Common use of Loading Procedures Clause in Contracts

Loading Procedures. Commercial vehicles must be loaded in such a manner as to prevent its cargo from leaking, spilling, blowing, or falling from the vehicle. The cargo must be immobilized or secured to prevent shifting to the extent that the vehicle’s stability or maneuverability is affected. All vehicle structures, systems, parts, and components used to secure cargo must be in proper working order with no damaged or weakened components that will adversely affect their performance. Cargo must be firmly immobilized or secured on or within a vehicle by structures of adequate strength, dunnage or dunnage bags, shoring bars, tie- downs, or a combination of these. Articles of cargo that are likely to roll must be restrained by chocks, wedges, a cradle, or equivalent means to prevent rolling. Federal regulations provide for specific means of securing logs, building products, metal coils, paper rolls, concrete pipes, intermodal containers, automobiles, heavy equipment, crushed vehicles, and boulders.