§ 71.47-15 - Cargo gear plans required when plans are not approved by a classification society or recognized cargo gear organization.

(a) For a new vessel or a vessel applying for initial inspection, the following plans of cargo gear shall be submitted in triplicate to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, having jurisdiction for approval:

(1) Plans showing a stress diagram with the principal details of the gear.

(2) Plans containing a diagram showing the arrangement of the assembled gear and indicating the safe working load for each component part.

(b) The safe working load on which the design of any component part of the cargo gear is to be based, shall be taken as the maximum resultant load upon the component part in the design conditions assumed. The safe working load of the assembly is the load the gear is approved to lift, excluding the weight of the gear itself.

(c) One approved copy of each set of cargo gear plans shall be retained on the vessel.