Member States shall make the necessary arrangements to ensure that the following principles concerning the responsibilities of masters and terminal representatives are respected and applied:
Responsibilities of the master:
the master shall be responsible at all times for the safe loading and unloading of the bulk carrier under his command;
the master shall, well in advance of the ship's estimated time of arrival at the terminal, provide the terminal with the information set out in Annex III;
before any solid bulk cargo is loaded, the master shall ensure that he has received the cargo information required by Regulation VI/2.2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and, where required, a solid bulk cargo density declaration. This information shall be contained in a cargo declaration form as set out in Appendix 5 of the BLU Code;
prior to the start of and during loading or unloading the master shall discharge the duties listed in Annex IV.
Responsibilities of the terminal representative:
upon receipt of the ship's initial notification of its estimated time of arrival, the terminal representative shall provide the master with the information mentioned in Annex V;
the terminal representative shall be satisfied that the master has been advised as early as possible of the information contained in the cargo declaration form;
the terminal representative shall without delay notify the master and the port State control authority of apparent deficiencies he has noted on board a bulk carrier which could endanger the safe loading or unloading of solid bulk cargoes;
prior to the start of and during loading or unloading, the terminal representative shall discharge the duties listed in Annex VI.