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U.S. OSHA has issued new final rules on the lifting of two interlocked intermodal containers.

"SUMMARY: OSHA is revising the Marine Terminals Standard and related sections of the Longshoring Standard to adopt new requirements related to the practice of lifting two intermodal containers together, one on top of the other, connected by semiautomatic twistlocks (SATLs). This practice is known as a vertical tandem lift (VTL). The final standard adopted today permits VTLs of no more than two empty containers provided certain safeguards are followed.

DATES: This final rule becomes effective on April 9, 2009."... (U.S. OSHA)

* Publication Date: 12/10/2008
* Publication Type: Final Rules
* Fed Register #: 73:75245-75290
* Standard Number: 1911; 1917; 1918
* Title: Longshoring and Marine Terminals; Vertical Tandem Lifts; Final Rule
  • Posted 19 Jan 2009 09:26
  • By joseph_h
  • joined 19 Mar'06 - 253 messages
  • Michigan, United States

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