Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2016

An inspection of wire rope must be made by a responsible person at intervals of not more than:

if the wire rope does not pass over a sheave or a winding drum -12 months; or

if the wire rope passes over a sheave or winding drum - 6 months.

The responsible person must inspect the rope externally and, as far as practical, internally to determine whether the rope is worn, corroded or defective to an extent that makes it unfit for the proposed use.

A wire rope may be used only if:

a competent person has issued a certificate for the rope; and

a responsible person has, immediately before its initial use, inspected the rope in accordance with subclause (2); and

the rope is free from knots and kinks; and

the rope complies with the structural requirements mentioned in Schedule 4; and

evidence, based on prototype testing, that any terminal or end fitting on the rope complies with clause 12 is recorded in the register of material handling equipment.

A rope in which a constituent wire is broken may be used only if:

it has been inspected in that condition by a competent person before its initial use; and

the competent person is satisfied that:

no more than 5% of visible wires in a length of the rope that is 10 times its diameter are broken; and

there is no more than 1 broken wire beside any compressed metal ferrule; and

the competent person has entered the details of the inspection in the register of material handling equipment; and

it is inspected monthly by a responsible person and the details of the inspections entered in the register of material handling equipment; and

the responsible person has determined that it remains fit for use.