North American Cargo Securement Standard

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North American Cargo Securement Standard

• CVSA Spring Meetings
• April 2003

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North American Cargo Securement Standard

• Issues
• Context History
• Regulatory Implementation
• United States
• Canada
• Training Program

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Landmark International Cooperation

• Model for co-operation between government and
  industry in Canada and the United States
• Goals Improved highway safety and harmonized
  regulations
• Unique Approach
• open process for government and industry
  co-operation
• standard resulted from

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Unique Standard Development Process

• Steering Committee - open membership
• broad participation ( 160 people) from both
  governments and industry in Canada and the United
  States
• federal, state and provincial governments
• trucking industry
• shippers
• equipment manufacturers

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Standard Development - Milestones

• Standards Harmonization Committee formed
• Research program completed
• Agreement on format of standard first draft
  model regulation tabled
• Model Regulation Draft 3 completed Canadian
  stakeholder consultation
• Model Regulation Draft 4 completed committee
  disbanded
• FMCSA issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Spring 1996 December 1997 May 1998 January
1999 May 1999 December 2000
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Standard Development - Milestones

• CVSA/CCMTA convene meeting of US stakeholders
• Deadline for comments on Proposed Rulemaking
• Final rule issued by FMCSA
• effective December 26, 2002
• mandatory January 1, 2004

February 2001 March 2001 September 2002
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Regulatory Implementation

• United States
• rulemaking completed in September 2002
• new regs can be used now, become mandatory in
  January 2004

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Canadian Regulation Drafting

• Draft regulation being prepared by CCMTA
• initial draft expected to be available to
  jurisdictions for review in May 2003
• objective to prepare regulation which can be
  adopted uniformly across Canada
• There are no federal cargo securement regulations
  in Canada
• implementation of new regulations is required in
  10 provinces and 3 territories

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Canadian Cargo Securement Regulations

• Objective - establish uniformity of requirements
  with the new US Regulations
• Side by Side comparison of US Final Rule with
  Model Regulation (Draft 4)
• Updated Model Regulation (Draft 5)prepared to
  incorporate changes introduced in US Final Rule
• posted on webpage - www.ab.org/ccmta/ccmta.html

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US Final Rule - proposals not included

• Requirements to use specific types or grades of
  securement devices
• Affected Sections
• Logs (minimum WLL of 4000 lb per tiedown)
• Heavy Vehicles, Equipment and Machinery (minimum
  WLL of 5000 lb per tiedown)
• Flattened or crushed vehicles (minimum WLL of
  5000 lb per tiedown)
• Roll On/Roll Off Containers (minimum WLL of 5000
  lb per restraint device)

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US Final Rule - proposals not included

• Prohibition on Use of Unmarked Tiedowns
• FMCSA Comments
• Before establishing a prohibition on the use of
  unmarked tiedowns, the FMCSA would have to
  quantify the potential economic burden on the
  motor carrier industry and those involved with
  the manufacture, sale, and distribution of
  unmarked securement devices

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US Final Rule - proposals not included

• Rating and Marking of Anchor Points
• FMCSA Comments
• While we continue to agree with the basic
  principle of rating and marking of anchor points,
  there is insufficient data to support
  establishing manufacturing standards at this time

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US Final Rule - Outstanding Issues

• Logs
• does not specify requirements for long wood
• does not include provision that aggregate WLL of
  tiedowns must be at least 1/6 weight of logs
  (default requirement is WLL 1/2 weight of logs)
• does not include provision to introduce automatic
  tensioning device on log tiedowns at some point
  in future

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Canadian Regulation Drafting

• Proposals
• 1. Phase-out of Default Working Load Limits
• introduce requirement for rating and marking of
  all securement devices by January 2009
• 2. Retain minimum WLL of tiedowns in specific
  cases (logs, heavy equipment etc)
• 3. Logs - retain content of Model Regulation
• - securement of long wood
• - min. aggregate WLL 1/6 weight of logs

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Canadian Regulation Drafting (contd)

• Proposals
• 4. Logs
• introduce requirement for automatic tiedown
  tensioning devices on shortwood by January 2009
• 5. Intermodal Containers
• adopt new sections from US Rule
• cross chains on loaded containers
• requirements for empty containers

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Canadian Implementation

• draft of new proposed regulations to be completed
  in late spring 2003
• stakeholder consultation may be required before
  implementation
• target date for introduction of new regulations
  January 1, 2004

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Additional Issues

• CVSA Out of Service Criteria
• review needed in light of new regulations
• cargo securement regulations are performance
  based
• prescribe minimum securement requirements needed
  to satisfy safety performance

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Ongoing North American Coordination
North American Cargo Securement Standard (Updated
Model Regulation - January 2003)
Training Program
Canada National Safety Code Std 10
United States FMCSA Regulations
Provincial and Territorial Regulations
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Ongoing Coordination

• Important ongoing role for CVSA/CCMTA
  Harmonization Committee in the future
• regulations will be uniform by January 2004,
  but...
• ongoing collaboration between governments and
  industry in Canada and the US needed to maintain
  uniformity
• interpretations consistency required
• amendments to, or expansions of, standards
• forum for discussion of new technologies and
  equipment

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Training Program

• Objective
• To develop a training program to accompany the
  North American Cargo Securement Standard
• for shippers, carriers and drivers
• for enforcement officers

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Training Program

• Collaborative effort between governments and
  industry in Canada and the United States
• pooled funding provided by 24 agencies (350,000)
  
• steering committee of technical experts from
  government and industry in both countries
• chaired by Milt Schmidt - Federal Motor Carrier
  Safety Administration (Albany offices)

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Training Program

• Content
• based on Model Regulation (Draft 5) - January
  2003
• Outcome
• a two day training course supported by
• instructors participants manual
• slides to accompany instructors manual
• video to accompany/supplement training materials
• driver handbook

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Training Program - Sponsorship

• Agencies and organizations which have contributed
  to the pooled fund will receive master copies of
  training materials
• materials can be used, modified or embellished as
  sponsors wish
• minimum contribution 5000 US

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Status

• Drafts completed
• instructor/participants manual
• accompanying slides
• driver handbook
• Script for video segments under development
• shooting will start in late April

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Organization - Modular
Module 1 Fundamentals of Cargo Securement
North American Cargo Securement Training Program
Module 2 Standard Application, General
Requirements
General Securement Requirement
Module 3 Logs
Module 4 Dressed Lumber
Module 5 Metal Coils
Module 6 Paper Rolls
Module 7 Concrete Pipe
Module 8 Intermodal Containers
Commodity Specific Requirement
Module 9 Cars, Trucks Vans
Module 10 Heavy Vehicles, Equipment and
Machinery
Module 11 Flattened or Crushed Vehicles
Module 12 Roll-on/Roll-off Containers
Module 13 Large Boulders
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Training Program

• Schedule
• pilot test of course planned for early July 2003
• anticipate completing package in late July 2003
• master copy of all materials to be provided to
  each sponsoring agency
• includes FPAC

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Training Program

• training program will provide common foundation
  for carriers, shippers and enforcement personnel
• additional training content will be needed for
  enforcement
• treatment of offences and violations
• citations

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Conclusion

• Development of uniform cargo securement
  regulations for North America has proven to be a
  major undertaking
• product was worth the effort a performance based
  regulation developed in an open international
  forum
• January 1, 2004 will be a significant milestone
• Ongoing coordination and dialogue between Canada
  and the United States will be essential
• interpretation and refinement of the standard