.
15
C
onse
que
ntly
, th
e g
roup
pr
epar
ed
draf
t am
endm
ents
to
ch
apte
r 7
of
the
IMD
G C
ode
for
subm
issi
on t
o E
&T
20
for
furt
her
cons
ider
atio
n, w
ith a
vie
w t
o fin
aliz
atio
n, a
s se
t ou
t in
ann
ex 3
(se
e al
so p
arag
raph
17)
. D
RA
FT C
OD
E O
F PR
AC
TIC
E FO
R P
AC
KIN
G O
F C
AR
GO
TR
AN
SPO
RT
UN
ITS
(CTU
CO
DE)
16
H
avin
g c
onsi
dere
d th
e dr
aft
Cod
e of
Pra
ctic
e fo
r P
acki
ng o
f C
arg
o T
rans
port
Uni
ts
(CT
U
Cod
e),
as
cont
aine
d in
th
e an
nex
to
docu
men
t D
SC
18/
8,
taki
ng
into
ac
coun
t do
cum
ents
D
SC
18/
8/1,
D
SC
18/
8/2,
D
SC
18/
7/7,
D
SC
18/
INF
.4
and
DS
C 1
8/IN
F.7
, co
mm
ents
mad
e in
ple
nary
, an
d af
ter
a le
ngth
y di
scus
sion
of
the
rela
ted
issu
es,
the
gro
up
took
act
ion
as in
dica
ted
here
unde
r.
Con
ditio
ns fo
r a c
onta
iner
pac
king
cer
tific
ate
17
In c
onsi
derin
g t
he p
ropo
sals
by
the
Rep
ublic
of
Kor
ea (
DS
C 1
8/7/
7),
rega
rdin
g t
he
conf
irmat
ion
of
the
C
SC
S
afet
y A
ppr
ova
l P
late
an
d th
e va
lidity
of
A
CE
P
or
Per
iodi
c E
xam
inat
ion
Sch
eme
of a
con
tain
er/v
ehic
le t
o m
itig
ate
any
risk
to s
afet
y th
at m
ay b
e ca
used
by
pot
entia
l st
ruct
ural
def
icie
ncie
s of
a c
onta
iner
/veh
icle
, th
e g
roup
was
of
the
view
tha
t th
e pr
opos
als
wou
ld n
ot a
ffect
the
dra
ft C
TU
Cod
e, a
nd t
here
fore
, no
pro
pose
d ch
ang
es w
ere
mad
e to
the
dra
ft C
ode.
H
ow
eve
r, t
he g
roup
agr
eed
to t
he p
ropo
sal
for
the
addi
tion
of t
he
two
new
par
agra
phs
7.3.
2.2.
1 an
d 7.
3.2.
2.2
to t
he I
MD
G C
ode,
as
set
out
in a
nnex
3 (
see
also
par
agra
ph 1
5).
4
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C 1
8/W
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age
5 I:
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Rec
omm
enda
tions
to
the
Gro
up o
f Ex
pert
s fo
r th
e re
visi
on o
f th
e IM
O/IL
O/U
NEC
E gu
idel
ines
for p
acki
ng o
f car
go tr
ansp
ort u
nits
18
In
con
side
ratio
n of
com
men
ts m
ade
in p
lena
ry c
once
rnin
g m
etho
ds t
o re
duce
the
vo
lum
e, t
he g
roup
ag
reed
tha
t th
e dr
aft
CT
U C
ode
shou
ld b
e us
er-f
riend
ly (
e.g.
, co
lour
in
dexe
d),
divi
ded
in t
hree
par
ts, a
s fo
llow
s:
.1
m
ain
body
; .2
an
nexe
s, w
hich
are
ref
eren
ced
in t
he m
ain
body
; and
.3
ap
pend
ices
, co
ntai
ning
info
rmat
ive
mat
eria
l. 19
In
lig
ht o
f th
e ab
ove,
the
gro
up a
lso
agre
ed t
hat
the
IMO
/ILO
/UN
EC
E G
roup
of
Exp
erts
sho
uld
iden
tify
the
refe
renc
ed a
nne
xes
and
info
rmat
ive
mat
eria
l an
d pl
ace
them
ac
cord
ing
ly.
20
Add
ition
ally
, th
e g
roup
dec
ided
tha
t th
e dr
aft
Cod
e sh
ould
be
ava
ilabl
e o
n th
e w
eb,
free
of
char
ge,
for
ease
of
diss
emin
atio
n.
In o
rder
to
faci
litat
e th
e di
ssem
inat
ion
of t
he C
ode,
th
e IM
O/IL
O/U
NE
CE
Sec
reta
riat
shou
ld c
onsi
der
crea
ting
a w
ebsi
te d
edic
ated
to
CT
Us.
In
this
con
nect
ion,
the
rep
rese
ntat
ive
of t
he U
NE
CE
inf
orm
ed t
he g
roup
tha
t th
e U
NE
CE
co
uld
chec
k th
e po
ssib
ility
of
the
crea
tion
of t
he w
ebsi
te a
nd r
epo
rt t
o th
e G
roup
of
Exp
erts
on
thi
s m
atte
r.
The
rep
rese
ntat
ive
also
info
rmed
the
gro
up t
hat
the
late
st in
form
atio
n of
the
G
roup
of
Exp
erts
can
be
foun
d in
the
follo
win
g w
ebs
ite:
http
://w
ww
.une
ce.o
rg/tr
ans/
wp2
4/g
uide
lines
pack
ing
ctus
/intr
o.ht
ml
Con
cret
e pr
opos
als
21
As
inst
ruct
ed b
y th
e S
ub-C
omm
ittee
, th
e gr
oup
cons
ider
ed t
he p
ropo
sals
con
tain
ed
in d
ocum
ents
DS
C 1
8/8/
1, D
SC
18/
8/2,
DS
C 1
8/IN
F.4
and
DS
C 1
8/IN
F.7
and
pre
pare
d a
Rec
omm
enda
tion
whi
ch c
onsi
sts
of a
con
solid
atio
n of
all
prop
osal
s, a
s se
t out
in a
nnex
4,
for
refe
rral
to
the
IMO
/ILO
/UN
EC
E G
roup
of
Exp
erts
mee
ting
on
4 an
d 5
Nov
embe
r 20
13,
in G
enev
a.
Issu
es w
hich
the
wor
king
gro
up d
id n
ot c
onsi
der
in d
etai
l due
to
its v
ery
tech
nica
l na
ture
, or
whe
re c
onse
nsus
cou
ld n
ot b
e re
ache
d,
wer
e pu
t in
to s
qua
re b
rack
ets
for
furt
her
cons
ider
atio
n by
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts.
It
shou
ld b
e no
ted
that
the
Rec
omm
enda
tion
is n
ot
an e
xten
sive
lis
t of
pro
pose
d a
men
dmen
ts t
o th
e dr
aft
CT
U C
ode.
T
here
fore
, M
embe
r G
over
nmen
ts a
nd i
nter
natio
nal
org
aniz
atio
ns a
re e
ncou
rag
ed t
o su
bmit
furt
her
com
men
ts
and
prop
osal
s di
rect
ly t
o th
e U
NE
CE
Sec
reta
riat* ,
at t
he
very
la
test
b
y 8
Oct
obe
r, f
or
cons
ider
atio
n by
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts.
22
The
maj
ority
of
the
gro
up w
as o
f th
e op
inio
n th
at th
e dr
aft
CT
U C
ode,
as
final
ized
by
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts,
at i
ts f
ourt
h m
eetin
g,
in G
enev
a, s
houl
d be
su
bmitt
ed d
irect
ly t
o M
SC
93
for
appr
oval
. I
n th
is c
onte
xt,
the
gro
up i
nvi
ted
the
Sub
-Com
mitt
ee
to r
equ
est
the
Sec
reta
riat t
o ta
ke a
ctio
n as
app
ropr
iate
.
*
Mrs
. Val
éri
e B
lan
char
d A
ssoc
iate
Eco
nom
ic A
ffai
rs O
ffice
r S
ust
ain
abl
e T
ran
spo
rt S
ect
ion
T
rans
port
Div
isio
n U
nite
d N
atio
ns
Eco
nom
ic C
omm
issi
on fo
r E
urop
e
CH
-121
1 G
enèv
e 1
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witz
erla
nd
Te
l.:
+4
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2 9
17 2
3 9
2
E-m
ail:
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leri
e.b
lanc
ha
rd@
un
ece
.org
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C 1
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age
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23
The
obs
erve
rs f
rom
IC
S a
nd W
SC
rai
sed
conc
erns
with
res
pect
to
the
prop
osal
s of
S
lova
kia
and
Sw
eden
con
tain
ed i
n do
cum
ent
DS
C 1
8/8/
1, n
otin
g th
at t
ests
wer
e co
nduc
ted
on c
onta
iner
s in
a s
tatic
sta
te t
hat
mig
ht n
ot r
efle
ct t
he
stre
sses
to w
hich
con
tain
ers
wou
ld b
e su
bjec
ted
durin
g s
ea t
rans
port
. F
urth
erm
ore
it w
as n
oted
tha
t th
e te
sts
prod
uced
val
ues
low
er t
han
thos
e cu
rren
tly r
ecom
men
ded
by in
dust
ry b
est
prac
tice
, in
par
ticul
ar t
he G
erm
an
Con
tain
er H
andb
ook.
T
he o
bser
vers
wer
e co
ncer
ned
that
the
fin
ding
s co
uld
repr
esen
t a
decr
ease
in
co
ntai
ner
safe
ty
stan
dard
s,
and
coul
d ha
ve
serio
us
impl
icat
ions
fo
r th
e co
ntin
ued
safe
ope
ratio
ns o
f co
ntai
ners
if
incl
uded
in
a g
loba
lly d
isse
min
ated
gui
danc
e do
cum
ent.
24
Fol
low
ing
dis
cuss
ion,
Slo
vaki
a an
d S
wed
en h
ave
cla
rifie
d th
at in
the
tes
ts d
escr
ibed
in
doc
umen
t D
SC
18/
INF
.4,
dyna
mic
for
ces
we
re c
onsi
dere
d in
the
sam
e m
anne
r th
at i
s pr
escr
ibed
for
test
s of
con
tain
er f
loor
str
eng
th b
y IS
O S
tand
ard
1496
-1.
25
In
cons
ider
ing
the
cont
inue
d di
sag
reem
ent
on
whe
ther
to
in
clud
e O
ptio
n 1
or
O
ptio
n 2,
as
amen
ded,
in
appe
ndix
5 t
o an
nex
14 t
o th
e dr
aft
CT
U C
ode,
and
the
ind
ustr
y co
ncer
ns a
bout
pos
sibl
e re
duct
ion
of c
onta
iner
saf
ety,
as
a re
sult
of t
he f
orm
ulas
des
crib
ed
in d
ocum
ent
DS
C 1
8/8/
1, t
he g
roup
was
of
the
vie
w t
hat
effo
rts
shou
ld b
e m
ade
to t
ry t
o fa
cilit
ate
an a
gre
emen
t at
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts m
eetin
g.
In t
his
cont
ext,
the
grou
p ag
reed
to
reco
mm
end
to t
he S
ub-C
omm
ittee
tha
t th
e IS
O b
e in
vite
d to
rev
iew
, ta
king
int
o ac
coun
t ex
istin
g IS
O
stan
dard
s,
the
curr
ent
Opt
ions
1
and
2 an
d th
e af
orem
entio
ned
form
ulas
co
ntai
ned
in d
ocum
ent
DS
C 1
8/8/
1 an
d, f
urth
er,
to i
nfor
m t
he G
roup
of
Exp
erts
of
the
conc
lusi
ons
and
reco
mm
enda
tions
aris
ing
from
thi
s re
vie
w.
A CTI
ON
REQ
UES
TED
OF
THE
SUB
-CO
MM
ITTE
E 26
T
he S
ub-C
omm
ittee
is in
vite
d to
app
rove
the
repo
rt in
gen
eral
and
, in
part
icul
ar, t
o:
.1
ag
ree
to t
he d
raft
amen
dmen
ts t
o S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
n V
I/2
for
subm
issi
on t
o M
SC
93
for
appr
oval
, w
ith a
vie
w t
o su
bseq
uent
ado
ptio
n (p
arag
raph
5 a
nd
anne
x 1)
; .2
ag
ree
to
the
draf
t G
uide
lines
re
gard
ing
the
veri
fied
gros
s m
ass
of
a co
ntai
ner
carr
ying
ca
rgo
fo
r su
bmis
sion
to
M
SC
93
for
appr
oval
(p
arag
raph
13
and
anne
x 2)
; .3
ag
ree,
in p
rinci
ple,
to
the
draf
t a
men
dmen
ts t
o ch
apte
r 7
of t
he I
MD
G C
ode
for
subm
issi
on
to
E&
T 2
0 fo
r fu
rthe
r co
nsid
erat
ion,
w
ith
a vi
ew
to
fin
aliz
atio
n (p
arag
raph
15
and
anne
x 3)
; .4
en
dors
e th
e g
roup
's r
ecom
men
datio
n to
ins
truc
t E
&T
20
to c
onsi
der
the
impa
ct o
f th
e dr
aft
amen
dmen
ts t
o pa
ragr
aph
7.3.
2.2
on o
ther
par
ts o
f th
e IM
DG
Cod
e, a
nd t
o pr
epar
e an
y ne
cess
ary
cons
eque
ntia
l am
endm
ents
to
the
Cod
e, a
s ap
prop
riate
(pa
rag
raph
14)
; .5
ag
ree
to t
he r
ecom
men
datio
ns f
or t
he G
roup
of
Exp
erts
for
the
rev
isio
n of
th
e IM
O/IL
O/U
NE
CE
Gui
delin
es f
or P
acki
ng o
f C
arg
o T
rans
port
Uni
ts f
or
subm
issi
on t
o th
e IM
O/IL
O/U
NE
CE
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts m
eetin
g,
on 4
and
5
Nov
embe
r 20
13, i
n G
enev
a (p
arag
raph
21,
ann
ex 4
);
.6
endo
rse
the
gro
ups
reco
mm
enda
tion
to i
nvite
Mem
ber
Gov
ernm
ents
and
in
tern
atio
nal o
rgan
izat
ions
to
send
fur
ther
com
men
ts a
nd p
ropo
sals
, if
any,
di
rect
ly t
o th
e to
the
UN
EC
E S
ecre
taria
t, f
or c
onsi
dera
tion
by t
he G
roup
of
Exp
erts
(pa
rag
raph
21)
;
5
DS
C 1
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age
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.7
endo
rse
the
grou
p's
reco
mm
enda
tion
to s
ubm
it th
e dr
aft
CT
U C
ode,
as
final
ized
by
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts,
at i
ts f
ourt
h m
eetin
g, i
n G
enev
a, t
o M
SC
93
for
appr
oval
, an
d re
que
st
the
Sec
reta
riat
to
take
ac
tion
as
appr
opria
te (
para
gra
ph 2
2); a
nd
.8
endo
rse
the
gro
up's
rec
omm
end
atio
n to
inv
ite I
SO
to
re
vie
w,
taki
ng i
nto
acco
unt
exis
ting
IS
O
stan
dard
s,
the
curr
ent
O
ptio
ns
1 an
d 2
and
the
form
ulas
con
tain
ed i
n do
cum
ent
DS
C 1
8/8/
1, a
nd s
ubm
it th
e co
nclu
sion
s an
d re
com
men
datio
ns a
risin
g fr
om
thi
s re
view
dire
ctly
to
th
e G
roup
of
Exp
erts
for
th
e re
visi
on
of t
he
IM
O/I
LO/U
NE
CE
gu
idel
ines
for
pac
king
of
carg
o tr
ansp
ort u
nits
(pa
rag
raph
25)
.
***
6
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e 1
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EX 1
DR
AFT
AMEN
DM
ENTS
TO
SO
LAS
CH
APTE
R V
I
Part
A
Gen
eral
Pro
visi
ons
Reg
ulat
ion
2 –
Car
go in
form
atio
n T
he n
ew p
arag
raph
s 4,
5 a
nd 6
are
add
ed a
fter
the
exis
ting
para
gra
ph 3
, as
follo
ws:
"4
In t
he c
ase
of c
argo
car
ried
in a
con
tain
er*,
the
gro
ss m
ass
acco
rdin
g t
o pa
ragr
aph
2.1
of t
his
regu
latio
n sh
all b
e ve
rifie
d by
the
shi
pper
, ei
ther
by:
.1
we
ighi
ng
the
pack
ed
cont
aine
r us
ing
ca
libra
ted
and
cert
ified
eq
uipm
ent;
or
.2
we
ighi
ng a
ll pa
ckag
es a
nd c
arg
o ite
ms,
inc
ludi
ng t
he
mas
s of
pa
llets
, du
nnag
e an
d ot
her
secu
ring
mat
eria
l to
be
pack
ed i
n th
e co
ntai
ner
and
addi
ng t
he t
are
mas
s of
the
con
tain
er t
o th
e su
m o
f th
e si
ngle
m
asse
s,
usin
g
a ce
rtifi
ed
met
hod
appr
oved
by
th
e co
mpe
tent
aut
horit
y of
the
Sta
te i
n w
hich
pac
king
of
the
cont
aine
r w
as c
ompl
eted
.
5 T
he s
hipp
er o
f a
cont
aine
r sh
all e
nsur
e th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s† is
sta
ted
in
the
ship
ping
doc
umen
t. T
he s
hipp
ing
docu
men
t sha
ll be
:
.1
sig
ned
by a
per
son
duly
aut
horiz
ed b
y th
e sh
ippe
r; a
nd
.2
su
bmitt
ed t
o th
e m
aste
r or
his
rep
rese
ntat
ive
and
to t
he t
erm
inal
re
pres
enta
tive
suff
icie
ntly
in a
dvan
ce,
as r
equi
red
by t
he m
aste
r or
hi
s re
pres
enta
tive,
to
be
us
ed
in
the
prep
arat
ion
of
the
ship
st
owag
e pl
an‡ .
6
If t
he s
hipp
ing
doc
umen
t, w
ith r
egar
d to
a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner,
doe
s no
t pr
ovid
e th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
m
ass
and
the
mas
ter
or
his
repr
esen
tativ
e
and
the
term
inal
rep
rese
ntat
ive
have
not
obt
ain
ed t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s of
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r, it
sha
ll no
t be
load
ed o
n to
the
ship
. __
____
____
____
____
____
__
* T
he
te
rm "
cont
ain
er"
has
th
e sa
me
me
an
ing
as
tha
t te
rm i
s d
efin
ed
an
d a
pp
lied
in
the
In
tern
atio
nal
Con
vent
ion
for
Saf
e C
onta
iner
s (C
SC
), 1
972,
as
am
en
ded
, ta
king
in
to a
cco
unt
the
Gui
delin
es f
or t
he
appr
oval
of
of
fsho
re
cont
aine
rs
hand
led
in
open
se
as
(MS
C.1
/Cir
c.8
60)
and
th
e R
evis
ed
Re
com
men
da
tions
on
ha
rmo
nize
d i
nte
rpre
tatio
n a
nd
im
plem
en
tatio
n o
f th
e I
nte
rna
tion
al C
on
ven
tion
for
S
afe
Co
nta
ine
rs, 1
972
, as
am
en
de
d (C
SC
.1/C
irc.1
38/R
ev.
1).
†
Ref
er t
o th
e G
uide
lines
reg
ardi
ng t
he v
erifi
ed
gro
ss m
ass
of a
co
nta
ine
r ca
rryi
ng
ca
rgo
(MS
C.1
/Circ
.[…]).
‡
Th
is d
ocu
men
t m
ay
be
pre
sen
ted
by
me
ans
of
ED
P o
r E
DI
tra
nsm
issi
on
tec
hniq
ues.
Th
e si
gna
ture
may
b
e e
lect
ron
ic s
igna
ture
or
ma
y b
e r
epl
ace
d b
y th
e n
am
e in
ca
pita
ls o
f th
e p
ers
on a
uth
ori
zed
to
sig
n."
**
*
7
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e 1
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DR
AFT
MSC
CIR
CU
LAR
GU
IDEL
INES
REG
ARD
ING
TH
E VE
RIF
IED
GR
OSS
MAS
S O
F A
CO
NTA
INER
CAR
RYI
NG
CAR
GO
1 T
he M
ariti
me
Saf
ety
Com
mitt
ee,
at i
ts [
nine
ty-t
hird
ses
sion
(14
to
23 M
ay 2
014)
],
havi
ng c
onsi
dere
d th
e pr
opos
al b
y th
e S
ub-C
omm
ittee
on
Dan
ger
ous
Goo
ds,
Sol
id C
arg
oes
and
Con
tain
ers,
at
its
ei
ght
eent
h
sess
ion
(16
to
20
Sep
tem
ber
2013
),
appr
oved
th
e G
uide
lines
reg
ardi
ng th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
car
ryin
g ca
rgo,
as
set
out
in t
he
anne
x.
2 T
he
Gui
delin
es
are
inte
nded
to
es
tabl
ish
a co
mm
on
appr
oach
fo
r th
e im
plem
enta
tion
and
enfo
rcem
ent
of t
he S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
reg
ardi
ng t
he v
erifi
catio
n of
the
g
ross
mas
s of
pac
ked
cont
aine
rs.
3 M
embe
r G
over
nmen
ts a
re in
vite
d to
brin
g t
he
anne
xed
Gui
delin
es t
o th
e at
tent
ion
of
all p
artie
s co
ncer
ned.
* * *
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e 2
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AN
NE
X
G
UID
ELIN
ES R
EGAR
DIN
G T
HE
VER
IFIE
D G
RO
SS M
ASS
OF
A C
ON
TAIN
ER C
ARR
YIN
G C
ARG
O
In
trod
uctio
n 1
To
ensu
re t
he s
afet
y of
the
shi
p, t
he s
afet
y of
wor
kers
bot
h ab
oard
shi
ps a
nd
asho
re,
the
safe
ty o
f ca
rgo
and
over
all
safe
ty a
t se
a, t
he I
nter
natio
nal
Con
vent
ion
for
the
Saf
ety
of L
ife a
t S
ea (
SO
LAS
), a
s am
ende
d, r
equi
res
in c
hapt
er V
I, pa
rt A
, re
gul
atio
n 2
that
pa
cked
con
tain
ers'
gro
ss m
ass
are
verif
ied
prio
r to
sto
wag
e ab
oard
shi
p.
The
shi
pper
is
resp
onsi
ble
for
the
verif
icat
ion
of t
he g
ross
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
car
ryin
g c
arg
o (h
erei
naft
er
"a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner"
).
The
shi
pper
is
also
res
pons
ible
for
ens
urin
g t
hat
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
is c
omm
unic
ated
in
the
ship
ping
doc
umen
ts s
uffic
ient
ly i
n ad
vanc
e t
o be
use
d by
the
sh
ip's
mas
ter
or h
is r
epre
sent
ativ
e an
d th
e te
rmin
al r
epre
sent
ativ
e in
the
pre
para
tion
of t
he
ship
sto
wag
e pl
an.
In
the
abse
nce
of t
he s
hipp
er p
rovi
ding
the
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of t
he
pack
ed c
onta
iner
, th
e co
ntai
ner
shou
ld n
ot b
e lo
aded
on
to t
he s
hip
unle
ss t
he m
aste
r or
his
re
pres
enta
tive
and
the
term
inal
rep
rese
nta
tive
have
obt
aine
d th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s th
roug
h ot
her
mea
ns.
2 T
he
purp
ose
of
thes
e G
uide
lines
is
to
es
tabl
ish
a co
mm
on
appr
oach
fo
r th
e im
plem
enta
tion
and
enfo
rcem
ent
of t
he S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
reg
ardi
ng t
he v
erifi
catio
n of
the
g
ross
mas
s of
pac
ked
con
tain
ers.
T
he G
uide
lines
pro
vide
rec
omm
enda
tions
on
how
to
inte
rpre
t an
d ap
ply
the
prov
isio
ns o
f th
e S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
. T
hey
also
iden
tify
issu
es t
hat
may
aris
e fr
om t
he a
pplic
atio
n of
the
se r
equ
irem
ents
and
pro
vide
gui
danc
e fo
r ho
w s
uch
issu
es s
houl
d be
res
olve
d. A
dher
ence
to
thes
e G
uide
lines
will
fac
ilita
te c
ompl
ianc
e w
ith t
he
SO
LAS
req
uire
men
ts b
y sh
ippe
rs o
f co
ntai
neriz
ed s
hipm
ents
, an
d th
ey w
ill a
ssis
t ot
her
part
ies
in i
nter
natio
nal
cont
aine
rized
sup
ply
chai
ns,
incl
udin
g sh
ippi
ng c
ompa
nies
and
por
t te
rmin
al
faci
litie
s an
d th
eir
empl
oyee
s,
in
unde
rsta
ndin
g
thei
r re
spec
tive
role
s in
ac
com
plis
hing
the
enh
ance
men
t of t
he s
afe
hand
ling
, sto
wag
e an
d tr
ansp
ort
of c
onta
iner
s.
Def
initi
ons
3 F
or th
e pu
rpos
e of
thes
e G
uide
lines
:
Adm
inis
tratio
n m
eans
the
Gov
ernm
ent
of t
he S
tate
who
se f
lag
the
ship
is e
ntitl
ed t
o fly
. C
alib
rate
d an
d ce
rtifie
d eq
uipm
ent m
eans
a s
cale
, w
eig
hbrid
ge,
lift
ing
equ
ipm
ent
or
any
othe
r de
vice
, ca
pabl
e of
de
term
inin
g
the
actu
al
gro
ss
mas
s of
a
pack
ed
cont
aine
r or
of
pack
ages
and
car
go
item
s, p
alle
ts,
dunn
age
and
othe
r pa
ckin
g a
nd
secu
ring
mat
eria
l, th
at m
eets
the
acc
urac
y st
anda
rds
and
req
uire
men
ts o
f th
e S
tate
in
whi
ch t
he e
qui
pmen
t is
bein
g us
ed.
Car
go it
ems
has
the
sam
e ge
nera
l mea
ning
as
the
term
"ca
rgo
" in
th
e In
tern
atio
nal
Con
vent
ion
for
Saf
e C
onta
iner
s, 1
972,
as
amen
ded
(her
eina
fter
refe
rred
to
as "
the
CS
C")
, an
d m
eans
an
y g
oods
, w
ares
, m
erch
andi
se,
liqui
ds,
gas
es,
solid
s an
d ar
ticle
s of
eve
ry k
ind
wha
tsoe
ver
carr
ied
in c
onta
iner
s pu
rsua
nt t
o a
cont
ract
of
carr
iag
e. H
owe
ver,
shi
p's
equi
pmen
t an
d sh
ip's
sup
plie
s1 , in
clud
ing
shi
p's
spa
re
part
s an
d st
ores
, car
ried
in c
onta
iner
s ar
e no
t reg
arde
d as
car
go.
1 R
efe
r to
the
re
vise
d R
eco
mm
end
atio
ns
on
the
sa
fe t
rans
port
of
da
nge
rous
ca
rgo
es a
nd r
ela
ted
act
iviti
es
in
port
are
as (
MS
C.1
/Cir
c.12
16).
8
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e 3
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Con
tain
er h
as t
he s
ame
mea
ning
as
the
term
"co
ntai
ner"
in t
he C
SC
and
mea
ns a
n ar
ticle
of t
rans
port
eq
uipm
ent:
(a)
of
a p
erm
anen
t ch
arac
ter
and
acco
rdin
gly
str
ong
enou
gh
to b
e su
itabl
e fo
r re
peat
ed u
se;
(b)
sp
ecia
lly d
esig
ned
to f
acili
tate
the
tra
nspo
rt o
f g
oods
, by
one
or
mor
e m
odes
of t
rans
port
, with
out
inte
rmed
iate
rel
oadi
ng;
(c)
de
sig
ned
to b
e se
cure
d an
d/or
rea
dily
han
dle
d, h
avi
ng c
orne
r fit
ting
s fo
r th
ese
purp
oses
; an
d (d
)
of a
siz
e su
ch t
hat
the
area
enc
lose
d by
the
fou
r ou
ter
botto
m c
orne
rs i
s ei
ther
:
(i)
at le
ast 1
4 m
2 (1
50 s
q. ft
.); o
r
(ii)
at le
ast 7
m2 (
75 s
q. ft
.) if
it is
fitt
ed w
ith t
op c
orne
r fit
tings
.
The
ter
m c
onta
iner
inc
lude
s ta
nk-c
onta
iner
s, f
lat-
rack
s, b
ulk
cont
aine
rs e
tc.
Als
o in
clud
ed
are
cont
aine
rs
carr
ied
on
a ch
assi
s or
a
trai
ler
exce
pt
whe
n su
ch
cont
aine
rs a
re d
riven
on
or o
ff a
ro-r
o sh
ip e
ngag
ed i
n sh
ort
inte
rnat
iona
l vo
yag
es
(see
def
initi
on o
f sh
ip).
E
xclu
ded
fro
m t
he d
efin
ition
is
any
type
of
veh
icle
2 . A
lso
excl
uded
fro
m t
he d
efin
ition
are
"of
fsho
re c
onta
iner
s" t
o w
hich
the
CS
C,
acco
rdin
g to
the
Gui
delin
es f
or t
he a
ppro
val
of o
ffsh
ore
cont
aine
rs h
andl
ed i
n o
pen
seas
(MS
C/C
irc.8
60)
and
the
Rev
ised
Rec
omm
end
atio
ns o
n ha
rmon
ized
int
erpr
etat
ion
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
Int
erna
tiona
l C
onv
entio
n fo
r S
afe
Con
tain
ers,
197
2, a
s am
ende
d (C
SC
.1/C
irc.1
38/R
ev.
1),
doe
s no
t ap
ply.
C
ontra
ct o
f ca
rria
ge m
eans
a c
ontr
act
in w
hich
a s
hipp
ing
com
pany
, ag
ains
t th
e pa
ymen
t of
fre
ight
, un
dert
akes
to
carr
y g
oods
fro
m o
ne p
lace
to
anot
her.
T
he
cont
ract
may
tak
e th
e fo
rm o
f, o
r be
evi
denc
ed b
y a
docu
men
t su
ch a
s se
a w
ayb
ill,
a bi
ll of
ladi
ng,
or m
ulti-
mod
al t
rans
port
doc
umen
t. G
ross
mas
s m
eans
the
com
bine
d m
ass
of a
con
tain
er's
tar
e m
ass
and
the
mas
ses
of a
ll pa
ckag
es a
nd c
argo
ite
ms,
inc
ludi
ng p
alle
ts,
dunn
age
and
othe
r pa
ckin
g m
ater
ial
and
secu
ring
mat
eria
ls p
acke
d in
to t
he c
onta
iner
(S
ee a
lso
"Ver
ified
gro
ss
mas
s").
P
acka
ge m
eans
one
or
mor
e ca
rgo
item
s th
at a
re t
ied
toge
the
r, p
acke
d, w
rapp
ed,
boxe
d or
par
celle
d fo
r tr
ansp
orta
tion.
Exa
mpl
es o
f pa
ckag
es i
nclu
de,
but
are
not
limite
d to
, par
cels
, bo
xes,
pac
kets
and
car
tons
.
Pac
ked
cont
aine
r m
eans
a c
onta
iner
, as
pre
viou
sly
defin
ed,
load
ed (
"stu
ffed"
or
"fill
ed")
with
liq
uids
, g
ases
, so
lids,
pac
kag
es a
nd c
arg
o ite
ms,
inc
ludi
ng p
alle
ts,
dunn
age,
and
oth
er p
acki
ng m
ater
ial a
nd s
ecur
ing
mat
eria
ls.
P
acki
ng m
ater
ial m
eans
any
mat
eria
l use
d or
for
use
with
pac
kag
es a
nd c
arg
o ite
ms
to p
reve
nt d
amag
e, i
nclu
ding
, bu
t no
t lim
ited
to,
crat
es,
pack
ing
blo
cks,
dru
ms,
ca
ses,
box
es,
barr
els,
and
ski
ds.
Exc
lude
d fr
om t
he d
efin
ition
is
any
mat
eria
l w
ithin
in
divi
dual
sea
led
pack
ages
to
prot
ect t
he c
arg
o ite
m(s
) in
side
the
pack
age.
2 R
efe
r to
th
e
Re
vise
d
Re
com
men
da
tions
o
n
ha
rmo
niz
ed
inte
rpre
tatio
n a
nd
im
ple
me
nta
tion
of
th
e
Inte
rnat
ion
al C
onve
ntio
n f
or S
afe
Co
nta
ine
rs 1
972
, as
am
end
ed (
CS
C.1
/Circ
.13
8/R
ev.1
).
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e 4
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Sec
urin
g m
ater
ial m
eans
all
dunn
age,
las
hing
and
oth
er e
qui
pmen
t us
ed t
o bl
ock,
br
ace,
and
sec
ure
pack
ed c
arg
o ite
ms
in a
con
tain
er.
Shi
p m
eans
any
ves
sel
to w
hich
SO
LAS
cha
pter
VI
appl
ies.
E
xclu
ded
from
thi
s de
finiti
on a
re r
oll-
on/r
oll-o
ff (
ro-r
o) s
hips
eng
aged
on
shor
t in
tern
atio
nal
voya
ges
3 w
here
th
e co
ntai
ners
ar
e ca
rrie
d on
a
chas
sis
or
trai
ler
and
are
load
ed
and
unlo
aded
by
bein
g d
riven
on
and
off
such
a s
hip.
S
hipp
er m
eans
a le
gal
ent
ity o
r pe
rson
nam
ed o
n th
e bi
ll of
ladi
ng o
r se
a w
ayb
ill o
r eq
uiva
lent
mul
timod
al t
rans
port
doc
umen
t (e
.g.
"thr
oug
h" b
ill o
f la
ding
) as
shi
pper
an
d/or
who
(or
in w
hose
nam
e or
on
who
se b
ehal
f) a
con
trac
t of
car
riage
has
bee
n co
nclu
ded
with
a s
hipp
ing
com
pany
.
Shi
ppin
g do
cum
ent
mea
ns a
doc
umen
t us
ed b
y th
e sh
ippe
r to
com
mun
icat
e th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r. T
his
docu
men
t ca
n be
par
t of
the
sh
ippi
ng i
nstr
uctio
ns t
o th
e sh
ippi
ng c
ompa
ny o
r a
sepa
rate
com
mun
icat
ion
(e.g
. a
decl
arat
ion
incl
udin
g a
wei
ght
cer
tific
ate
prod
uced
by
a w
eig
h st
atio
n).
Tare
mas
s m
eans
the
mas
s of
an
empt
y co
ntai
ner
that
doe
s no
t con
tain
any
pac
kage
s,
carg
o ite
ms,
pal
lets
, dun
nage
, or
any
othe
r pa
ckin
g m
ater
ial o
r se
curin
g m
ater
ial.
Term
inal
repr
esen
tativ
e m
eans
a p
erso
n ac
ting
on
beha
lf of
a le
gal e
ntity
or
pers
on
eng
aged
in t
he b
usin
ess
of p
rovi
ding
wha
rfag
e, d
ock,
sto
wag
e, w
areh
ouse
, or
oth
er
carg
o ha
ndlin
g s
ervi
ces
in c
onne
ctio
n w
ith a
shi
p.
Ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
mea
ns t
he t
otal
gro
ss m
ass
of a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r as
obt
aine
d
by o
ne o
f th
e m
etho
ds d
escr
ibed
in
para
gra
ph 7
of
thes
e G
uide
lines
. (S
ee a
lso
"gro
ss m
ass"
).
Scop
e of
app
licab
ility
4
The
SO
LAS
req
uire
men
ts t
o ve
rify
the
gro
ss m
ass
of a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r ap
ply
to a
ll co
ntai
ners
to
whi
ch t
he C
SC
app
lies,
and
wh
ich
are
to b
e st
owed
ont
o a
ship
det
erm
ined
by
the
Adm
inis
trat
ion
to b
e su
bjec
t to
SO
LAS
cha
pter
VI.
F
or e
xam
ple
(but
not
lim
ited
to),
a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner
on a
cha
ssis
or
trai
ler
to b
e dr
iven
on
a ro
-ro
ship
is
subj
ect
to t
he S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
, if
the
ship
has
bee
n de
term
ined
by
the
Adm
inis
trat
ion
to b
e su
bjec
t to
SO
LAS
cha
pter
VI
and
is n
ot e
ngag
ed o
n sh
ort
inte
rnat
iona
l vo
yag
es.
How
ever
, ca
rgo
item
s te
nder
ed b
y a
ship
per
to t
he m
aste
r fo
r pa
ckin
g i
nto
a co
ntai
ner
alre
ady
on b
oard
the
ship
are
not
sub
ject
to th
ese
SO
LAS
req
uire
men
ts.
Mai
n pr
inci
ples
5
The
re
spon
sibi
lity
for
obta
inin
g
and
docu
men
ting
th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
a
pa
cked
con
tain
er li
es w
ith t
he s
hipp
er.
6
A c
onta
iner
pac
ked
with
pac
kag
es a
nd c
arg
o ite
ms
shou
ld n
ot b
e lo
aded
ont
o a
ship
to
whi
ch t
he S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
ns a
pply
unl
ess
the
mas
ter
or h
is r
epre
sent
ativ
e an
d th
e te
rmin
al r
epre
sent
ativ
e h
ave
obta
ined
, in
ad
vanc
e of
ves
sel l
oadi
ng,
the
verif
ied
actu
al g
ross
m
ass
of t
he c
onta
iner
.
3 S
OL
AS
re
gu
latio
n I
II/2
de
fines
"sh
ort
in
tern
atio
na
l vo
yag
e" a
s a
n i
nte
rna
tion
al v
oya
ge
in
th
e c
ou
rse
of
wh
ich
a s
hip
is
no
t m
ore
tha
n 2
00
mile
s fr
om
a p
ort
or
pla
ce i
n w
hic
h t
he p
asse
ng
ers
and
cre
w c
oul
d b
e p
lace
d in
sa
fety
, an
d w
hic
h d
oes
not
exc
ee
d 6
00
mile
s in
leng
th b
etw
ee
n t
he
last
po
rt o
f ca
ll in
th
e co
un
try
in w
hic
h th
e v
oya
ge
be
gin
s a
nd t
he
fin
al p
ort
of d
est
ina
tion
.
9
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nnex
2,
pag
e 5
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Met
hods
for o
btai
ning
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
of a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r 7
The
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
pre
scrib
e tw
o m
etho
ds b
y w
hich
the
shi
pper
may
obt
ain
the
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass
of a
pac
ked
con
tain
er:
7.1
Met
hod
No.
1: U
pon
the
conc
lusi
on o
f pa
ckin
g an
d se
alin
g a
con
tain
er,
the
ship
per
may
wei
gh,
or
have
arr
ang
ed t
hat
a th
ird p
arty
wei
ghs
, the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r.
7.2
M
etho
d N
o.2:
The
shi
pper
(or
, by
arra
ngem
ent
of t
he s
hipp
er,
a th
ird p
arty
), m
ay
we
igh
all
pack
ages
and
car
go
item
s, i
nclu
din
g th
e m
ass
of p
alle
ts,
dunn
age
and
othe
r pa
ckin
g a
nd s
ecur
ing
mat
eria
l to
be
pack
ed i
n th
e co
ntai
ner,
and
add
the
tar
e m
ass
of t
he
cont
aine
r to
th
e su
m
of
the
sing
le
mas
ses
usin
g
a ce
rtifi
ed
met
hod
as
desc
ribe
d in
pa
rag
raph
s 7.
2.3
and
7.2.
3.1.
Any
thi
rd p
arty
tha
t ha
s pe
rfor
med
som
e or
all
of t
he p
acki
ng
of t
he c
onta
iner
sho
uld
info
rm t
he s
hipp
er o
f th
e m
ass
of t
he c
arg
o ite
ms
and
pack
ing
and
se
curin
g m
ater
ial
that
the
par
ty h
as p
acke
d in
to t
he c
onta
iner
in
orde
r to
fac
ilita
te t
he
ship
per's
ver
ifica
tion
of t
he g
ross
mas
s of
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r un
der
Met
hod
No.
2.
As
req
uire
d by
SO
LAS
VI/2
, par
agra
ph 5
, the
shi
pper
sho
uld
ensu
re t
hat t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s of
the
con
tain
er i
s pr
ovid
ed s
uffic
ient
ly i
n ad
van
ce o
f ve
ssel
loa
ding
. H
ow s
uch
info
rmat
ion
is t
o be
com
mun
icat
ed b
etw
een
the
ship
per
and
any
third
par
ty s
houl
d be
ag
reed
bet
wee
n th
e co
mm
erci
al p
artie
s in
volv
ed.
7.2.
1 In
divi
dual
, or
igin
al s
eale
d pa
ckag
es t
hat
have
the
acc
urat
e m
ass
of t
he p
acka
ges
and
carg
o ite
ms
(incl
udin
g a
ny o
ther
mat
eria
l su
ch a
s pa
ckin
g m
ater
ial
and
refr
iger
ants
in
side
the
pac
kag
es)
clea
rly a
nd p
erm
anen
tly m
ark
ed o
n th
eir
surf
aces
, do
not
nee
d to
be
we
ighe
d ag
ain
whe
n th
ey a
re p
acke
d in
to th
e co
ntai
ner.
7.
2.2
C
erta
in t
ypes
of
carg
o ite
ms
(e.g
. sc
rap
met
al,
unba
gged
gra
in a
nd o
ther
car
go
in
bulk
) do
not
eas
ily l
end
them
selv
es t
o in
divi
dua
l w
eig
hing
of
the
item
s to
be
pack
ed i
n th
e co
ntai
ner.
In
such
cas
es,
usag
e of
Met
hod
No
.2 w
ould
be
inap
prop
riate
and
impr
actic
al,
and
Met
hod
No.
1 sh
ould
be
used
inst
ead.
7.
2.3
The
m
etho
d us
ed
for
we
ighi
ng
the
cont
aine
r's
cont
ents
un
der
Met
hod
No.
2 is
su
bjec
t to
cer
tific
atio
n an
d ap
prov
al a
s de
term
ined
by
the
com
pete
nt a
utho
rity
of t
he S
tate
in
wh
ich
the
pack
ing
and
seal
ing
of
the
cont
aine
r w
as c
omp
lete
d.4
7.2.
3.1
How
the
cert
ifica
tion
is to
be
done
will
be
up to
the
Sta
te c
once
rned
, and
cou
ld p
erta
in
to e
ither
the
proc
edur
e fo
r th
e w
eigh
ing
or to
the
part
y pe
rfor
min
g th
e w
eigh
ing
or b
oth.
7.
3
If a
con
tain
er i
s pa
cked
by
mul
tiple
par
ties
or c
onta
ins
carg
o fr
om m
ultip
le p
artie
s,
the
ship
per
as d
efin
ed i
n pa
ragr
aph
3 is
res
pons
ible
for
obt
aini
ng a
nd d
ocum
entin
g th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s of
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r.
If th
e sh
ippe
r ch
oose
s M
etho
d N
o.2
to o
btai
n th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s, t
he s
hipp
er is
the
n s
ubje
ct t
o al
l the
con
ditio
ns g
iven
in p
arag
raph
s 7.
2, 7
.2.1
, 7.2
.2, a
nd 7
.2.3
.
Doc
umen
tatio
n 8
The
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
req
uire
the
shi
pper
to
verif
y th
e g
ross
mas
s of
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r us
ing
Met
hod
No.
1 or
Met
hod
No.
2 an
d to
com
mun
icat
e th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s in
a
ship
ping
doc
umen
t. T
his
docu
men
t ca
n be
par
t of
the
shi
ppin
g in
stru
ctio
ns t
o th
e sh
ippi
ng
com
pany
or
a se
para
te c
omm
unic
atio
n (e
.g.
a de
clar
atio
n in
clud
ing
a w
eig
ht c
ertif
icat
e pr
oduc
ed b
y a
wei
gh
stat
ion
utili
zing
cal
ibra
ted
and
cert
ified
eq
uipm
ent
on t
he r
oute
bet
wee
n th
e sh
ippe
r's o
rigin
and
the
por
t te
rmin
al).
In
eith
er c
ase,
the
doc
umen
t sh
ould
cle
arly
hi
ghl
ight
that
the
gro
ss m
ass
prov
ided
is t
he "
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass"
as
defin
ed in
par
agra
ph 3
.
4 R
efer
ence
to t
he r
ele
vant
MS
C C
ircu
lar
rega
rdin
g c
on
tact
info
rma
tion
for
the
co
mp
ete
nt
auth
ori
ty.
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2,
pag
e 6
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9 Ir
resp
ectiv
e of
its
for
m,
the
docu
men
t de
clar
ing
the
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of t
he
pack
ed
cont
aine
r sh
ould
be
si
gne
d by
a
pers
on
duly
au
thor
ized
b
y th
e sh
ippe
r.
The
si
gna
ture
may
be
an e
lect
roni
c si
gna
ture
or
may
be
repl
aced
by
the
nam
e in
cap
itals
of
the
pers
on a
utho
rized
to
sign
it.
10
It i
s a
cond
ition
for
loa
ding
ont
o a
ship
to
whi
ch t
he S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
ns a
pply
tha
t th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s of
a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner
be p
rovi
ded,
pre
fera
bly
by e
lect
roni
c m
eans
su
ch a
s E
lect
roni
c D
ata
Inte
rcha
nge
(ED
I) o
r E
lect
roni
c D
ata
Pro
cess
ing
(E
DP
), t
o th
e sh
ip's
m
aste
r or
his
rep
rese
ntat
ive
and
to t
he t
erm
inal
rep
rese
ntat
ive
suff
icie
ntly
in a
dvan
ce o
f sh
ip
load
ing
to
be u
sed
in th
e pr
epar
atio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e sh
ip s
tow
age
plan
.
10.1
B
ecau
se t
he c
ontr
act
of c
arria
ge
is b
etw
een
the
ship
per
and
the
ship
pin
g co
mpa
ny,
not
betw
een
the
ship
per
and
the
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty,
the
ship
per
may
mee
t its
obl
igat
ion
unde
r th
e S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
ns b
y su
bmitt
ing
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
to th
e sh
ippi
ng c
ompa
ny.
It i
s th
en t
he r
espo
nsib
ility
of
the
ship
ping
com
pany
to
prov
ide
info
rmat
ion
reg
ardi
ng t
he
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass
of t
he p
acke
d co
ntai
ner
to t
he t
erm
inal
rep
rese
ntat
ive
in a
dvan
ce o
f sh
ip
load
ing
. S
imila
rly,
the
ship
per
may
als
o su
bmit
the
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass
to t
he p
ort
term
inal
fa
cilit
y re
pres
enta
tive
upon
del
iver
y of
the
cont
aine
r to
the
port
fac
ility
in a
dvan
ce o
f lo
adin
g.
10.1
.1
The
mas
ter
or h
is r
epre
sent
ativ
e an
d th
e te
rmin
al r
epre
sent
ativ
e sh
ould
ent
er i
nto
arra
ngem
ents
to
ensu
re t
he p
rom
pt s
harin
g of
ver
ified
con
tain
er g
ross
mas
s in
form
atio
n pr
ovid
ed b
y sh
ippe
rs.
Exi
stin
g c
omm
unic
atio
n sy
stem
s m
ay b
e us
ed f
or t
he t
rans
mis
sion
an
d sh
arin
g o
f suc
h ve
rifie
d co
ntai
ner
gro
ss m
ass
info
rmat
ion.
10.1
.2
At
the
time
a pa
cked
con
tain
er i
s de
liver
ed t
o a
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty,
the
term
inal
re
pres
enta
tive
shou
ld h
ave
bee
n in
form
ed b
y th
e sh
ippi
ng c
ompa
ny w
heth
er t
he s
hipp
er h
as
prov
ided
the
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of th
e pa
cked
con
tain
er a
nd w
hat
that
gro
ss m
ass
is.
10
.2
The
re i
s no
SO
LAS
pre
scrib
ed t
ime
dead
line
for
the
ship
per's
sub
mis
sion
of
the
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass
othe
r th
an s
uch
info
rmat
ion
is t
o be
rec
eive
d in
tim
e to
be
used
by
the
mas
ter
and
the
term
inal
rep
rese
ntat
ive
in t
he s
hip
sto
wag
e pl
an.
The
fin
aliz
atio
n of
the
shi
p st
owag
e pl
an w
ill d
epen
d on
shi
p ty
pe a
nd s
ize,
loca
l por
t loa
ding
pro
cedu
res,
trad
e la
ne
and
othe
r op
erat
iona
l fa
ctor
s. I
t is
the
res
pons
ibili
ty o
f th
e sh
ippi
ng c
ompa
ny w
ith w
hom
the
sh
ippe
r en
ters
int
o a
cont
ract
of
carr
iag
e to
inf
orm
the
shi
pper
, fo
llow
ing
prio
r di
scus
sion
s w
ith t
he p
ort t
erm
inal
, of
any
spe
cific
tim
e de
adlin
e fo
r su
bmitt
ing
the
info
rmat
ion.
Equi
pmen
t 11
T
he s
cale
, w
eig
hbrid
ge,
lift
ing
eq
uipm
ent
or o
ther
dev
ices
use
d to
ver
ify t
he g
ross
m
ass
of t
he c
onta
iner
, in
acc
orda
nce
with
eith
er M
etho
d N
o.1
or M
etho
d N
o.2
disc
usse
d ab
ove,
sho
uld
mee
t th
e ap
plic
able
acc
urac
y st
and
ards
and
req
uire
men
ts o
f th
e S
tate
in
wh
ich
the
equi
pmen
t is
bein
g u
sed.
In
term
odal
con
tain
er m
ovem
ents
and
tran
ship
men
ts
12
The
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r sh
ould
be
prov
ided
to
the
next
par
ty
taki
ng c
usto
dy o
f th
e co
ntai
ner.
12
.1
If a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r is
tra
nspo
rted
by
road
, ra
il or
a v
esse
l to
whi
ch t
he S
OLA
S
reg
ulat
ions
do
not
appl
y an
d de
liver
ed t
o a
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty w
ithou
t its
ver
ified
gro
ss
mas
s, i
t m
ay n
ot b
e lo
aded
ont
o a
ship
to
whi
ch t
he S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
ns a
pply
un
less
the
m
aste
r or
his
rep
rese
ntat
ive
and
the
term
inal
rep
rese
ntat
ive
have
obt
aine
d th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
the
con
tain
er o
n be
half
of th
e sh
ippe
r (s
ee a
lso
para
grap
h 19
).
10
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12.2
If
a pa
cked
con
tain
er i
s de
liver
ed t
o a
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty b
y a
ship
to
wh
ich
the
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
app
ly f
or t
rans
hipm
ent
onto
a s
hip
to w
hich
the
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
als
o ap
ply,
eac
h co
ntai
ner
bein
g de
liver
ed i
s re
quire
d by
the
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
to
have
had
a
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
befo
re lo
adin
g on
to t
he d
eliv
erin
g sh
ip.
All
pack
ed c
onta
iner
s di
scha
rged
in
the
tra
nshi
pmen
t po
rt s
houl
d th
eref
ore
alre
ady
have
a v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s an
d fu
rthe
r w
eigh
ing
in t
he t
rans
hipm
ent
port
fac
ility
is n
ot r
equi
red.
The
del
iver
ing
ship
sho
uld
info
rm t
he
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty i
n th
e tr
ansh
ipm
ent
port
of
the
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
of e
ach
deliv
ered
pa
cked
con
tain
er.
The
mas
ter
of t
he s
hip
onto
whi
ch t
he t
rans
hipp
ed,
pack
ed c
onta
iner
s ar
e to
be
load
ed a
nd t
he p
ort
term
inal
fac
ility
in t
he t
rans
hipm
ent
port
may
rel
y on
the
info
rmat
ion
prov
ided
by
the
deliv
erin
g ve
ssel
. E
xist
ing
ship
-por
t co
mm
unic
atio
n sy
stem
s m
ay b
e us
ed f
or
the
prov
isio
n of
suc
h in
form
atio
n in
agr
eem
ent b
etw
een
the
com
mer
cial
par
ties
invo
lved
.
Dis
crep
anci
es in
gro
ss m
ass
13
Any
dis
crep
ancy
bet
we
en a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r's g
ross
mas
s de
clar
ed p
rior
to t
he
verif
icat
ion
of i
ts g
ross
mas
s an
d its
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
shou
ld b
e re
solv
ed b
y us
e of
the
ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s.
14
Any
dis
crep
ancy
bet
wee
n a
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass
of a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r ob
tain
ed p
rior
to t
he c
onta
iner
's d
eliv
ery
to t
he
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty a
nd a
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of t
hat
cont
aine
r ob
tain
ed b
y th
at p
ort
faci
lity'
s w
eig
hing
of
the
cont
aine
r sh
ould
be
reso
lved
by
use
of th
e la
tter
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
obta
ined
by
the
port
ter
min
al fa
cilit
y.
C
onta
iner
s ex
ceed
ing
thei
r max
imum
gro
ss m
ass
15
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ion
VI/
5 re
quire
s th
at a
co
ntai
ner
not
be p
acke
d to
mor
e th
an t
he
max
imum
gr
oss
mas
s in
dica
ted
on
the
Saf
ety
App
rova
l P
late
un
der
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l C
onve
ntio
n fo
r S
afe
Con
tain
ers
(CS
C),
as
am
ende
d.
A
cont
aine
r w
ith
a g
ross
m
ass
exce
edin
g its
max
imum
per
mitt
ed g
ross
mas
s m
ay n
ot b
e lo
aded
ont
o a
ship
.
C
onta
iner
s on
road
veh
icle
s
16
If
the
verif
ied
gro
ss
mas
s of
a
pack
ed
cont
aine
r is
ob
tain
ed
by
we
ighi
ng
the
cont
aine
r w
hile
it
is o
n a
road
veh
icle
, (e
.g.
chas
sis
or t
raile
r),
the
tare
mas
s of
the
roa
d ve
hicl
e (
and,
whe
re a
pplic
able
, th
e tr
acto
r) s
houl
d b
e su
btra
cted
to
obta
in t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
m
ass
of t
he p
acke
d co
ntai
ner.
T
he s
ubtr
actio
n sh
ould
ref
lect
the
tar
e m
ass
of t
he r
oad
vehi
cle
(and
, w
here
app
licab
le,
the
trac
tor)
as
indi
cate
d in
the
ir re
gist
ratio
n do
cum
ents
as
issu
ed b
y th
e co
mpe
tent
aut
horit
y of
the
Sta
te w
here
the
se a
sset
s ar
e re
gis
tere
d. T
he m
ass
of a
ny f
uel i
n th
e ta
nk o
f the
trac
tor
shou
ld a
lso
be s
ubtr
acte
d.
17
If t
wo
pack
ed c
onta
iner
s on
a r
oad
vehi
cle
are
to b
e w
eig
hed,
the
ir gr
oss
mas
s sh
ould
be
dete
rmin
ed b
y w
eig
hing
eac
h co
ntai
ner
sepa
rate
ly.
Sim
ply
divi
ding
the
tot
al g
ross
m
ass
of t
he t
wo
cont
aine
rs b
y tw
o af
ter
subt
ract
ing
the
mas
s of
the
roa
d ve
hicl
e an
d th
e tr
acto
r, w
here
app
licab
le,
wou
ld
not
prod
uce
an a
ccur
ate
verif
ied
gros
s m
ass
for
each
co
ntai
ner,
and
sho
uld
not
be a
llow
ed.
Empt
y co
ntai
ners
18
S
hipp
ers
of e
mpt
y co
ntai
ners
and
ope
rato
rs o
f em
pty
cont
aine
rs a
re e
ncou
rag
ed t
o ha
ve p
ract
ices
and
arr
ang
emen
ts i
n pl
ace
to e
nsur
e th
at t
hey
are
empt
y.
The
tar
e w
eig
ht
will
vis
ually
app
ear
on t
he c
onta
iner
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith t
he I
nter
natio
nal
Org
aniz
atio
n fo
r S
tand
ardi
zatio
n (I
SO
) st
anda
rd fo
r co
ntai
ner
mar
king
and
iden
tific
atio
n5 )
and
shou
ld b
e us
ed.
5 R
efer
to s
tand
ard
ISO
634
6 –
Fre
ight
co
nta
ine
rs –
Cod
ing
, id
en
tific
atio
n a
nd
ma
rkin
g.
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e 8
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Con
tinge
ncie
s fo
r con
tain
ers
rece
ived
with
out a
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
19
Not
with
stan
ding
tha
t th
e sh
ippe
r is
res
pon
sibl
e fo
r ob
tain
ing
and
doc
umen
ting
the
ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s of
a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner,
situ
atio
ns m
ay o
ccur
whe
re a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r is
de
liver
ed t
o a
port
ter
min
al f
acili
ty w
ithou
t th
e sh
ippe
r ha
ving
pro
vide
d th
e re
qui
red
verif
ied
gro
ss m
ass
of t
he c
onta
iner
. S
uch
a co
ntai
ner
shou
ld n
ot b
e lo
aded
on
to t
he s
hip
until
its
ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s ha
s be
en o
btai
ned.
In
ord
er t
o al
low
the
con
tinue
d ef
ficie
nt o
nwar
d m
ovem
ent
of
such
co
ntai
ners
, th
e m
aste
r or
hi
s re
pres
enta
tive
an
d th
e te
rmin
al
repr
esen
tativ
e m
ay o
btai
n th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
s of
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r on
beh
alf
of t
he
ship
per.
Thi
s m
ay b
e do
ne b
y w
eig
hing
the
pac
ked
cont
aine
r in
the
ter
min
al o
r el
sew
here
. T
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s so
obt
aine
d sh
ould
be
used
in
the
prep
arat
ion
of t
he s
hip
load
ing
plan
. W
heth
er a
nd h
ow t
o do
thi
s sh
ould
be
ag
reed
bet
wee
n th
e co
mm
erci
al p
artie
s,
incl
udin
g t
he a
ppor
tionm
ent
of th
e co
sts
invo
lved
. M
aste
r's u
ltim
ate
deci
sion
whe
ther
to s
tow
a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner
20
Ulti
mat
ely,
and
in
conf
orm
ance
with
the
Cod
e of
Saf
e P
ract
ice
for
Car
go
Sto
wag
e an
d S
ecur
ing6 ,
the
ship
's m
aste
r sh
ould
acc
ept
the
carg
o on
boa
rd h
is s
hip
only
if
he i
s sa
tisfie
d th
at i
t ca
n be
saf
ely
tran
spor
ted.
N
othi
ng i
n th
e S
OLA
S r
egul
atio
ns
limit
the
prin
cipl
e th
at t
he m
aste
r re
tain
s ul
timat
e di
scre
tion
in d
ecid
ing
whe
ther
to
acce
pt a
pac
ked
cont
aine
r fo
r lo
adin
g o
nto
his
ship
. A
vaila
bilit
y to
bot
h th
e te
rmin
al r
epre
sent
ativ
e an
d to
the
m
aste
r or
his
rep
rese
ntat
ive
of t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s of
a p
acke
d co
ntai
ner
suff
icie
ntly
in
adva
nce
to b
e us
ed in
the
shi
p st
owag
e pl
an is
a p
rere
qui
site
for
the
con
tain
er t
o be
load
ed
onto
a s
hip
to w
hich
the
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
ap
ply.
It
doe
s, h
owev
er,
not
cons
titut
e an
en
title
men
t for
load
ing.
En
forc
emen
t 21
Li
ke o
ther
SO
LAS
pro
visi
ons,
the
enf
orce
men
t of
the
SO
LAS
req
uire
men
ts r
egar
ding
th
e ve
rifie
d gr
oss
mas
s of
pac
ked
cont
aine
rs fa
lls w
ithin
the
com
pete
nce
and
is th
e re
spon
sibi
lity
of t
he S
OLA
S C
ontr
actin
g G
over
nmen
ts.
Con
trac
ting
Gov
ernm
ents
act
ing
as e
ither
por
t S
tate
s or
fla
g S
tate
s sh
ould
ve
rify
com
plia
nce
with
th
e S
OLA
S
requ
irem
ents
. A
ny
inci
denc
e of
no
n-co
mpl
ianc
e w
ith th
e S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
is e
nfor
ceab
le a
ccor
ding
to n
atio
nal l
egis
latio
n.
22
The
ulti
mat
e ef
fect
iven
ess
and
enfo
rcem
ent
of t
he S
OLA
S c
onta
iner
gro
ss m
ass
verif
icat
ion
requ
irem
ent
is t
hat
a pa
cked
con
tain
er,
for
whi
ch t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s ha
s no
t be
en o
btai
ned
suffi
cien
tly i
n ad
vanc
e to
be
used
in
the
ship
sto
wag
e pl
an,
will
be
deni
ed
load
ing
onto
a s
hip
to w
hich
the
SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ions
app
ly.
Any
cos
ts a
ssoc
iate
d w
ith t
he
non-
load
ing,
sto
rage
, de
mur
rage
or
even
tual
ret
urn
of t
he c
onta
iner
to
the
tend
erin
g sh
ippe
r of
th
e co
ntai
ner
shou
ld b
e su
bjec
t to
cont
ract
ual a
rran
gem
ents
bet
wee
n th
e co
mm
erci
al p
artie
s.
Effe
ctiv
e da
te o
f the
SO
LAS
requ
irem
ents
reg
ardi
ng v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
ca
rryi
ng c
argo
23
T
he S
OLA
S r
equi
rem
ents
reg
ardi
ng v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s of
a c
onta
iner
car
ryin
g ca
rgo
(SO
LAS
reg
ulat
ion
VI/
2) a
re e
xpec
ted
to e
nter
into
forc
e in
[Jul
y 20
16].
***
6 R
efer
to
the
Cod
e of
Saf
e Pr
actic
e fo
r C
argo
Sto
wag
e an
d Se
curin
g (r
esol
utio
n A
.714
(17)
) an
d su
bseq
uent
am
endm
ents
.
11
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e 1
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ANN
EX 3
DR
AFT
AMEN
DM
ENTS
TO
CH
APTE
R 7
OF
THE
IMD
G C
OD
E (U
nder
lined
tex
t pr
opos
ed in
clus
ion
Str
iket
hrou
gh
text
pr
opos
ed d
elet
ion)
1
Par
agra
ph 7
.3.2
.2 is
rep
lace
d by
the
fol
low
ing
:
"7.3
.2.2
The
con
tain
er o
wne
r* is
resp
onsi
ble
for
mai
ntai
ning
it
in s
afe
cond
ition
. U
nles
s ot
herw
ise
spec
ified
, th
e pr
ovis
ions
of
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l C
onve
ntio
n fo
r th
e S
afe
Con
tain
ers
(CS
C),
197
2, a
s am
ende
d, s
hall
be f
ollo
wed
for
the
use
of
any
carg
o tr
ansp
ort
unit
whi
ch m
eets
the
def
initi
on o
f "a
con
tain
er"
with
in t
he t
erm
s of
th
at C
onve
ntio
n.
7.3.
2.2.
1 A
con
tain
er s
hall
have
the
Saf
ety
App
rova
l P
late
and
a v
alid
App
rove
d C
ontin
uous
Exa
min
atio
n P
rogr
am (
AC
EP
) or
Per
iodi
c E
xam
inat
ion
Sch
em
e (P
ES
) de
cal i
n ac
cord
ance
with
the
Int
erna
tiona
l Con
vent
ion
for
Saf
e C
onta
iner
s, 1
972,
as
amen
ded,
whe
n ap
plic
able
.
7.3.
2.2.
2 W
hen
ther
e is
nei
ther
a n
ext
(firs
t) e
xam
inat
ion
date
nor
an
AC
EP
mar
king
on
or
near
the
Saf
ety
App
rova
l P
late
, or
a e
xam
inat
ion
date
tha
t is
in
the
past
, th
e co
ntai
ner
shal
l not
be
used
.
____
____
____
*
Ow
ner
me
ans
ow
ne
r a
s p
rovi
de
d f
or
un
der
the
na
tion
al l
aw
of
the
co
ntr
act
ing
pa
rty
or t
he
less
ee
or
ba
ilee
, if
an
ag
reem
en
t b
etw
ee
n p
art
ies
pro
vide
s fo
r th
e e
xerc
ise
of
the
ow
ne
r's
resp
onsi
bili
ty f
or
ma
inte
nan
ce a
nd
exa
min
atio
n o
f th
e c
on
tain
er
by
such
less
ee
or
baile
e."
2
Par
agra
ph 7
.3.7
.2.4
is r
epla
ced
by th
e fo
llow
ing
:
"7.3
.7.2
.4 P
rior
to t
he u
se o
f ca
rgo
tran
spor
t un
it, T
he t
he r
efrig
erat
ion
syst
em s
hall
be s
ubje
cted
to
a th
orou
gh i
nspe
ctio
n an
d a
test
prio
r to
the
use
of
carg
o tr
ansp
ort
unit
bein
g p
acke
d to
ens
ure
that
all
part
s ar
e fu
nctio
ning
pro
perly
. R
efri
gera
nt g
as
shal
l on
ly b
e re
plac
ed i
n ac
cord
ance
with
the
man
ufac
ture
r's o
pera
ting
ins
truc
tions
fo
r th
e re
frig
era
tion
syst
em.
7.3.
7.2.
5 R
efrig
eran
t g
as
shal
l on
ly
be
repl
aced
in
ac
cord
ance
w
ith
the
man
ufac
ture
r's o
pera
ting
ins
truc
tions
for
the
ref
riger
atio
n sy
stem
. P
rior
to f
illin
g re
plac
emen
t re
frig
eran
t g
as,
a ce
rtifi
cate
of
anal
ysis
fro
m t
he s
uppl
ier
shal
l be
ob
tain
ed
and
chec
ked
to
conf
irm
that
th
e g
as
mee
ts
refr
iger
atio
n sy
stem
sp
ecifi
catio
ns.
In a
dditi
on,
if co
ncer
ns a
bout
the
int
egrit
y of
the
sup
plie
r an
d/or
the
re
frig
eran
t g
as s
uppl
y ch
ain
giv
e ris
e to
sus
pici
on t
o co
ntam
inat
ion
of t
he g
as w
here
co
ntam
inat
ion
is s
uspe
cted
, th
e re
plac
emen
t re
frig
eran
t g
as s
hall
be c
heck
ed f
or
poss
ible
co
ntam
inat
ion
prio
r to
us
e.
If
the
refr
iger
ant
gas
is
fo
und
to
be
cont
amin
ated
it
shal
l no
t be
us
ed,
the
cylin
der
shal
l be
pl
ainl
y m
arke
d "C
ON
TA
MIN
AT
ED
", t
he c
ylin
der
shal
l be
sea
led
and
sent
for
rec
yclin
g o
r di
spos
al
and
notif
icat
ion
shal
l be
gi
ven
to
the
refr
iger
ant
gas
su
pplie
r an
d au
thor
ized
di
strib
utor
and
com
pete
nt a
utho
rity(
ies)
of
the
coun
trie
s to
whi
ch t
he s
upp
lier
and
dist
ribut
or r
esid
e, a
s ap
prop
riate
. T
he d
ate
of l
ast
refr
iger
ant
repl
acem
ent
shal
l be
in
clud
ed in
the
mai
nten
ance
rec
ord
of th
e re
frig
erat
ion
syst
em.
Not
e: C
onta
min
atio
n ca
n be
che
cked
by
usin
g f
lam
e ha
lide
lam
p te
sts,
gas
sni
ffer
tube
tes
ts o
r g
as c
hrom
atog
raph
y. R
epla
cem
ent
refr
iger
ant
gas
cyl
inde
rs m
ay b
e m
arke
d w
ith t
he te
st r
esul
t an
d th
e da
te o
f tes
ting.
"
***
12
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nnex
4,
pag
e 1
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ANN
EX 4
REC
OM
MEN
DAT
ION
S FO
R T
HE
GR
OU
P O
F EX
PER
TS F
OR
TH
E R
EVIS
ION
OF
THE
IMO
/ILO
/UN
ECE
GU
IDEL
INES
FO
R P
ACK
ING
OF
CAR
GO
TR
ANSP
OR
T U
NIT
S (U
nder
lined
tex
t pr
opos
ed in
clus
ion
Str
iket
hrou
gh
text
pr
opos
ed d
elet
ion)
1
M
AIN
BO
DY
OF
THE
DR
AFT
CTU
CO
DE
1.1
The
tabl
e of
con
tent
s sh
ould
als
o co
ntai
n th
e an
nexe
s.
1.2
Thr
oug
hout
the
tex
t ab
brev
iatio
ns a
re u
sed.
Ab
brev
iatio
ns c
an o
nly
be u
sed
afte
r th
ey a
re e
xpla
ined
. T
his
is n
ot a
lwa
ys t
he c
ase
(e.g
. ta
ble
of c
onte
nts
CT
U,
1.3.
6 C
TU
, 2.
5.2
OO
G).
P
erha
ps a
nnex
21
shou
ld c
ome
first
. C
hapt
er 1
Pa
ragr
aph
1.1.
1 st
ates
"C
ode
of P
ract
ice
for
Pac
king
of
Car
go T
rans
port
uni
ts (
CT
U c
ode)
" in
stea
d of
thi
s C
ode
of P
ract
ice
(CT
U c
ode)
". I
n th
e re
st o
f th
e te
xt r
epla
ce "
this
Cod
e of
P
ract
ice"
by
"thi
s co
de"
Para
grap
h 1.
3.1:
All
anne
xes
shou
ld b
e re
ferr
ed to
in t
he t
ext.
Cha
pter
3
Para
grap
h 3.
2: C
hang
e bu
llet
poin
t 3
to r
ead:
Do
sele
ct t
he s
ecur
ing
met
hods
bes
t ad
apte
d to
the
cha
ract
eris
tics
of t
he c
arg
o,
the
mod
e of
tran
spor
t an
d th
e pr
oper
ties
of th
e C
TU
. Pa
ragr
aph
3.5:
Cha
nge
bulle
t po
int
7 to
rea
d:
D
o no
t se
cure
the
car
go
with
dev
ices
ove
rstr
essi
ng t
he s
truc
ture
of
the
CT
U o
r th
e ca
rgo.
Para
grap
h 3.
7: A
dd a
war
ning
tha
t th
e at
mos
pher
e w
ithin
the
CT
U c
an b
e da
nger
ous.
Thi
s ca
n be
don
e by
add
ing
a ne
w f
ourt
h bu
llet
with
the
fol
low
ing
tex
t:
"Do
pay
atte
ntio
n th
at t
he a
tmos
pher
e in
the
CTU
may
be
dang
erou
s –
vent
ilate
be
fore
ent
erin
g".
Cha
pter
4
Para
grap
h 4.
1.1:
Cha
nge
the
last
sen
tenc
e to
rea
d:
Not
with
stan
ding
any
nat
iona
l le
gis
latio
n or
con
trac
ts b
etw
een
the
invo
lve
d pa
rtie
s th
e ch
ain
of
resp
onsi
bilit
y di
scus
sed
belo
w
iden
tifie
s th
e fu
nctio
nal
resp
onsi
bilit
ies
of
the
part
ies
invo
lved
.
DS
C 1
8/W
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A
nnex
4,
pag
e 2
I:\D
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\3.d
oc
Para
grap
h 4.
1.2:
Del
ete
the
first
se
nte
nce
; "D
urin
g t
rans
port
, th
e ca
rrie
r is
not
res
pons
ible
fo
r th
e ca
rgo
in a
CT
U."
as
this
sta
tem
ent
is n
ot c
orre
ct.
The
car
rier
is r
espo
nsib
le f
or t
heft,
da
mag
es d
ue to
impr
oper
han
dlin
g, d
rop
of a
CT
U e
tc.
Para
grap
h 4.
2.3:
Sum
s up
the
ite
ms
for
whi
ch t
he p
acke
r of
the
CT
U i
s re
spon
sibl
e. T
he
pack
er is
als
o re
spon
sibl
e fo
r th
e se
gre
gat
ion
requ
irem
ents
of
dang
erou
s g
oods
and
tha
t no
in
com
patib
le d
ang
erou
s g
oods
are
loa
ded.
Thi
s ite
m i
s no
t in
the
lis
t. A
s it
is a
n im
port
ant
issu
e fo
r sa
fe s
ea t
rans
port
of
dang
erou
s g
oods
, a
new
bul
let
poin
t, a
t le
ast
befo
re t
he l
ast
one,
sho
uld
be a
dded
whi
ch c
ould
rea
d as
follo
ws:
"e
nsur
ing
tha
t no
inc
ompa
tible
dan
ger
ous
goo
ds a
re l
oade
d. A
ccou
nt s
houl
d be
ta
ken
of a
ll da
nger
ous
good
s le
gis
latio
ns d
urin
g th
e co
mpl
ete
tran
spor
t cha
in."
. In
par
agra
ph 4
.2.3
las
t bu
llet:
the
con
tain
er/v
ehic
le p
acki
ng c
ertif
icat
e is
ask
ed f
or.
Thi
s ca
n be
don
e b
y th
e co
mpl
etio
n of
the
sta
tem
ent
in t
he D
ang
erou
s g
oods
doc
umen
tatio
n or
by
a
sepa
rate
doc
umen
t. It
is s
ugg
este
d th
at th
e la
st b
ulle
t sho
uld
be r
epla
ced
by:
"p
rovi
de
the
cont
aine
r/ve
hicl
e pa
ckin
g
cert
ifica
te
(new
do
cum
ent
or
sig
ned
stat
emen
t in
the
dan
ger
ous
goo
ds t
rans
port
doc
umen
tatio
n as
app
ropr
iate
) an
d fo
rwar
ding
any
doc
umen
tatio
n to
the
ship
per.
".
Para
grap
h 4.
2.4:
am
end
the
last
bul
let
poin
t as
follo
ws:
"4
.2.4
T
he s
hipp
er is
res
pons
ible
tha
t:
(…
) th
e in
form
atio
n co
ncer
ning
the
con
sig
nmen
t, a
nd d
escr
iptio
n of
pac
kage
s an
d ,
in
the
case
of
cont
aine
rs, t
he v
erifi
ed g
ross
mas
s is
tran
smitt
ed t
o th
e co
nsig
nee.
".
Cha
pter
5
Para
grap
h 5.
3: C
hang
e th
e fo
otno
te i
n th
e ac
cele
ratio
n ta
ble
for
com
bine
d ra
il tr
ansp
ort
to
read
: †
The
val
ues
in b
rack
ets
appl
y to
sho
ck l
oads
with
sho
rt i
mpa
cts
of 1
50 m
illis
econ
ds o
r sh
orte
r, a
nd o
nly
need
not
to b
e us
ed fo
r st
atic
des
ign
of c
arg
o se
curin
g ar
rang
emen
ts.
Para
grap
h 5.
4: C
hang
e th
e se
cond
sen
tenc
e to
rea
d:
The
refo
re,
whe
neve
r th
e ca
rgo
cann
ot b
e se
cure
d by
[lo
ckin
g in
or]
blo
ckin
g,
lash
ing
is
alw
ays
req
uire
d to
pre
vent
the
carg
o fr
om b
eing
sig
nific
antly
dis
plac
ed.
NO
TE
: T
he t
erm
"lo
ckin
g"
shou
ld b
e de
fined
in th
e D
efin
ition
s se
ctio
n.
Cha
pter
6
[Par
agra
ph 6
.2.1
: T
he d
efin
ition
of
a co
ntai
ner
as i
n th
e U
nite
d N
atio
ns M
ode
l R
egul
atio
ns
on t
he T
rans
port
of
Dan
gero
us G
oods
is p
refe
rred
. It r
eads
as
follo
ws:
"A
co
ntai
ner
mea
ns
an
artic
le
of
tran
spor
t eq
uipm
ent
that
is
of
a
perm
anen
t ch
arac
ter
and
acco
rdin
gly
str
ong
eno
ugh
to b
e su
itabl
e fo
r re
peat
ed u
se;
spec
ially
de
sig
ned
to f
acili
tate
the
tra
nspo
rt o
f g
oods
, by
one
or
othe
r m
odes
of
tran
spor
t, w
ithou
t in
term
edia
te
relo
adin
g:
desi
gne
d to
be
se
cure
d an
d/or
re
adily
ha
ndle
d,
13
DS
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8/W
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nnex
4,
pag
e 3
I:\D
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oc
havi
ng f
ittin
gs
for
thes
e pu
rpos
es, a
nd a
ppro
ved
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e In
tern
atio
nal
Con
vent
ion
for
Saf
e C
onta
iner
s (C
SC
), 1
972,
as
amen
ded.
The
ter
m "
cont
aine
r"
incl
udes
nei
ther
veh
icle
nor
pac
kag
ing.
How
ever
a c
onta
iner
tha
t is
car
ried
on a
ch
assi
s is
incl
uded
.".]
Cha
pter
8
Figu
re 8
.1 a
nd 8
.2:
The
fig
ures
sho
uld
be m
ade
larg
er o
r re
plac
ed t
o m
ake
the
info
rmat
ion
read
able
. C
hapt
er 1
0 Pa
ragr
aph
10.1
.5:
It is
sta
ted
that
nat
iona
l ru
les
can
diff
er f
rom
the
UN
Rec
omm
enda
tions
, bu
t in
tern
atio
nal
rule
s al
so
diff
er
from
th
e U
nite
d N
atio
ns
Rec
omm
enda
tions
. T
he
last
se
nten
ce s
hall
be r
epla
ced
by:
"How
eve
r, i
nter
natio
nal (
ADR
, IM
DG
, …)
and
natio
nal r
ules
(C
FR49
, …)
may
diff
er
from
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ions
Rec
omm
enda
tions
on
the
Tra
nspo
rt o
f D
ang
erou
s G
oods
".
For
eac
h fig
ure
(labe
l or
mar
k) it
sho
uld
be m
ade
cle
ar t
hat
the
figur
e is
an
exam
ple.
If
used
fo
r th
e tr
ansp
ort
of d
ange
rous
goo
ds,
the
figur
es
in t
he r
elev
ant
reg
ulat
ions
sho
uld
be u
sed
(e.g
. 10.
3.8,
12.
1.6,
Ann
ex 1
2: 4
.1.1
.1,…
). D
elet
e pa
rag
raph
10.
3.10
com
plet
ely.
The
am
ount
is
the
prer
ogat
ive
of t
he D
ang
erou
s G
oods
reg
ulat
ions
and
can
be
chan
ged
eas
ily.
Cha
pter
11
[P
arag
raph
11.
1.2:
It
is n
ot in
all
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
nspo
rts
that
sea
ls a
re r
equi
red
and
thus
the
fir
st s
ente
nce
shou
ld r
ead:
W
hen
appl
icab
le,
CT
Us
in i
nter
natio
nal
tran
spor
t sh
ould
be
seal
ed w
ith a
sea
l be
arin
g a
uniq
ue id
entif
icat
ion
num
ber.
] Pa
ragr
aph
11.3
.2:
amen
d as
follo
ws:
"1
1.3.
2 T
he p
acke
r of
the
CT
U s
houl
d in
form
the
shi
pper
on
the
iden
tific
atio
n nu
mbe
r of
the
CT
U (
cont
aine
r nu
mbe
r or
veh
icle
num
ber
as a
ppro
pria
te),
on
the
gro
ss m
ass
of t
he p
acke
d ca
rgo
and
whe
re a
pplic
able
the
ver
ified
gro
ss m
ass
of th
e un
it an
d on
the
ide
ntifi
catio
n nu
mbe
r of
the
sea
l (if
app
licab
le),
thu
s to
ens
ure
that
th
e ve
rifie
d g
ross
mas
ses
and
the
iden
tific
atio
n nu
mbe
rs o
f ea
ch c
onta
iner
are
in
clud
ed i
n a
ll tr
ansp
ort
docu
men
ts,
such
as
bills
of
ladi
ng,
way
bill
s, c
onsi
gnm
ent
note
s or
car
go
man
ifest
s, a
nd a
re c
omm
unic
ated
to
the
carr
ier
as e
arly
as
requ
ired
by t
he c
arrie
r.".
C
hapt
er 1
2
Para
grap
h 12
.1.5
: It
deal
s w
ith
a da
nger
ous
atm
osph
ere
in
the
cont
aine
r.
As
the
atm
osph
ere
of t
he c
onta
iner
can
be
a da
nger
alre
ady
durin
g t
he o
peni
ng o
f th
e do
ors,
a n
ew
third
sen
tenc
e sh
ould
be
inse
rted
. It
coul
d re
ad a
s fo
llow
s:
"Car
e sh
ould
be
take
n no
t to
com
e in
to c
onta
ct w
ith t
he i
nter
nal
atm
osph
ere
whe
n
open
ing
the
door
s.".
DS
C 1
8/W
P.3
A
nnex
4,
pag
e 4
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Para
grap
h 12
.3.1
: The
text
sho
uld
be in
line
with
par
agra
ph 4
.2.9
, bul
let p
oint
5:
The
con
sig
nee
or t
he r
ecei
ver
of t
he C
TU
sho
uld
cons
ider
his
obl
igat
ion
to u
nles
s ot
herw
ise
agre
ed r
etur
n th
e C
TU
, af
ter
unlo
adin
g, c
lean
and
sui
tabl
e fo
r th
e tr
ansp
ort
of a
ny k
ind
of
carg
o.
Para
grap
hs 1
2.15
and
12.
16: T
he s
eque
nce
of th
ese
para
grap
hs s
houl
d be
cha
nged
. In
the
lig
ht o
f th
e pr
opos
ed d
elet
ion
of p
arag
raph
10.
3.10
, th
e se
cond
sen
tenc
e of
par
agra
ph
12.1
6 sh
ould
rea
d as
follo
ws:
"B
efor
e op
enin
g th
e do
ors
and
ente
ring
such
uni
t, …
."
2
ANN
EXES
AN
D A
PPEN
DIC
ES
The
num
berin
g o
f th
e pa
rag
raph
s in
the
ann
exe
s sh
ould
con
tain
the
ann
ex n
umbe
r to
mak
e it
easi
er t
o na
vig
ate
in t
he c
ode.
T
here
are
a c
onsi
dera
ble
num
ber
of a
nnex
es w
hic
h ar
e pa
rtly
ver
y vo
lum
inou
s.
Due
to
lack
of
tim
e, o
nly
som
e of
the
se a
nnex
es h
ad b
een
disc
usse
d an
d ag
reed
upo
n by
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts.
The
maj
ority
of
thes
e an
nexe
s ha
d no
t be
en s
ubst
antia
lly c
onsi
dere
d or
eve
n no
t be
en d
iscu
ssed
at a
ll by
the
gro
up.
Anne
x 1
Fi
gure
1.1
5, p
arag
raph
s 5.
4 an
d 5.
5 sh
ould
be
dele
ted
and
repl
aced
by
the
follo
win
g t
ext:
Inad
equa
tely
pac
ked
cont
aine
rs o
r m
isde
cla
red
cont
aine
r w
eig
hts
decl
arat
ion
may
cau
se
cont
aine
r st
acks
to c
olla
pse.
Fi
gure
1.1
6; R
epla
ce th
e fig
ure
by a
mor
e ill
ustr
ativ
e as
the
fol
low
ing
:
An
nex
2
Figu
re 2
.1 s
houl
d be
upd
ated
. Pa
ragr
aph
1.8:
th
e m
eani
ng o
f th
e fir
st s
ent
ence
is
not
clea
r. T
he w
ordi
ng s
houl
d be
im
prov
ed.
(The
fir
st
sent
ence
ca
n be
am
ende
d to
re
ad:
"The
sh
ippe
r w
ill
arra
nge
the
tran
spor
t of
the
goo
ds a
nd m
ay a
rran
ge
the
carg
o in
sura
nce
cove
r. ."
).
14
DS
C 1
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A
nnex
4,
pag
e 5
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[Ann
ex 3
A
s m
entio
ned
in t
he i
ntro
duct
ion
of a
nnex
3,
the
cont
ent
is o
utsi
de o
f th
e sc
ope
of t
he
CT
U C
ode.
The
refo
re,
this
sho
uld
be d
elet
ed.]
Anne
x 4
Ta
ble
for
conv
ersi
on f
acto
rs:
Ver
tical
lin
es
betw
een
the
diff
eren
t co
lum
ns
shou
ld
be
inse
rted
. T
he in
stru
ctio
n fo
r ca
rgo
stow
ed in
mor
e th
an o
ne la
yer
for
met
hod
2 (a
dvan
ced)
on
page
9
shou
ld r
ead:
1.
Det
erm
ine
the
num
ber
of l
ashi
ngs
to p
reve
nt s
lidin
g u
sing
the
mas
s of
the
en
tire
sect
ion
and
the
fric
tion
for
the
botto
m la
yer.
2 D
eter
min
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
las
hing
s to
pre
vent
slid
ing
usi
ng t
he m
ass
of t
he
sect
ion'
s up
per
laye
r an
d th
e fr
ictio
n be
twee
n th
e la
yers
.
3 D
eter
min
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
lash
ing
s fo
r th
e en
tire
sect
ion
wh
ich
is r
equi
red
to
prev
ent
tippi
ng.
The
larg
est n
umbe
r of
lash
ing
s in
ste
ps 1
to
3 is
to b
e us
ed.
Tabl
e fo
r fr
ictio
n fa
ctor
s:
ther
e ar
e so
me
valu
es
whi
ch
are
not
cons
iste
nt
with
th
e re
spec
tive
valu
es i
n ta
ble
B.1
of
stan
dard
EN
121
95-1
:201
0. T
he G
roup
of
Exp
erts
ag
reed
on
the
val
ues
as p
rovi
ded
in t
he s
tand
ard.
Thu
s, m
ost
prob
ably
thi
s di
scre
pan
cy i
s a
typi
ng
erro
r w
hich
req
uire
s co
rrec
tion
as f
ollo
ws:
M
ater
ial c
ombi
natio
n in
con
tact
sur
face
Fr
ictio
n fa
ctor
μ
Dry
W
et
Saw
n tim
ber
/woo
den
palle
t –
shrin
k fil
m
0.30
0.
30
Text
bel
ow th
e ta
ble
for
fric
tion
fact
ors:
the
tex
t sh
ould
be
alig
ned
with
par
agra
ph 2
.2.2
.3
of a
nnex
14.
The
refo
re t
he t
hird
sen
tenc
e sh
ould
rea
d: "
If t
he s
urfa
ces
are
not
swep
t cl
ean
the
max
imum
fric
tion
fact
or t
o be
use
d is
0.3
0 or
the
val
ue in
the
tab
le,
wh
en t
his
is lo
wer
if it
is
low
er s
hall
be u
sed.
".
Anne
x 5
1 In
trod
uctio
n: c
onde
nsat
ion
can
also
cau
sed
by h
igh
hum
idity
at
hig
h te
mpe
ratu
res.
Thi
s sh
ould
be
part
of
the
sum
min
g u
p. I
n th
e su
mm
atio
n in
the
thi
rd s
ente
nce
the
end
shou
ld b
e as
fol
low
s:
"… d
urin
g ra
in o
r sn
ow o
r lo
adin
g in
an
atm
osph
eric
con
ditio
n of
hig
h hu
mid
ity a
nd
hig
h te
mpe
ratu
re."
. An
nex
6
Alth
oug
h th
is a
nnex
pro
vide
s so
me
usef
ul i
nfor
mat
ion,
it
is v
ery
volu
min
ous.
It
has
to b
e q
uest
ione
d w
heth
er s
uch
in-d
eep
info
rmat
ion
is r
eally
nec
essa
ry f
or th
e pa
cker
of
a C
TU
.
DS
C 1
8/W
P.3
A
nnex
4,
pag
e 6
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Anne
x 7
[Thi
s an
nex
was
dis
cuss
ed b
y th
e G
roup
of
Exp
erts
but
was
fou
nd v
ery
diff
icul
t to
be
unde
rsto
od.
All
requ
ired
info
rmat
ion
on lo
ad d
istr
ibut
ion,
at
leas
t in
tha
t ex
tent
as
need
ed b
y a
CT
U p
acke
r, i
s al
read
y pr
ovid
ed i
n an
nex
14,
sect
ion
3. T
here
fore
, an
nex
7 sh
ould
be
dele
ted.
] In
cas
e of
the
deci
sion
to k
eep
this
ann
ex, t
hen
the
follo
win
g is
pro
pose
d:
Para
grap
h 2.
1.1:
Con
tain
er l
oad
dist
ribut
ion
diag
ram
(LD
D(C
)) s
peci
fies
boun
darie
s of
5 %
ec
cent
ricity
of
CoG
of
carg
o an
d bo
unda
ries
for
carg
o C
oG w
hen
ecc
entr
icity
of
cont
aine
r C
oG is
5 p
er c
ent
and
10 p
er c
ent.
Para
grap
h 3.
3.4:
The
fig
ure
abov
e sh
ows
all
LDD
's
and
we
can
clea
rly
deci
de
that
m
axim
um c
arg
o m
ass
in t
his
case
is
22 2
6,2
tonn
es l
imite
d by
con
tain
er c
hass
is a
nd g
ross
co
mbi
natio
n m
ass
of 4
0 to
nnes
. M
axim
um e
ccen
tric
ity o
f th
e ca
rgo
cent
re o
f g
ravi
ty s
hall
be
max
imum
3.6
per
cen
t w
hic
h is
lim
ited
by m
axi
mum
axl
e lo
ad o
f ra
ilway
wag
on f
or r
oute
ca
teg
ory
C.
[Ann
ex 9
T
his
anne
x is
out
side
of
the
scop
e of
the
CT
U C
ode.
The
inf
orm
atio
n on
con
dens
atio
n da
mag
e pr
ovid
ed in
ann
ex 5
is c
onsi
dere
d su
ffic
ient
. Th
is a
nne
x s
houl
d be
del
eted
. An
nex
10
Thi
s an
nex
shou
ld b
e de
lete
d.]
[Ann
ex 1
1 T
he i
nstr
uctio
ns f
or c
onta
iner
ins
pect
ion
in s
ectio
n 5
(Con
tain
ers)
is
uncl
ear
reg
ardi
ng w
hat
defe
cts
that
can
be
acce
pted
and
wha
t ca
nnot
be
acce
pted
and
sho
uld
thus
eith
er b
e de
lete
d or
com
plet
ed. T
he li
st c
onta
ined
in c
ircul
ar C
SC
.1/C
irc.1
38/R
ev1
shou
ld b
e in
clud
ed.
Fig
ures
in s
ectio
n 5
shou
ld b
e nu
mbe
red.
] An
nex
14
To
mak
e it
poss
ible
to
find
the
refe
renc
ed a
ppen
dice
s, t
he t
ext
""to
thi
s an
nex"
" sh
ould
be
incl
uded
in t
he
text
. Thu
s th
e no
te in
par
agra
ph 1
.5 s
houl
d re
ad:
Not
e:
See
app
endi
x 1
to th
is a
nnex
for
furt
her
deta
ils o
n pa
ckin
g m
arks
.
All
App
end
ices
sh
ould
be
nu
mbe
red
with
an
nex
nu
mbe
r pl
us
appe
ndi
x nu
mbe
r.
Thu
s ap
pend
ix 1
to
anne
x 14
sho
uld
be n
umbe
red
appe
ndix
14-
1.
Para
grap
h 2.
2.2.
3: in
ord
er to
use
the
uniq
ue te
rm "
fric
tion
fact
or",
am
end
as fo
llow
s:
"2
.2.2
.3
Th
e fr
ictio
n va
lues
giv
en in
app
endi
x 3
are
valid
for
sw
ept
clea
n dr
y or
wet
su
rfac
es f
ree
from
fro
st,
ice,
sno
w,
oil
and
gre
ase.
Whe
n a
com
bina
tion
of c
onta
ct
surf
aces
is
mis
sing
in
the
tabl
e in
app
endi
x 3
or i
f its
fric
tion
fact
or c
oeff
icie
nt o
f fr
ictio
n ca
n't
be v
erifi
ed i
n an
othe
r w
ay,
the
max
imum
fric
tion
fact
or t
o be
use
d in
ca
lcul
atio
ns i
s 0.
3. I
f th
e su
rfac
e co
nta
ct i
s no
t sw
ept
clea
n, t
he m
axim
um f
rictio
n fa
ctor
to
be u
sed
is 0
.3 o
r th
e va
lue
in t
he t
able
, w
hen
this
is
low
er.
If th
e su
rfac
e
15
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8/W
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nnex
4,
pag
e 7
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cont
acts
ar
e no
t fr
ee
from
fr
ost,
ice
and
snow
a
fric
tion
fact
or
stat
ic
fric
tion
coef
ficie
nt μ
= 0
.2 s
hall
be u
sed
unle
ss th
e ta
ble
show
s a
low
er v
alue
. F
or o
ily a
nd
gre
asy
surf
aces
or
whe
n sl
ip s
heet
s ha
ve b
een
used
a s
tatic
fric
tion
fact
or μ
= 0
.1
shal
l be
use
d. T
he f
rictio
n fa
ctor
for
a m
ater
ial
cont
act
can
be v
erifi
ed b
y st
atic
in
clin
atio
n or
dra
ggin
g te
sts.
A
num
ber
of t
ests
sho
uld
be p
erfo
rmed
to e
stab
lish
the
fric
tion
for
a m
ater
ial c
onta
ct (
see
appe
ndix
4).
".
Para
grap
h 2.
3.4:
in th
e la
st s
ente
nce,
rep
lace
"ap
pend
ix 1
4.1"
by
"app
endi
x 5"
. Se
ctio
n 2.
4: a
men
d th
e he
adin
g as
follo
ws:
"La
shin
g m
ater
ials
and
arr
ange
men
ts".
Fi
gure
14.
20:
it sh
ows
a m
odul
ar s
yste
m o
f a
cert
ain
prov
ider
of
lash
ing
mat
eria
l whi
ch h
as
obvi
ousl
y be
en c
opie
d fr
om a
dver
tisin
g m
ater
ial.
The
CT
U C
ode
shou
ld n
ot s
how
pro
duct
s of
ce
rtai
n pr
ovid
ers
but
illus
trat
e th
e pr
inci
ple
of
carg
o se
curin
g.
The
refo
re,
it sh
ould
be
re
plac
ed b
y th
e fo
llow
ing
illu
stra
tion:
Pa
ragr
aph
3.1.
1: a
men
d th
e la
st s
ente
nce
as f
ollo
ws:
"It
may
be
nece
ssar
y to
tra
nsfe
r th
e w
eig
ht m
ass
to t
he c
orne
r po
sts
by s
uppo
rtin
g a
nd t
o su
ppor
t th
e ca
rgo
on s
tron
g t
imbe
r or
st
eel b
eam
s as
app
ropr
iate
.".
Rea
son:
It
is th
e w
eig
ht (
the
forc
e o
rigin
atin
g fr
om t
he m
ass)
whi
ch h
as t
o be
tra
nsfe
rred
into
th
e co
rner
pos
ts b
y ap
prop
riate
sup
port
. Pa
ragr
aph
3.3.
3: t
his
para
gra
ph r
equi
res
mor
e co
nsid
erat
ion.
It
coul
d be
so
unde
rsto
od t
hat
in a
ny c
ase
whe
re s
uch
prod
ucts
are
han
dled
, in
trin
sica
lly s
afe
fork
lifts
hav
e to
be
used
, as
th
ere
is a
lwa
ys a
dan
ger
tha
t a
rece
ptac
le i
s da
mag
ed,
the
cont
ent
is l
eake
d an
d an
ex
plos
ive
atm
osph
ere
is g
ener
ated
. (T
he p
arag
raph
rea
ds:
"Whe
reve
r th
ere
is a
ris
k of
exp
losi
on d
ue t
o th
e v
apou
rs,
fum
es o
r du
rst g
iven
off
by
the
carg
o, a
ll el
ectr
ical
eq
uipm
ent
mou
nted
on
the
truc
ks m
ust
be s
eale
d to
en
sure
that
they
are
intr
insi
cally
saf
e fo
r fla
mm
able
and
exp
losi
ves
atm
osph
eres
.".)
Pa
ragr
aph
3.3.
7: a
men
d th
e se
cond
sen
tenc
e as
follo
ws:
"T
he m
ove
of th
e un
it ...
".
[Par
agra
ph 4
.1.4
: am
end
the
first
sen
tenc
e as
follo
ws:
"La
shin
gs
used
for
dire
ct s
ecur
ing
will
in
evita
bly
elo
ngat
e un
der
exte
rnal
loa
d o
ver
time
, th
us p
erm
ittin
g t
he
pack
age
a d
egre
e of
m
ove
me
nt."
. ]
[Par
agra
ph 5
.2.3
the
last
sen
tenc
e re
ads:
"W
hen
a fle
xita
nk is
load
ed in
to a
gen
eral
pur
pose
IS
O b
ox c
onta
iner
, th
e m
ass
of t
he li
qui
d in
the
fle
xita
nk s
houl
d no
t ex
ceed
24
tonn
es o
r th
e vo
lum
e sh
ould
not
exc
eed
24,0
00 li
tres
whi
che
ver
is t
he la
rger
.".
The
max
imum
val
ue o
f 24
ton
nes
was
not
agr
eed
by t
he G
roup
of
Exp
erts
. C
alcu
latio
ns
carr
ied
out
by c
lass
ifica
tion
soci
etie
s pr
ovid
e ce
rtai
n ev
iden
ce t
hat
the
side
wal
ls o
f a
box
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4,
pag
e 8
I:\D
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oc
cont
aine
r m
ay s
uffe
r se
rious
dam
age
or m
ay e
ven
fail
whe
n th
e liq
uid
mas
s in
the
fle
xita
nk
exce
eds
50 p
er c
ent
of
the
rate
d pa
yloa
d of
th
e co
ntai
ner,
un
less
th
e si
de
wa
lls
are
suff
icie
ntly
enf
orce
d fo
r th
at p
urpo
se.
The
refo
re,
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts a
gre
ed o
n th
e fo
llow
ing
wor
ding
: "W
hen
a fle
xita
nk is
load
ed
into
a g
ener
al p
urpo
se I
SO
box
con
tain
er,
the
mas
s of
the
liq
uid
in t
he f
lexi
tank
sho
uld
not
exce
ed a
va
lue
agre
ed w
ith t
he o
pera
tor
of t
he C
TU
, to
pre
vent
the
con
tain
er f
rom
suf
ferin
g bu
lgin
g da
mag
es."
.] Se
ctio
n 5.
3 (p
age
266)
: thi
s se
ctio
n sh
ows
two
alte
rnat
ives
. T
he G
roup
of E
xper
ts a
gre
ed o
n th
e fir
st o
ptio
n. T
he s
econ
d op
tion
was
no
t pr
esen
ted
to t
he g
roup
and
not
dis
cuss
ed.
The
refo
re, i
t is
pro
pose
d to
kee
p th
e fir
st o
ptio
n.
Appe
ndix
1
Pac
king
mar
ks,
befo
re s
ectio
n 1
(Int
rodu
ctio
n),
incl
ude
an n
ote
in o
rder
tha
t th
e us
ers
of t
he
CT
U C
ode
are
dire
cted
to
the
leg
isla
tion
for
the
labe
ls a
nd m
arks
for
dan
ger
ous
goo
ds.
The
no
te c
ould
rea
d as
follo
ws:
"N
ote:
The
lab
els
and
mar
ks r
equi
red
for
the
tran
spor
t of
dan
ger
ous
goo
ds c
an b
e fo
und
in th
e ap
plic
able
dan
ger
ous
goo
ds r
egul
atio
n.".
Pac
king
mar
ks: w
hat
is th
e di
ffer
ence
bet
wee
n 8
and
9?
Appe
ndix
2
Car
ton
perf
orm
ance
. Thi
s ap
pend
ix s
erve
s no
pur
pose
in th
e C
TU
Cod
e an
d ca
n be
del
eted
. Pa
ragr
aph
1.11
: The
ref
eren
ce a
t the
end
of t
he p
arag
raph
sho
uld
be §
3.1
.4 in
this
ann
ex.
Para
grap
h 2.
3.4:
In
the
last
sen
tenc
e th
e re
fere
nce
shou
ld b
e am
ende
d to
""a
ppen
dix
5 to
th
is a
nnex
"".
Para
grap
h 2.
3.8:
The
ref
eren
ce s
houl
d be
app
endi
x 5,
sec
tion
5 to
this
ann
ex.
Sect
ion
2.4;
The
hea
dlin
e sh
ould
rea
d ""
lash
ing
mat
eria
ls a
nd a
rran
gem
ents
"".
Para
grap
h 2.
4.2:
In
the
tabl
e (r
eusa
ble)
sho
uld
be i
nclu
ded
afte
r w
eb l
ashi
ngs
on t
he t
hird
ro
w. W
eb la
shin
gs
(sin
gle
use
) sh
ould
be
mov
ed to
the
four
th r
ow.
Para
grap
h 3.
1.4:
The
sec
ond
and
third
sen
tenc
es s
houl
d re
ad:
In
orde
r to
com
ply
with
re
stric
tions
lik
e th
e ob
serv
atio
n of
ax
le
load
s of
ro
ad
vehi
cles
(s
ee 3
.1.7
) an
d/or
the
avo
idan
ce o
f ov
erlo
adin
g
liftin
g e
quip
men
t th
e tr
ansv
erse
bot
tom
st
ruct
ure
of t
he C
TU
, th
e ec
cent
ricity
of
the
CT
U c
entr
e of
gra
vity
sho
uld
not
exce
ed
5 pe
r ce
nt in
gen
eral
. A
s a
rule
of
thum
b th
is c
an b
e ta
ken
as m
axim
um 6
0 pe
r ce
nt o
f th
e ca
rgo'
s to
tal m
ass
in n
ot le
ss t
han
50 p
er c
ent
of th
e C
TU
's le
ngth
. T
he r
efer
ence
in th
is p
arag
raph
sho
uld
be a
ppen
dix
5 to
thi
s an
nex,
sec
tion
4.
Para
grap
h 3.
1.7:
Fig
ure
14-2
2, a
nd F
igur
e 14
-23:
rep
lace
fig
ures
with
fol
low
ing
fig
ures
: ne
w F
igur
e 14
-22
16
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e 9
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w F
igur
e 14
-23
[P
arag
raph
4.1
.4:
The
firs
t se
nten
ce s
houl
d re
ad:
""La
shin
gs
used
for
dire
ct s
ecur
ing
will
in
evita
bly
elo
ngat
e ov
er t
ime
und
er e
xter
nal
load
, th
us p
erm
ittin
g t
he p
ack
age
a de
gre
e of
m
ovem
ent"
".]
Pa
ragr
aph
4.2.
3: I
n th
e lis
t of
abb
revi
atio
ns "
"fric
tion
coef
ficie
nt""
sho
uld
be r
epla
ced
by
""fr
ictio
n fa
cto
r"".
Pa
ragr
aph
4.2.
6: T
he t
ext
shou
ld b
e ch
ang
ed a
nd r
ead:
W
here
the
re is
a r
isk
that
the
for
ces
on t
he d
oor
ma
y ex
ceed
the
des
igne
d lim
its o
f th
e C
TU
or
Whe
re t
here
is
the
need
to
stac
k pa
ckag
es i
n a
brok
en s
econ
d la
yer
at t
he c
entr
e of
the
C
TU
add
ition
al lo
ngitu
dina
l blo
ckin
g c
an b
e ad
opte
d as
sho
wn
in t
he f
igur
es 1
4.33
– 1
4.36
. Pa
ragr
aph
4.2.
7: "
"Fric
tion
coef
ficie
nt""
sho
uld
be c
hang
ed t
o "
"fric
tion
fact
or"
". A
t th
e en
d of
th
is p
arag
raph
the
fol
low
ing
sen
tenc
e sh
ould
be
incl
uded
: F
or d
irect
lash
ing
arr
ang
emen
ts
sh
ould
be
set t
o 75
per
cen
t of
the
fric
tion
fact
or.
Para
grap
h 4.
2.8:
""F
rictio
n co
effic
ient
"" s
houl
d be
cha
nged
to "
"fric
tion
fact
or""
. Pa
ragr
aph
4.3.
1: "
"kN
"" s
houl
d be
del
eted
in t
he fo
rmul
a.
Para
grap
h 4.
3.3:
""L
oop"
" sh
ould
be
repl
aced
by
""ha
lf-lo
op""
. Pa
ragr
aph
4.3.
3.2:
The
info
rmat
ion
in t
his
para
gra
ph s
houl
d be
mov
ed t
o pa
rag
raph
4.3
.2.1
as
a c
orne
r fit
ting
has
the
sam
e ef
fect
as
a la
shin
g p
oint
on
the
carg
o. R
efer
ence
sho
uld
be
ma
de to
fig
ure
14.
39.
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e 10
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Appe
ndix
3:
(fric
tion
tabl
e) th
e fo
llow
ing
val
ues
in t
he t
able
sho
uld
be c
hang
ed:
"F
rictio
n fa
ctor
s",
tabl
e: t
here
are
som
e va
lues
whi
ch a
re n
ot c
onsi
sten
t w
ith t
he r
espe
ctiv
e va
lues
in
tabl
e B
.1 o
f st
anda
rd E
N 1
2195
-1:2
010.
The
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts a
gre
ed o
n th
e va
lues
as
prov
ided
in
the
stan
dard
. T
hus,
mos
t pr
obab
ly t
his
disc
repa
ncy
is a
typ
ing
err
or
wh
ich
req
uire
s co
rrec
tion
as fo
llow
s:
Mat
eria
l com
bina
tion
in c
onta
ct s
urfa
ce
D
ry
Wet
S
awn
timbe
r /w
oode
n pa
llet
agai
nst -
shr
ink
film
0.
30
0.30
Pla
ned
woo
d ag
ains
t sm
ooth
ste
el -
sta
inle
ss s
teel
she
et
0.20
0.30
0.
200.
30
Appe
ndix
4: I
nse
rt th
e fo
llow
ing
par
agra
ph:
2.8
If
the
mea
sure
men
t co
nditi
on
diff
ers
from
w
hat
is
spec
ified
ab
ove,
th
e te
st
cond
ition
s sh
ould
be
docu
men
ted
in th
e te
st r
epor
t. [A
ppen
dix
5: B
ased
on
th
e te
sts
and
calc
ulat
ions
th
e fo
llow
ing
te
xt
is
prop
osed
fo
r ap
pend
ix 5
bas
ed o
n op
tion
2 fo
r th
is s
ectio
n. [
Whe
n th
e fo
rmul
as i
n th
is a
ppen
dix
have
be
en a
gre
ed u
pon,
use
r-fr
iend
ly t
able
s ar
e pr
opos
ed t
o be
dev
elop
ed.]
1 R
esis
tivity
of t
rans
vers
e ba
ttens
1.
1 T
he a
ttain
able
res
ista
nce
forc
es F
of
an a
rran
gem
ent
of b
atte
ns m
ay b
e de
term
ined
by
the
for
mul
a:
L28
hw
nF
2
[kN
]
n =
nu
mbe
r of
bat
tens
w =
th
ickn
ess
of b
atte
ns [c
m]
h =
he
ight
of
batte
ns [c
m]
L =
fr
ee le
ngth
of
batt
ens
[m]
Fi
gure
14.
69 –
Tra
nsve
rse
batte
ns in
an
ISO
con
tain
er
17
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e 11
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2
Bea
ms
for b
eddi
ng o
f con
cent
rate
d lo
ads
in a
n IS
O b
ox-c
onta
iner
2.
1 B
eddi
ng a
rran
gem
ents
for
con
cent
rate
d lo
ads
in g
ener
al p
urpo
se I
SO
se
ries
1 fr
eig
ht c
onta
iner
s, f
latr
acks
or
plat
form
s sh
ould
be
desi
gned
in c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith t
he
supp
lier
or o
pera
tor
of t
he c
arg
o tr
ansp
ort
unit.
If
no s
peci
fic a
dvic
e is
ava
ilabl
e th
e pr
ovis
ions
des
crib
ed in
this
sec
tion
shou
ld b
e ap
plie
d.
2.2
The
cen
tre
of g
ravi
ty o
f a
conc
entr
ated
loa
d sh
ould
be
plac
ed c
lose
to
hal
f th
e le
ngth
of
the
cont
aine
r ca
rgo
tran
spor
t un
it. If
mor
e th
an o
ne c
once
ntra
ted
load
sha
ll be
pac
ked
into
a c
onta
iner
or
onto
a c
arg
o tr
ansp
ort
unit,
the
cen
tres
of
gra
vity
of
the
units
sho
uld
as f
ar a
s po
ssib
le b
e pl
aced
at
dist
ance
s in
ter
ms
of c
onta
iner
uni
t le
ngth
as
show
n in
the
tabl
e be
low
:
Num
ber o
f con
cent
rate
d lo
ads
Suita
ble
long
itudi
nal s
tow
age
posi
tion
2 1
/4
3
/4
3 1/
7
1/
2
6/
7
4 1
/8
3
/8
5
/8
7
/8
2.3
Sho
rt o
r na
rrow
car
goe
s m
ay o
verlo
ad t
he f
loor
str
uctu
re.
Thi
s m
ay b
e pr
even
ted
eith
er b
y us
ing
lon
gitu
dina
l su
ppor
t be
ams
unde
rnea
th t
he c
arg
o to
dis
trib
ute
the
load
ove
r m
ore
tran
sver
se f
loor
ing
beam
s, o
r by
the
use
of
tran
sver
se b
eam
s, t
o di
strib
ute
the
load
to
war
ds t
he s
tron
g s
ide
stru
ctur
es o
f the
car
go
tran
spor
t un
it.
2.5
Whe
n lo
ngitu
dina
l su
ppor
t be
ams
are
used
, th
eir
min
imum
le
ngth
sh
ould
be
ca
lcul
ated
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith s
ectio
ns 2
.8 th
roug
h 2.
15 b
elow
and
the
mat
eria
l and
the
cro
ss
sect
ion
dim
ensi
ons
of t
he b
eam
s sh
ould
be
chos
en in
acc
orda
nce
with
sec
tions
3.1
thr
ough
3.
5 be
low
. The
bea
ms
shou
ld b
e pl
aced
as
far
apar
t as
poss
ible
, ne
ar th
e ed
ge
of th
e ca
rgo.
2.
6 W
hen
four
long
itudi
nal s
uppo
rt b
eam
s in
stea
d of
tw
o be
ams
are
used
, th
ese
shou
ld
be a
rran
ged
as
stra
ddle
d tw
in-b
eam
s.
Exam
ple:
A
fen
ce o
f si
x ba
tten
s h
as b
een
arr
ange
d.
The
bat
ten
s ha
ve a
fre
e le
ngth
L =
2.2
m a
nd t
he
cros
s-se
ctio
n w
= 5
cm
, h =
10
cm. T
he to
tal a
ttai
nab
le r
esis
tanc
e fo
rce
is:
Thi
s fo
rce
of 2
4 kN
wou
ld b
e su
ffic
ient
to
rest
rain
a c
argo
mas
s (m
) of
7.5
t,
subj
ecte
d to
ac
cele
ratio
ns i
n se
a ar
ea C
[(s
ee p
arag
raph
5.3
of
the
Cod
e)]
with
0.4
g l
ongi
tudi
nally
(c
x)
and
0.8
g ve
rtic
ally
(c z
). T
he c
onta
iner
is
sto
wed
lo
ngi
tudi
nally
. W
ith a
fric
tion
coef
ficie
nt
betw
een
car
go
and
con
tain
er f
loor
of
= 0
.4 t
he f
ollo
win
g ba
lanc
e ca
lcu
latio
n sh
ow
s:
c x
m
g <
m
(1-c
z)
g +
F [k
N]
0.4
7.5
9.
81 <
0.4
7.
5 0
.2
9.8
1 +
24
[kN
]
29 <
6 +
24
[kN
]
29 <
30
[kN
]
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Figu
re 1
4.70
– N
arro
w c
argo
pla
ced
on lo
ngitu
dina
l sup
port
bea
ms
2.7
Whe
n tr
ansv
erse
sup
port
bea
ms
are
used
, th
eir
leng
th s
houl
d eq
ual t
he in
ner
wid
th
of t
he c
onta
iner
or
the
wid
th o
f th
e pl
atfo
rm in
cas
e of
a f
latr
ack.
The
mat
eria
l and
the
cro
ss
sect
ion
dim
ensi
ons
of t
he b
eam
s sh
ould
be
chos
en in
acc
orda
nce
with
sec
tions
3.1
and
3.6
be
low
.
Fi
gure
14.
71 –
Nar
row
car
go p
lace
d on
tran
sver
se s
uppo
rt b
eam
s
Long
itudi
nal s
tren
gth
of c
onta
iner
s 2.
8 T
he m
inim
um le
ngth
of
a ca
rgo
whi
ch is
res
ting
on
supp
orts
nea
r th
e si
de b
eam
s of
a
gen
eral
pur
pose
ISO
con
tain
er is
:
75.02
PmL
r [m
] (N
eed
only
be
calc
ulat
ed if
m is
gre
ate
r th
an 7
5% o
f P)
P
= d
ecla
red
payl
oad
[t]
m =
con
cent
rate
d lo
ad [t
] L
= fu
ll le
ngth
of l
oadi
ng fl
oor [
m]
r = le
ngth
of c
argo
foot
prin
t or b
ridgi
ng d
ista
nce
[m]
18
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Figu
re 1
4.72
– L
oad
dist
ribut
ion
for g
ener
al p
urpo
se IS
O c
onta
iner
s 2.
9 If
the
len
gth
of
the
carg
o is
les
s th
an t
he r
equi
red
leng
th a
ccor
ding
to
the
form
ula
abov
e, t
he c
arg
o sh
ould
be
bedd
ed w
ith l
ong
itudi
nal
beam
s de
sig
ned
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
sect
ions
3.1
thro
ugh
3.5
belo
w.
Long
itudi
nal s
tren
gth
of fl
atra
cks
2.10
If
a c
arg
o un
it is
pla
ced
with
its
ent
ire f
oot
prin
t o
ver
the
leng
th r
on
a fla
trac
k or
pl
atfo
rm, t
he m
inim
um le
ngth
of t
he c
arg
o is
:
mT
PL
r2
22
[m]
L r
m
Fi
gure
14.
73 –
Con
cent
rate
d lo
ad o
n an
ISO
pla
tform
2.11
If
the
car
go
unit
is r
igid
and
sto
wed
on
tran
sver
se b
eddi
ngs
tha
t br
idg
e th
e di
stan
ce
r on
the
fla
trac
k or
pla
tfor
m, t
he m
inim
um le
ngth
of t
he c
arg
o is
:
mT
PL
r4
21
[m]
L r
m
Fi
gure
14.
74 –
Con
cent
rate
d lo
ad b
ridgi
ng th
e di
stan
ce r
P
= d
ecla
red
payl
oad
[t]
T =
decl
ared
tare
wei
ght [
t] m
= c
once
ntra
ted
load
[t]
L =
full
leng
th o
f loa
ding
floo
r [m
] r =
leng
th o
f car
go fo
ot p
rint o
r brid
ging
dis
tanc
e [m
]
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2.12
If
the
len
gth
of t
he c
argo
is
less
tha
n th
e re
quire
d le
ngth
acc
ordi
ng t
o th
e fo
rmul
as
abov
e, t
he c
arg
o sh
ould
be
bedd
ed w
ith l
ong
itudi
nal
beam
s de
sig
ned
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
sect
ions
3.1
thro
ugh
3.5
belo
w.
Tran
sver
se s
tren
gth
of c
onta
iner
and
flat
rack
floo
ring
2.13
In
ord
er n
ot t
o ov
erlo
ad t
he t
rans
vers
e st
ruct
ure
of t
he f
loor
, ,
it sh
ould
be
chec
ked
that
car
go
in c
onta
iner
s an
d fla
trac
ks w
hich
are
app
rove
d in
acc
orda
nce
with
C.S
.C.
have
at
leas
t th
e fo
llow
ing
leng
th:
s
mr
3.22.0
[m]
2.
14
For
con
tain
ers
and
flatr
acks
whi
ch a
re b
uilt
and
test
ed in
acc
orda
nce
with
IS
O 1
496,
th
e th
e m
inim
um le
ngth
of
carg
o ca
n be
cal
cula
ted
as:
sm
r3.2
15.0 [m
]
r =
bot
tom
leng
th o
f the
car
go u
nit i
n th
e co
ntai
ner (
foot
prin
t) [m
] s
= w
idth
of c
argo
foot
prin
t [m
] m
= m
ass
of c
argo
uni
t [t]
2.15
If
the
len
gth
of t
he c
argo
is
less
tha
n th
e re
quire
d le
ngth
acc
ordi
ng t
o th
e fo
rmul
as
abov
e, t
he c
arg
o sh
ould
be
plac
ed o
n be
ddin
g a
rran
gem
ents
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith s
ectio
ns 3
.1
thro
ugh
3.6
belo
w.
3 B
endi
ng s
tren
gth
of b
eam
s
3.1
The
per
mis
sibl
e be
ndin
g st
ress
s
houl
d be
tak
en a
s 2.
4 kN
/cm
2 for
tim
ber
beam
s an
d 22
kN
/cm
2 for
ste
el b
eam
s. T
he s
ectio
n m
odul
us f
or a
sin
gle
bea
m s
houl
d be
obt
aine
d fr
om s
uppl
ier's
doc
umen
ts. T
he f
ollo
win
g t
able
s m
ay s
erve
as
a q
uick
ref
eren
ce:
timbe
r: d
imen
sion
s [c
m]
10 x
10
12 x
12
15 x
15
20 x
20
25 x
25
sect
ion
mod
ulus
[cm
3 ] 15
2 26
0 50
8 12
36
2450
stee
l: di
men
sion
s [c
m]
12 x
12
14 x
14
16 x
16
18 x
18
20 x
20
sect
ion
mod
ulus
[cm
3 ] 14
4 21
6 31
1 42
6 57
0 Lo
ngitu
dina
l sup
port
bea
ms
3.2
The
m
inim
um
leng
th
of
long
itudi
nal
bedd
ing
beam
s t
shou
ld
be
take
n as
th
e m
inim
um r
equi
red
carg
o le
ngth
acc
ordi
ng t
o se
ctio
ns 2
.8 t
hrou
gh
2.15
abo
ve.
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3.3
The
req
uire
d be
ndin
g st
reng
th o
f be
ams
shou
ld b
e de
term
ined
by
the
form
ula:
[cm
3 ]
W =
se
ctio
n m
odul
us o
f on
e be
am [c
m3 ]
n =
nu
mbe
r of
par
alle
l bea
ms
m =
m
ass
of p
acka
ge
[t]
K =
F
orm
fac
tor
of b
eddi
ng b
eam
as
defin
ed i
n se
ctio
n 3.
4 an
d 3.
5 be
low
σ=
perm
issi
ble
bend
ing
str
ess
in b
eam
[kN
/cm
2 ]
1.
If t
he c
arg
o un
it is
fle
xibl
e, s
o th
at i
t w
ill r
est
over
its
ent
ire l
eng
th o
n th
e be
ddin
g be
ams,
the
form
fact
or K
sho
uld
be c
alcu
late
d ac
cord
ing
to b
elow
:
rt
K
[cm
3 ]
t =
leng
th o
f th
e b
eam
[m]
r =
lo
aded
leng
th o
f be
am (
foot
prin
t) o
r br
idg
ing
dist
ance
[m]
r t
h
Fi
gure
14.
75 –
Bea
m fo
r loa
d sp
read
ing
unde
r a fl
exib
le p
acka
ge
2.
If t
he p
acka
ge
is r
igid
so
that
it
will
brid
ge
a di
stan
ce o
n th
e be
ddin
g b
eam
s, t
he
form
fact
or K
sho
uld
be c
alcu
late
d ac
cord
ing
to b
elo
w:
trt
K2
[c
m3 ]
if r
t7.
1
tr
K2
[c
m3 ]
if r
t7.
1
t =
leng
th o
f th
e b
eam
[m]
r =
lo
aded
leng
th o
f be
am (
foot
prin
t) o
r br
idg
ing
dist
ance
[m]
r t h
Fi
gure
14.
76 –
Bea
m fo
r loa
d sp
read
ing
unde
r rig
id p
acka
ge
Km
Wn
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Tran
sver
se s
uppo
rt b
eam
s 3.
T
he r
equi
red
bend
ing
stre
ngth
of t
rans
vers
e be
ddin
g b
eam
s sh
ould
be
dete
rmin
ed
by t
he f
ollo
win
g f
orm
ulas
:
Rig
id c
arg
o:
F
lexi
ble
carg
o:
W
=
Sect
ion
mod
ulus
of s
uppo
rt b
eam
s [cm
3 ]
n =
N
umbe
r of s
uppo
rt b
eam
s
m =
C
argo
wei
ght,
[ton
]
s =
W
idth
of c
argo
foot
pri
nt [m
]
σ =
Pe
rmis
sibl
e st
ress
in su
ppor
t bea
ms,
[kN/
cm2 ]
l e
=
Con
tribu
ting
leng
th o
f con
tain
er fl
oor [
m],
take
n as
the
min
imum
of
Beam
s spa
ced
mor
e th
an 0
.84
m a
part:
l e
=
Beam
s spa
ced
less
than
0.8
4 m
apa
rt:
l e =
4 Lo
ngitu
dina
l pos
ition
of t
he c
entr
e of
gra
vity
in a
CTU
4.
1 T
he l
ong
itudi
nal
posi
tion
of t
he c
entr
e of
gra
vity
with
in t
he i
nner
len
gth
of
a lo
aded
co
ntai
ner
is a
t the
dis
tanc
e d
from
the
fron
t, ob
tain
ed b
y th
e fo
rmul
a:
i
ii
mT
)d
m(L
5.0
Td
d =
di
stan
ce o
f co
mm
on c
entr
e of
gra
vity
fro
m t
he f
ront
of
stow
age
area
[m]
T=
ta
re m
ass
of t
he
CT
U. [
t]
L=
leng
th o
f st
ow
ag
e a
rea
(inne
r le
ngth
) [m
]
mn
=
mas
s of
the
indi
vidu
al p
acka
ges
or
over
pack
[t]
d n =
di
stan
ce o
f ce
ntre
of g
ravi
ty o
f m
ass
mn
from
fron
t of
sto
wag
e ar
ea [m
]
d 1
d 2
d 3
d 4
d 5
m1
m2
m3
m4
m5
L
Figu
re 1
4.77
– D
eter
min
atio
n of
long
itudi
nal c
entr
e of
gra
vity
20
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Exam
ple:
A
20'
con
tain
er w
ith in
ner
leng
th L
= 5
.9 m
and
tare
mas
s T
= 2
.3 t
is lo
ade
d w
ith f
ive
grou
ps o
f ca
rgo
parc
els
as f
ollo
ws:
86.2
8.20
565
.59
5.18
3.2
78.52
9.5
5.0
3.2
mT
)d
m(L
5.0
Td
i
ii
m
5 C
argo
sec
urin
g w
ith d
unna
ge b
ags
5.1
Intr
oduc
tion
5.1.
1 A
ccel
erat
ions
in
di
ffer
ent
dire
ctio
ns
durin
g
tran
spor
t m
ay
caus
e m
ovem
ents
of
ca
rgo,
eith
er s
lidin
g o
r tip
ping
. D
unna
ge
bag
s, o
r ai
r ba
gs,
used
as
bloc
king
dev
ice
may
be
able
to
prev
ent t
hese
mov
emen
ts.
Fo
otno
te:
Dun
nage
bag
s m
ay n
ot b
e us
ed t
o se
cure
dan
gero
us g
oods
on
US
railw
ays
5.1.
2 T
he s
ize
and
stre
ngth
of
the
dunn
age
bag
are
to
be a
djus
ted
to t
he c
arg
o w
eig
ht s
o th
at t
he p
erm
issi
ble
lash
ing
cap
acity
of
the
dunn
age
bag,
with
out
risk
of b
reak
ing
it,
is la
rger
th
an th
e fo
rce
the
carg
o ne
eds
to b
e su
ppor
ted
with
: F
DU
NN
AG
E B
AG
≥
F CA
RG
O
5.2
For
ce o
n du
nnag
e ba
g fr
om c
arg
o (F
CA
RG
O)
5.2.
1 T
he m
axim
um f
orce
, w
ith w
hich
rig
id c
arg
o m
ay im
pact
a d
unna
ge
bag,
dep
ends
on
the
carg
o's
mas
s, s
ize
and
fric
tion
agai
nst
the
surf
ace
and
the
dim
ensi
onin
g a
ccel
erat
ions
a
ccor
ding
to th
e fo
rmu
las
bel
ow:
Sl
idin
g:
Tipp
ing:
F CA
RG
O =
m
g (c
x,y –
0.75
c z
) [kN
] F C
AR
GO =
m
g (c
x,y –
bp/h
p c
z) [k
N]
FC
AR
GO =
fo
rce
on th
e du
nnag
e ba
g ca
used
by
the
carg
o [t]
m =
m
ass
of c
arg
o [t]
c x,y =
H
oriz
onta
l ac
cele
ratio
n, e
xpre
ssed
in
g,
that
act
s on
the
car
go
side
wa
ys o
r in
for
war
d or
bac
kwar
d di
rect
ions
c z =
V
ertic
al a
ccel
erat
ion
that
act
s on
the
carg
o, e
xpre
ssed
in g
m
i [t]
d i [m
] m
i d
i [tm
] 1
3.5
0.7
2.45
2
4.2
1.4
5.88
3
3.7
3.0
11.1
0 4
2.2
3.8
8.36
5
4.9
5.1
24.9
9 m
i = 1
8.5
(mi
di)
= 5
2.78
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=
Fric
tion
fact
or f
or
the
cont
act
area
be
twee
n th
e ca
rgo
and
the
surf
ace
or b
etw
een
diffe
rent
pac
kag
es
b p =
P
acka
ge
wid
th f
or
tippi
ng s
idew
ays,
or
alte
rnat
ivel
y th
e le
ngth
of
the
carg
o fo
r tip
ping
forw
ard
or b
ackw
ard
[m]
h p =
pa
ckag
e he
ight
[m
]
5.2.
2 T
he lo
ad o
n th
e du
nnag
e ba
g is
det
erm
ined
of
the
mov
emen
t (s
lidin
g o
r tip
ping
) an
d th
e m
ode
of t
rans
por
t tha
t giv
es t
he
larg
est
forc
e on
the
dunn
age
bag
from
the
carg
o.
5.2.
3 It
is o
nly
the
carg
o m
ass
that
act
ually
impa
cts
the
dunn
age
bag
that
sha
ll to
be
used
in
the
abo
ve f
orm
ulas
. T
he m
ovem
ent
forw
ard,
whe
n br
eaki
ng f
or e
xam
ple,
the
mas
s of
the
ca
rgo
behi
nd th
e du
nnag
e ba
g is
to
be u
sed
in th
e fo
rmul
as.
5.2.
4 If
the
dun
nag
e ba
g in
stea
d is
use
d to
pre
vent
mov
emen
t si
dew
ays
, th
e la
rges
t to
tal
mas
s of
the
car
go
that
eith
er is
on
the
right
or
left
sid
e of
the
dun
nag
e ba
g is
to
be u
sed,
tha
t is
, ei
ther
the
mas
s m
1 or
m2,
see
fig
ure
4.6.
m1
m2
Fi
gure
14.
78 –
Equ
al h
eigh
t pac
kage
s
b 1
b 2
h 1
h 2
m1
m2
Fi
gure
14.
79 –
Une
qual
hei
ght p
acka
ges
5.2.
5 In
ord
er t
o ha
ve s
ome
safe
ty m
arg
in i
n th
e ca
lcul
atio
ns,
the
low
est
fric
tion
fact
or
shou
ld b
e us
ed,
eith
er t
he o
ne b
etw
een
the
car
go
in t
he b
otto
m l
ayer
and
the
pla
tfor
m o
r be
twee
n th
e la
yers
of
carg
o.
5.2.
6 If
the
pac
kag
e on
eac
h si
de o
f th
e du
nnag
e ba
g ha
s di
ffer
ent
form
s, w
hen
tippi
ng
the
rela
tions
hip
betw
een
the
carg
o w
idth
and
hei
ght
of t
he c
arg
o st
ack
that
hav
e th
e sm
alle
st
valu
e of
bp
/ hp
is c
hose
n.
5.2.
7 H
owe
ver,
in
both
cas
es t
he t
otal
mas
s of
the
car
go
that
is
on t
he s
ame
side
of
the
dunn
age
bag
is t
o be
use
d, th
at is
, eith
er t
he m
ass
m1
or
m2 in
Fig
ure
4.7.
5.
3 P
erm
issi
ble
load
on
the
dunn
age
bag
(F
DB)
5.3.
1 T
he f
orce
tha
t th
e du
nnag
e ba
g i
s ab
le t
o ta
ke u
p de
pend
s on
the
are
a of
the
du
nnag
e ba
g
whi
ch
the
carg
o is
re
stin
g
agai
nst
and
the
max
imum
al
low
able
w
orki
ng
pres
sure
. The
for
ce o
f th
e du
nnag
e ba
g is
cal
cula
ted
from
:
21
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C 1
8/W
P.3
A
nnex
4,
pag
e 19
I:\D
SC
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\3.d
oc
FD
B
= A
10
g
PB
SF
[kN
] F
DB =
fo
rce
that
the
dun
nag
e ba
g is
abl
e to
tak
e up
with
out
exce
edin
g
the
max
imum
allo
wab
le p
ress
ure
(kN
)
PB =
bu
rstin
g p
ress
ure
of th
e du
nnag
e ba
g [b
ar]
A =
co
ntac
t are
a be
twee
n th
e du
nnag
e ba
g an
d th
e ca
rgo
[m2 ]
SF
=
safe
ty f
acto
r
0.75
for
sing
le u
se d
unna
ge
bag
s
0.5
for
reus
able
dun
nag
e ba
gs
5.4
Con
tact
are
a (A
) 5.
4.1
The
con
tact
are
a be
twee
n th
e du
nnag
e ba
g a
nd t
he c
arg
o de
pend
s on
the
siz
e of
th
e ba
g b
efor
e it
is in
flate
d an
d th
e g
ap t
hat
the
bag
is f
illin
g. T
his
area
may
be
app
roxi
mat
ed
by t
he f
ollo
win
g f
orm
ula:
A =
(bD
B -
d/
2)
(hD
B -
d/
2)
b DB =
w
idth
of
dunn
age
bag
[m]
h DB =
he
ight
of
dunn
age
bag
[m]
A =
co
ntac
t are
a be
twee
n th
e du
nnag
e ba
g an
d th
e ca
rgo
[m2 ]
d =
g
ap b
etw
een
pack
ages
[m]
=
3.14
5.5
Pre
ssur
e in
the
dun
nag
e ba
g 5.
5.1
Upo
n ap
plic
atio
n of
the
dun
nag
e ba
g i
t is
fill
ed t
o a
slig
ht o
verp
ress
ure.
If
this
pr
essu
re is
too
low
the
re is
a r
isk
that
the
dun
nage
bag
com
e lo
ose
if th
e am
bien
t pr
essu
re is
ris
ing
or
if th
e ai
r te
mpe
ratu
re d
rops
. In
vers
ely,
if t
he f
illin
g p
ress
ure
is t
oo h
igh
ther
e is
a r
isk
of t
he d
unna
ge
bag
to
burs
t or
to
dam
age
the
carg
o if
the
ambi
ent
pres
sure
dec
reas
es,
or if
th
e ai
r te
mpe
ratu
re r
ises
. 5.
5.2
The
bur
stin
g pr
essu
re (
PB)
of a
dun
nag
e ba
g d
epen
ds o
n th
e q
ualit
y, s
ize
and
the
gap
tha
t th
e ba
g is
fill
ing.
The
pre
ssur
e th
at t
he d
unna
ge
bag
is e
xper
ienc
ing
as
a re
sult
of
forc
es a
ctin
g f
rom
the
car
go
may
nev
er c
ome
clos
e to
bur
stin
g p
ress
ure
as t
he b
ag i
s in
da
nger
of
burs
ting
and
thus
a s
afet
y fa
ctor
acc
ordi
ng t
o ab
ove
shal
l be
used
.]
[Ann
ex 1
4
App
endi
x 6
shou
ld b
e de
lete
d.]
[Ann
ex 1
5 T
his
anne
x w
as n
ot d
iscu
ssed
by
the
Gro
up o
f E
xper
ts.
Its g
oes
beyo
nd t
he s
cope
of
the
CT
U C
ode
as i
t ad
dres
ses
gen
eral
iss
ues
of o
ccup
atio
nal
safe
ty.
Thi
s an
nex
shou
ld b
e de
lete
d.
DS
C 1
8/W
P.3
A
nnex
4,
pag
e 20
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C\1
8\W
P\3
.doc
Anne
x 17
T
his
anne
x co
ntai
ns v
ery
exte
nsiv
e in
form
atio
n on
sea
ls.
It is
not
con
side
red
nece
ssar
y to
ha
ve s
uch
exce
ssiv
e in
form
atio
n in
the
CT
U C
ode.
It
coul
d be
app
ropr
iate
to
dele
te t
his
anne
x.
Anne
x 18
T
his
anne
x re
peat
s in
form
atio
n w
hich
is
alre
ady
prov
ided
in
the
IMD
G C
ode.
Fur
ther
mor
e,
the
info
rmat
ion
prov
ided
is
not
fully
con
sist
ent
with
cha
pter
5.5
of
the
IMD
G C
ode.
It
was
ag
reed
by
th
e G
roup
of
E
xper
ts
that
th
e C
TU
C
ode
shou
ld
not
repe
at
man
dato
ry
req
uire
men
ts o
f ot
her
leg
al i
nstr
umen
ts.
The
rea
sons
are
firs
t to
avo
id r
edun
danc
y an
d se
cond
, m
ore
impo
rtan
t, to
avo
id d
iscr
epan
cies
, as
man
dato
ry le
gal
inst
rum
ents
suc
h as
the
IM
DG
Cod
e ar
e m
ore
ofte
n re
vise
d th
an t
he C
TU
Cod
e. W
ith r
espe
ct t
o th
e C
TU
Cod
e, a
ll ne
cess
ary
info
rmat
ion
on f
umig
atio
n is
alre
ady
prov
ided
in
ann
ex
12,
sect
ion
4. T
here
fore
, th
is a
nnex
sho
uld
be d
elet
ed.]
In c
ase
of th
e de
cisi
on to
kee
p th
is a
nnex
, the
n th
e fo
llow
ing
is p
ropo
sed:
F
umig
atio
n: t
he
fum
igat
ion
mar
k is
reg
ula
ted
in t
he r
egul
atio
ns f
or t
he t
rans
port
of
dang
erou
s g
oods
. It
wou
ld b
e be
st n
ot t
o ha
ve d
etai
led
desc
riptio
n of
the
fum
igat
ion
mar
k in
the
CT
U.
Del
ete
3.2
and
3.3
and
repl
ace
it w
ith t
he f
ollo
win
g:
"3.
2 T
he
fum
igat
ion
mar
k sh
all
com
ply
with
th
e re
leva
nt
dang
erou
s g
oods
re
gul
atio
ns.
Her
eafte
r is
the
fum
igat
ion
mar
k as
in
the
18t
h re
vise
d ed
ition
of
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ions
Mo
del R
egul
atio
n.".
[A
nnex
19
T
his
anne
x sh
ould
be
dele
ted
as t
he in
form
atio
n is
ava
ilabl
e in
ann
ex 1
2, s
ectio
n 5.
] An
nex
21
In t
he t
ext
acro
nym
s su
ch a
s LC
, M
SL,
FLT
, et
c. a
re u
sed.
The
se a
cron
yms
have
to
be
expl
ain
ed e
ither
in a
nnex
21
or in
cha
pter
2 o
f th
e m
ain
body
of
the
code
. T
he f
ollo
win
g a
cron
yms
have
dou
ble
mea
ning
s w
hic
h co
uld
lead
to
mis
inte
rpre
tatio
ns b
y th
e re
ader
: B
B,
CA
F,
CIA
, C
OD
, C
OP
, D
G,
ET
A,
FA
S,
FIF
O/F
IO,
IBC
, IC
C,
IT,
ITF
, N
OS
, O
CP
, P
OD
, P
OL,
S/D
, T&
E.
____
____
___
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Annex II
Excerpts from the draft report to the Maritime Safety Committee (DSC 18/WP.1)
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DRAFT AMENDMENTS (37-14) OF THE IMDG CODE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO E&T 20 7.23 The Sub-Committee authorized E&T 20 to finalize the draft amendments (37-14) to
the IMDG Code, based on documents submitted to DSC 18 and the comments and decisions
taken at this session, instructing it to also take into consideration the outcome of the
United Nations TDG Sub-Committee (DSC 18/INF.21) with regard to the draft nineteenth
revised edition of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods, Model Regulations. The group was also instructed to identify and correct any editorial
mistakes on amendment 36-12 of the IMDG Code and submit a written report to CCC 1.
7.24 The Sub-Committee requested the Secretary-General to circulate the final draft
amendments (37-14) to the IMDG Code in accordance with SOLAS article VIII, as prepared
by E&T 20, for consideration and subsequent adoption by MSC 93.
7.25 The Sub-Committee noted that the provisional agenda for E&T 20 has been issued
as document E&T 20/1.
8 REVISION OF THE GUIDELINES FOR PACKING OF CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS
GENERAL
8.1 The Sub-Committee recalled that DSC 17, having noted the outcome of the Group
of Experts for the revision of the IMO/ILO/UNECE CTU Guidelines and that the draft
CTU Code would be submitted to this session, urged Member States and international
organizations to participate in the work of the Group of Experts.
8.2 In this connection, the Sub-Committee considered the following documents
submitted on the matter:
.1 DSC 18/8 (Secretariat), informing that the Group of Experts for the revision
of the IMO/ILO/UNECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units
held three sessions in Geneva and, at its third session, the Group prepared
the final draft of the Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units
(CTUs), as set out in the annex;
.2 DSC 18/INF.7 (Secretariat), containing comments and proposals on the
draft Code from Belgium, Germany and Japan;
.3 DSC 18/8/1 (Slovakia and Sweden), proposing modifications to the draft
CTU Code on bedding arrangements, based on the full scale test results
contained in document DSC 18/INF.4 (Slovakia and Sweden);
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.4 DSC 18/8/2 (Belgium), proposing both fundamental and editorial
modifications to the draft CTU Code; and
.5 DSC 18/7/7 (Republic of Korea), proposing to amend the provisions of
conditions for a container packing certificate in subsection 5.4.2.1 of the
IMDG Code to include texts that require the confirmation of the CSC Safety
Approval Plate and the validity of ACEP or Periodic Examination Scheme of
a container/vehicle to mitigate any risk to safety that may be caused by
potential structural deficiencies of a container/vehicle.
8.3 While the Sub-Committee noted with appreciation the work done by the Group of
Experts, some concerns were raised on the draft Code, in particular with regard to the
volume of the Code, its usability, several technical matters (e.g. bedding arrangements), how
to finalize the draft Code and whether it should be made publicly available once finalized.
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE WORKING GROUP 8.4 Following the discussion, the Sub-Committee instructed the Working Group on
Container Safety (established under item 5), taking into account the comments and decisions
made in plenary, to:
.1 consider the draft CTU Code (DSC 18/8), taking into account documents
DSC 17/7/1, DSC 18/7/7, DSC 18/8/1, DSC 18/8/2, DSC 18/INF.4 and
DSC 18/INF.7, in particular on how to reduce the volume of the draft Code
(e.g. splitting the current draft into two, so that the first part would be the draft
Code and the second part would be another document, for example training
materials) and on which proposals and comments should be reflected in the
draft Code, and advise the Sub-Committee accordingly; and
.2 advise the Sub-Committee on how best to finalize the Code (e.g. referring
comments and decisions by the Sub-Committee, through the
IMO Secretariat, to the Group of Experts), taking into account that a fourth
session of the Group of Experts has been tentatively scheduled for 4 and 5
November 2013.
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[REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP 8.5 Having considered the part of the report of the working group (DSC 18/WP.3)
dealing with the agenda item, the Sub-Committee approved it in general and took action as
outlined hereunder.
Draft Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code) 8.6 In considering methods to reduce the volume of the draft Code, the Sub-Committee
noted that the group had agreed that the draft CTU Code should be user-friendly (e.g. colour
indexed) and divided in three parts, as follows:
.1 main body;
.2 annexes, which are referenced in the main body; and
.3 appendices, containing informative material.
8.7 In addition, the Sub-Committee noted that the group had decided that the draft Code
should be available on the web, free of charge, for ease of dissemination. In order to
facilitate the dissemination of the Code, the IMO/ILO/UNECE Secretariat should consider
creating a website dedicated to CTUs. In this connection, the representative of the UNECE
had informed the Sub-Committee that the UNECE could check the possibility of the creation
of the website and report to the Group of Experts on this matter. The representative also
informed the Sub-Committee that the latest information of the Group of Experts can be found
in the following website: http://www.unece.org/trans/wp24/guidelinespackingctus/intro.html.
8.8 Having considered the above matters, the Sub-Committee agreed to the
recommendations for the Group of Experts for the revision of the IMO/ILO/UNECE
Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units, as set out in annex 4 to document
DSC 18/WP.3, for submission to the IMO/ILO/UNECE Group of Experts for consideration at
its next meeting and requested the Secretariat to take action accordingly.
8.9 Having noted that the above recommendations are not an extensive list of proposed
amendments to the draft CTU Code, the Sub-Committee invited Member States and
international organizations to submit further comments and proposals directly to the UNECE
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Secretariat*, not later than 8 October 2013, for consideration by the Group of Experts. In this
regard, the Sub-Committee also invited ISO to review the current Options 1 and 2 and the
formulas contained in document DSC 18/8/1, taking into account relevant existing
ISO standards, and submit any conclusions and recommendations arising from this review
directly to the Group of Experts for consideration.
8.10 In considering how best to finalize the Code, the Sub-Committee agreed that the
draft CTU Code, after finalization by the Group of Experts, should be submitted directly to
MSC 93 for approval and requested the Secretariat to take action, as appropriate.
Subsequently, the Sub-Committee urged Member States and international organizations to
attend the next session of the Group of Experts, which has been tentatively scheduled
for 4 and 5 November 2013, in Geneva.
Completion of the work on the output 8.11 The Sub-Committee invited the Committee to note that the work on the output had
been completed.]
9 DEVELOPMENT OF AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS AND THE RELEVANT CODES CONCERNING MANDATORY CARRIAGE OF APPROPRIATE ATMOSPHERE TESTING INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD SHIPS
General 9.1 The Sub-Committee recalled that DSC 17, having received the report of the Working
Group on Amendments to SOLAS to Mandate Enclosed Space Entry and Rescue Drills
(DSC 17/WP.4), agreed to a Justification to develop amendments to the SOLAS Convention
and relevant codes concerning mandatory carriage of appropriate atmosphere testing
instruments on board ships (DSC 17/17, annex 8), for consideration by MSC 91, together
with the Sub-Committee's recommendation that the highest priority be given to urgently
developing relevant SOLAS carriage requirements of oxygen meters.
9.2 The Sub-Committee noted that MSC 91 agreed to include the new output in the
2012-2013 biennial agenda of the Sub-Committee and in the provisional agenda for this
* Mrs. Valérie Blanchard
Associate Economic Affairs Officer Sustainable Transport Section Transport Division United Nations Economic Commission for Europe CH-1211 Genève 10 Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 917 23 92 E-mail: [email protected]
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