SEPTEMBER 2008

IN THIS ISSUE

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• New South Wales Maritime Safety Laws Overhauled
• Protection of the sea - levy increase from 1 July 2008
• A day in the life of an HWL Ebsworth Maritime lawyer
• Australian Coastal and Marine Pollution Regulation & Response
• Habour Pilots - For whom the bell tolls?
• Marine Order Part 32
• Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers (DOFI) - Regulations commencing 1 July 2008
• New bulk wheat export marketing system for Australia
• Environmental Crimes: Increasing Sentencing Certainty
• Safe anchoring on the New South Wales coast

 

Marine Order Part 32

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has recently published a Marine Notice highlighting the risks associated with restricting the means of access from a ships cargo hold due to blocks of cargo in the hold ends.

It is compulsory during loading or unloading at an Australian port or territory of Australia, to provide and maintain a safe and unobstructed means of access to the vessels cargo holds.

Marine Order 32 provides the following statutory obligations in relation to these issues:

• That all vessels maintain at least one unobstructed and safe means of access from the uppermost deck of the space to the level at which loading or unloading is taking place;

• That when work is being carried out at a height of 2 meters or more that there is a protective fence or netting to guard against a fall.

AMSA routinely carries out ship inspections to ensure compliance with Marine Orders Part 32. 

Failure to comply with the provisions of Marine Order 32 can result in penal provisions being applied to the Master, Operatori and in some case Company Officers.

The full text of Marine Orders Part 32 - Cargo Handling Equipment - is available from the website www.amsa.gov.au.

 

Written by Andrew Pearson, Senior Associate