[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR31.10-16]

[Page 409]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 31_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 31.10_Inspections
 
Sec. 31.10-16  Inspection and certification of cargo gear--TB/ALL.

    (a) The owner, operator or master shall provide the Officer in 
Charge, Marine Inspection with all current valid certificates and 
registers of cargo gear issued by competent persons or a recognized 
organization or nonprofit association approved by the Commandant to 
certify the suitability of the cargo gear.
    (b) Every acceptable cargo gear certificate and/or register shall be 
properly executed by a person authorized to do so and shall:
    (1) Certify as to the tests and examinations conducted;
    (2) Show the dates on which the tests and examinations were 
conducted; and
    (3) Indicate that the cargo gear described in the certificate or 
register complies with the standards of the organization or association 
authorized to issue the certificate or register.
    (c) Competent persons for the purposes of this section are defined 
as--
    (1) Surveyors of a classification society recognized by the 
Commandant under 46 U.S.C. 3316,
    (2) Surveyors of a recognized cargo gear organization; or
    (3) Responsible officials or employees of the testing laboratories, 
companies, or organizations who conduct tests of pieces of loose cargo 
gear, wire rope, or the annealing of gear as may be required by the 
standards of the organization or association authorized to issue the 
certificate or register.
    (d) The registers issued in connection with cargo gear certification 
must have all required entries fully completed as of the dates 
indicated, shall be kept current, and shall include the following:
    (1) A register of the cargo handling machinery and the gear 
accessory thereto carried on the vessel named therein;
    (2) Certification of the testing and examination of winches, 
derricks, and their accessory gear;
    (3) Certification of the testing and examination of cranes, hoists, 
and their accessory gear;
    (4) Certification of the testing and examination of chains, rings, 
hooks, shackles, swivels, and blocks;
    (5) Certification of the testing and examination of wire rope;
    (6) Certification of the heat treatment of chains, rings, hooks, 
shackles, and swivels which require such treatment; and,
    (7) Certification of the annual thorough examinations of gear not 
required to be periodically heat treated.
    (e) The authorization for an organization to perform the required 
inspection is granted by the Commandant (CG-3PCV), and will continue 
until superseded, canceled, or modified. The following organization is 
currently recognized, by the Commandant (CG-3PCV), as having the 
technical competence to handle the required inspection:

The International Cargo Gear Bureau, Inc., with home office at 321 West 
44th Street, New York, NY 10036.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16662, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 
51197, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2007-29018, 72 FR 53964, Sept. 21, 2007]