CSSCODECODEOFSAFEPRACTICEFORCARGOSTOWAGEANDSECURING2011EDITIONINCLUDINGREVISEDGUIDELINESFORTHEPREPARATIONOFTHECARGOSECURINGMANUALLondon,2011Firstpublishedin1992bytheINTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION4AlbertEmbankment,LondonSE17SR:978-92-801-1536-9IMOPUBLICATIONSalesnumber:IB292ECopyright©InternationalMaritimeOrganization2011Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheInternationalMaritimeOrganization.Reproductionand/ortranslationrightsmaybeavailableforthistitle.ForfurtherdetailspleasecontactIMOPublishingatcopyright@imo.org.ThispublicationhasbeenpreparedfromofficialdocumentsofIMO,andeveryefforthasbeenmadetoeliminateerrorsandreproducetheoriginaltext(s)faithfully.Readersshouldbeawarethat,incaseofinconsistency,theofficialIMOtextwillprevail.iiiiiiContentsPreface...............................................vResolutionA.714(17)CodeofSafePracticeforCargoStowageandSecuring...........1CodeofSafePracticeforCargoStowageandSecuringForeword.............................................5Chapter1General...................................9Chapter2Principlesofsafestowageandsecuringofcargoes...15Chapter3Standardizedstowageandsecuringsystems........19Chapter4Semi-standardizedstowageandsecuring..........21Chapter5Non-standardizedstowageandsecuring..........23Chapter6Actionswhichmaybetakeninheavyweather......25Chapter7Actionswhichmaybetakenoncecargohasshifted..27Annex1Safestowageandsecuringofcontainersondeckofshipswhicharenotspeciallydesignedandfittedforthepurposeofcarryingcontainers............29Annex2Safestowageandsecuringofportabletanks........33Annex3Safestowageandsecuringofportablereceptacles...37Annex4Safestowageandsecuringofwheel-based(rolling)cargoes...................................40Annex5Safestowageandsecuringofheavycargoitemssuchaslocomotives,transformers,etc.............42Annex6Safestowageandsecuringofcoiledsheetsteel.....47Annex7Safestowageandsecuringofheavymetalproducts..52Annex8Safestowageandsecuringofanchorchains........54Annex9Safestowageandsecuringofmetalscrapinbulk....56Annex10Safestowageandsecuringofflexibleintermediatebulkcontainers...................57PageCodeofSafePracticeforCargoStowageandSecuringivAnnex11Generalguidelinesfortheunder-deckstowageoflogs....................................60Annex12Safestowageandsecuringofunitloads...........64Annex13Methodstoassesstheefficiencyofsecuringarrangementsfornon-standardizedcargo..........68Noteonannex14.......................................87Annex14Guidanceonprovidingsafeworkingconditionsforsecuringofcontainersondeck...............89AppendicesAppendix1ResolutionA.489(XII)–Safestowageandsecuringofcargounitsandotherentitiesinshipsotherthancellularcontainerships................105Appendix2RevisedguidelinesforthepreparationoftheCargoSecuringManual..................108Appendix3ResolutionA.533(13)–Elementstobetakenintoaccountwhenconsideringthesafestowageandsecuringofcargounitsandvehiclesinships....120Appendix4ResolutionA.581(14)–Guidelinesforsecuringarrangementsforthetransportofroadvehiclesonro–roships..............................125Appendix5ResolutionA.864(20)–Recommendationsforenteringenclosedspacesaboardships............133PagevvPrefaceUponinstructionsbytheMaritimeSafetyCommittee(MSC),theSub-CommitteeonContainersandCargoes(whichwaslatersupersededbytheSub-CommitteeonDangerousGoods,SolidCargoesandContain-ers)developedtheCodeofSafePracticeforCargoStowageandSecuring.TheCodewasapprovedbytheCommitteeatitsfifty-eighthsession(May1990)andwasadoptedbytheAssemblyatitsseventeenthregularsession(November1991)byresolutionA.714(17).TheAssemblyrecommendedthatGovernmentsimplementtheCodeattheearliestpossibleopportunityandrequestedtheMSCtokeepitunderreviewandamenditasnecessary.TheCodehasundergonesubsequentchangesthroughtheyears.ThefirstmajorchangewastheamendmentsofMSC/Circ.664,adoptedatthesixty-fourthsessionofMSC(5to9December1994),andMSC/Circ.691,adoptedbytheCommitteeatitssixty-fifthsession(9to17May1995),bothofwhichwereissuedasthe1994/1995AmendmentstotheCodeofSafePracticeforCargoStowageandSecuring,introducingannex13,whichhassubsequentlybeenincorporatedintothisedition.Thiseditionincludesamendmentstoannex12onsafestowageandsecuringofunitloads,issuedasMSC/Circ.740on14June1996atthesixty-sixthsessionoftheMaritimeSafetyCommittee.ItalsocontainsamendmentsadoptedbytheCommitteeatitsseventy-fifthsession(15to24May2002),issuedasMSC/Circ.1026,whichsawsignificantchangesinthecontentsofannex13.TheCommittee,atitseighty-seventhsession(12to21May2010),approvedthefollowingamendmentstotheCode:byMSC.1/Circ.1352incorporatinganewannex14–GuidanceonProvidingSafeWorkingConditionsforSecur-ingofContainersonDeckwhichapplyintheirentiretyforcontainerships,thekeelsofwhichwerelaidorwhichareatasimilarstageofconstructiononorafter1January2015;sections4.4(Trainingandfamiliarization),7.1(Introduction),7.3(Maintenance)andsection8(Specialize