Ref.T3/1.01 MSC.1/Circ.1202
14June2006
1 TheMaritimeSafetyCommittee,atitssixty-ninthsession(11to20May1998),notedwith concernthatMemberGovernmentreportsoninspectionprogrammescarriedoutoncargotransport units carrying dangerous goods have shown that there is still a lack of general compliance with applicableIMOstandards.
2 Noting, however, that in those countries where regular inspection programmes have been implemented,aconsiderableimprovementhasbeenexperiencedinthegeneralcompliancewiththose standards,theCommitteedecidedtourgeGovernments,especiallythosewhohavenotyetdoneso,to implement such inspection programmes on a regular basis, using the relevant IMO codes and guidelinesasstandards.
3 Toavoidthedivertingofdangerousgoodstoportswhereinspectionsarenotcarriedout,a regionalapproachshouldbetaken.
4 Thefollowingitemsshould,asaminimum,becoveredbytheinspectionprogrammereferred
toabove:
.1 placardingandmarking;
.2 labelling(ofpackages);
.3 documentation;
.4 packaging(inappropriateordamaged);
.5 portabletankorroadtankvehicles(inappropriateordamaged);
.6 stowage/securinginsidethefreightcontainers,vehiclesandotherCTUs;
.7 segregationofcargo;
.8 ContainerSafetyConvention(CSC)SafetyApprovalPlate;
.9 seriousstructuraldeficiencies*;and
.10 tiedownattachmentsofroadtankvehicles.
5 ToaidtheOrganizationinevaluatingthereportsreceived,Governmentsareinvitedtosubmit theminastructuredmanner,preferablyusingthestandardformatgivenintheannex,containingatleast thefollowinginformation:
.1 numberoffreightcontainers,vehiclesandotherCTUsexamined;
.2 numberoffreightcontainers,vehiclesandotherCTUswithdeficiencies;and
.3 numberofdeficienciesrelatingtoeachinspectionitemasreferredtoinparagraph4.
6 ThiscircularreplacesMSC/Circ.859dated22May1998.
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* On this issue only, the inspection programme should be extended to cover all CSC containers. For the
determination of specific deficiencies, the guidance on serious structural deficiencies in containers given in CSC/Circ.134 should be applied. In addition, the provisions of 7.4.6.4.2 in the IMDG Code apply to CSCcontainerscarryingclass1dangerousgoods.
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