Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (WORKS) REGULATION - SECT 55

Deck stages or cargo stages

(1) No deck stage or cargo stage shall be used in cargo handling unless it is
substantially and firmly constructed, adequately supported and, where
necessary, securely fastened.

(2) No truck shall be used for carrying cargo between a vessel and the shore
on a stage so steep as to be unsafe.

(3) Any deck stage or cargo stage that is slippery shall be made safe by the
use of sand or otherwise.

(4) If there is a contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (3), the person in
charge of works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at
level 3.