(1)Every stevedore shall be responsible for the due observance and performance by all staff and labour employed by him, during the loading or unloading of a vessel or work incidental thereto, of all the relevant laws, rules and regulations for the time being in force.(2)Every stevedore shall ensure that all loading and unloading operations shall conform in all respects to the requirements prescribed by or under the Indian Dock Labour Act. 1934 are carried out with his own gear and he shall be solely responsible for any accident or damage resulting from the use of any defective gear.(3)Every stevedore shall employ at least one experienced foreman and a tindal to Superintend the loading or unloading of cargo or bunkering of coal, or fuel at each hatchway at which loading, unloading or bunkering is being carried on. The tindal shall supervise the slinging or unslinging of goods in the hold and wherever a vessel is loading cargo in the between-decks alone he shall see that the between deck batches that are provided with cross beams and fore and aft beams have all such beams fixed in their proper places, and that the hatch covers are properly put on and effectively secured to prevent their displacement before commencing work; the foreman shall remain on deck and see that the crane chain is not taken out of the square of the hatchway, and that the hook does not catch coamings or foul any of the ships gear or damage any structure or erection or ashore. The foreman shall give correct signals to the crane driver and shall superintend the taking off and putting on the beams and hatch covers and shall see that persons keep out of danger on deck and do not stand under any hoist. The foreman shall, where work is stopped for the day or night, search and satisfy himself that no one is remaining in the hold. The stevedore shall be solely responsible to the owners of the ship and to the port authorities in the event of any injury or damage being caused to any person or property in the course of the loading, unloading, or bunkering operations.
