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This regulation outlines cargo information requirements for shippers. It states that shippers must provide cargo information including description, mass, and special properties to the ship master in advance. This information must be confirmed in writing. For general cargo and cargo units, the information in the IMO Code of Safe Practice must be provided. For solid bulk cargo, IMSBC Code section 4 information is required. Shippers must ensure cargo unit masses match documentation. For containers, the shipper must verify the gross mass either by weighing or calculating the contents and container tare. This verified gross mass must be stated in shipping documents signed by an authorized person and provided to the master and terminal in advance for stowage planning. Containers without

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Solas Vi-2

This regulation outlines cargo information requirements for shippers. It states that shippers must provide cargo information including description, mass, and special properties to the ship master in advance. This information must be confirmed in writing. For general cargo and cargo units, the information in the IMO Code of Safe Practice must be provided. For solid bulk cargo, IMSBC Code section 4 information is required. Shippers must ensure cargo unit masses match documentation. For containers, the shipper must verify the gross mass either by weighing or calculating the contents and container tare. This verified gross mass must be stated in shipping documents signed by an authorized person and provided to the master and terminal in advance for stowage planning. Containers without

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Regulation 2 - Cargo Information

1 The shipper shall provide the master or his representative with appropriate information on the
cargo sufficiently in advance of loading to enable the precautions which may be necessary for
proper stowage and safe carriage of the cargo to be put into effect. Such information* shall be
confirmed in writing** and by appropriate shipping documents prior to loading the cargo on the
ship.

2 The cargo information shall include:

.1 in the case of general cargo, and of cargo carried in cargo units, a general description of the
cargo, the gross mass of the cargo or of the cargo units, and any relevant special properties of
the cargo. For the purpose of this regulation the cargo information required in sub-chapter 1.9 of
the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing, adopted by the Organization by
resolution A.714(17), as may be amended, shall be provided. Any such amendment to sub-
chapter 1.9 shall be adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions
of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the
annex other than chapter I;

.2 in the case of solid bulk cargo, information as required by section 4 of the IMSBC Code.

3 Prior to loading cargo units on board ships, the shipper shall ensure that the gross mass of
such units is in accordance with the gross mass declared on the shipping documents.

4 In the case of cargo carried in a container***, except for containers carried on a chassis or a
trailer when such containers are driven on or off a ro-ro ship engaged in short international
voyages as defined in regulation III/3, the gross mass according to paragraph 2.1 of this
regulation shall be verified by the shipper, either by:

.1 weighing the packed container using calibrated and certified equipment; or

.2 weighing all packages and cargo items, including the mass of pallets, dunnage and other
securing material to be packed in the container and adding the tare mass of the container to the
sum of the single masses, using a certified method approved by the competent authority of the
State in which packing of the container was completed.

5 The shipper of a container shall ensure the verified gross mass**** is stated in the shipping
document. The shipping document shall be:

.1 signed by a person duly authorized by the shipper; and

.2 submitted to the master or his representative and to the terminal representative sufficiently in
advance, as required by the master or his representative, to be used in the preparation of the
ship stowage plan*****.

6 If the shipping document, with regard to a packed container, does not provide the verified gross
mass and the master or his representative and the terminal representative have not obtained the
verified gross mass of the packed container, it shall not be loaded on to the ship.
*Refer to Form for cargo information (MSC/Circ.663).

**Reference to documents in this regulation does not preclude the use of electronic data processing
(EDP) and electronic data interchange (EDI) transmission techniques as an aid to paper
documentation.

***The term "container" should be considered as having the same meaning as defined and applied in
the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972, as amended, taking into account the
Guidelines for the approval of offshore containers handled in open seas (MSC/Circ.860) and the
Revised recommendations on harmonized interpretation and implementation of the International
Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, as amended (CSC.1/Circ.138/Rev.1).

****Refer to the Guidelines regarding the verified gross mass of a container carrying cargo
(MSC.1/Circ.1475).

*****This document may be presented by means of EDP or EDI transmission techniques. The
signature may be an electronic signature or may be replaced by the name, in capitals, of the person
authorized to sign.

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