Name of international instrumentand paragraph

Details of requirements PPA Regulation

Details of requirements

ILO3.8.3 Segregation

Article 2

3. Traffic routes in container handling and container stacking areas should be at laid out to be one-way, as far as it is practical to do so. Traffic lights should be provided where necessary.

(2) Wherever necessary, the means of access to a ship should be fitted with a safety net properly secured so as to prevent workers from failing into the water between the ship’s side and the adjacent quay.

DSHSArticle XVI, Section 1

D. Trucks and private cars shall be required to follow designated routes and unauthorized vehicles shall be prohibited from entering operational areas, most specially areas where containers are being discharged from or loaded to vessels.

E. The Arrastre Contractor and/or terminal owner shall provide highly visible traffic and safety signs which shall be placed in various strategic areas in order to guide the movement of pedestrians and vehicles inside the container terminal.

F. Safe means of access shall be provided for containers that are required to be examined by customs officials. In cases where customs officials need to go into the stacks, they shall comply with the prescribed access procedures of the terminal with respect to cargo examination.

4. If walkways necessary cross traffic routes, appropriate markings and signs should be provided on the walkways and traffic routes, to warn both pedestrians and drivers. Where traffic lights are provided they should give precedence to vehicles.

E. The Arrastre Contractor and/or terminal owner shall provide highly visible traffic and safety signs which shall be placed in various strategic areas in order to guide the movement of pedestrians and vehicles inside the container terminal.

ILO3.8.3 Segregation

3.8.4 Reception facilities

5. The need for the vehicles of haulers to enter container stacking areas should be avoided as far as is practicable. This may be done by the provision of exchange grids where vehicles are loaded or unloaded for example by straddle carriers.

DSHSArticle XVI,Section 2

The grid shall be used solely for the handling and unloading of containers. An oversized or problem container which cannot be safely handled by the grid shall be moved to another area especially designated for such operation.

4. A safe area where drivers of road vehicles can stand while containers are being lifted onto or off their vehicles should be provided and clearly marked. The safe area should be located so that persons in it are clearly visible to drivers of straddle carriers as they approach it. If the area is located between slots the size of the area should be determined in the light of the grid layout, the width of the straddle carriers and other relevant operational factors.

F. During loading and unloading of containers, the driver shall leave the vehicle and stand at a safe distance and shall not return to the vehicle until the container lifting equipment had departed from the grid.

3.9.5 5. All public areas, walkways, ramps, lifts, bridges, etc.,used by passengers should be clearly marked with any relevantweight or other limitations.

Section 3Hauling of Containers

A. The safe operating load of trucks and container-transport-vehicles shall not be exceeded.

E. Safe allowable speed shall be observed -when hauling containers, especially when negotiating road curves and bends, carrying heavy loads, or driving during nighttime, through rains, and low visibility conditions.

6.3.1.6 6. All containers arriving at a terminal by road or rail should be inspected for damage or tampering that could affect their safe handling. If a container is found to be unsafe, appropriate action should be taken.

Section 4 A. Unserviceable or unsafe vehicles, containers equipment and facilities shall be immediately removed from the operational area and appropriately marked to ensure that they are not used until completely repaired.

3.5.1. General requirements

1. The requirement to provide safe means of access applies to all places to which persons in ports need to go in the course of their work. It includes permanent and temporary means of access to all parts of buildings, structures and mobile plant.

2. Permanent fixed access should be provided to all places to which persons have to go regularly, including the cabs of mobile plant.

Article XVIII: Safety of Dockworkers on Board Vessel

Section 1 - Access to vessels should be clearly designated and entry/exit points should be adequately built

7.3.1. General 1. Safe means of access about the Section 2, 3 & 4 - Vessel

requirements ship should be provided for port workers between the gangway or other mainSafety and health in ports access and the holds, deck cargoes, winches and cranes that are to be worked.

2. Access routes should not pass under cargo being worked.

walkways should be properly secured to prevent crew from falling overboard, regulations for ladders of varying types on vessel.

7.4.1. Hatch coverings

1. All hatch covers, hatch beams and pontoons shouldbe:— of sound construction and maintained in good condition;— plainly marked to indicate the hatch, deck and sectionto which they belong, unless all such items are interchangeable;— fitted with effective locking devices that prevent them from being displaced when locked.

Section 6 -warnings should be given before opening/closing hatches and hatches should have a 1.0 meter coaming above.

Section 7 – hatches should be made of adequate materials and regularly checked for defects and/or damages.

6.5. Electrical equipment

5. Portable electric lights should only be used when adequate permanent fixed lighting cannot be provided

Section 11 – Portable lightingB. Portable lighting shall be made readily availableC. The use of open flames in holds shall be prohibited

9.1.7. FumesArticle 38

4. Preventive measures include:— regular scheduled maintenance of all terminal vehicles,including engine tuning and exhaust systems;— ventilating places where vehicles operate by natural ormechanical ventilation to ensure safe levels;— switching engines off when vehicles are standing for longperiods;— making initial fume assessments of individual terminalvehicles and shore-side premises where vehicle fumesmay present a problem;— preparing fume profiles of each hold of a ship in whichvehicles may be operated on a regular basis;— preparing a plan to ensure that fumes from such vehicleson premises and in holds do not exceed safe levels, andspecifying the maximum number of engines allowed to

Article XXIX – Equipment/ Machineries and Other Lifting Appliances.

Section 1- Preventative maintenance

A. No equipment/machineries and other lifting appliances shall be placed in service until they have "been inspected and tested by the competent mechanic or maintenance personnel of the owner and certified to be in safe operating condition. Records of test and inspection shall be maintained and shall be available upon request of the Authority.

Section 2. Safe: operations

B. All equipment/ machineries and other lifting appliances shall be operated only by authorized trained drivers/ operators who have been accredited by the authority.

run at any one time;— using electric, LPG- or LNG-driven vehicles where appropriate.

2. A lifting appliance or other cargo-handling appliance shall be operated only by a person who is at least 18 years of age and who possesses the necessary aptitudes and experience or a person under training who is properly supervised.

23.31.20 Every lifting appliance, every item of loose gear and every sling or lifting device forming an integral part of a load shall be - -(a) of good design and construction, of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used, maintained in good repair and working order and, in the case of a lifting appliance in respect of which this is necessary, properly installed.

Article XX – Loose Gear

PPA AO 06-99 (DSHS)

Every item of loose gear

shall -

a) be of good design and

construction, of adequate

strength for the purpose

for which it is used, and

free from defect;

b) be properly maintained

(b) used in a safe and proper manner and, in particular, shall not be loaded beyond its safe working load or loads, except for testing purposes as specified and under the direction of a competent person.

Article XX.Loose GearSection 5.Lifting and Lowering Loads

D. A lifting appliance or loose gear shall not be loaded beyond the safe working load.

5.2.4.2 Safe use 2. Only one person should act as the signaller for each lifting appliance. The signaller should be clearly identifiable to the operator and, unless responding to an emergency stop signal, the operator should only act on the signaller’s instruction. Identification can be ensured by a distinctively colored hat or clothing, or by radio call sign. Wearing light-colored sleeves and gloves will enable signals

Dockwork Safety and Health StandardsArticle XXII. SignalmanSection 1. General Provisions

When a large vehicle or trailers with heavy load is being maneuvered, the driver shall be under the direction of a signalman and –- The driver shall not move the load unless the signalman so directs;- If at any time the signalman is not within the field of vision of the driver, the driver shall immediately stop the vehicle;- The signalman shall satisfy himself that no person is in a

position of danger.3.1.2 Surfaces 8. Ramps or slopes used by lift

trucks or other cargo-handling vehicles should not have a gradient of more than 1 in 10 unless the vehicles have been designed to operate safely on such gradient.

Dockwork Safety and Health StandardsArticle XXI. Movement of Vehicles on Board VesselSection 1. Loading and Unloading Ramps

The slope of a ramp shall not exceed ten degrees.