Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2016

There must be on board evidence that a terminal connection fitted to a wire rope used for hoisting a load on a crane or derrick is of a design for which prototype tests have shown that the strength of the terminal and its attachment to the rope is at least:

for a rope up to 50 mm in diameter - 95% of the minimum breaking load of the rope; or

for a rope more than 50 mm in diameter - 90% of the minimum breaking load of the rope.

Subclause (1) does not apply if the equipment is under survey and inspection under a scheme of classification and certification by a recognised organisation.

For each terminal, end fitting or set of identical terminal or end fittings, there must be a certificate specifying its type and size, the type and size of wire rope to which it was fitted, and the result of the test mentioned in subclause (1).