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(1) Cargo shall not be discharged, loaded or shifted in any vessel in the Port except under the direction and supervision of the master or owner of the vessel or of a stevedore licensed by the Board to perform such work in the Port. (2) The owner or stevedore shall be liable in respect of any loss or damage arising from the careless or imporoper slinging of goods on board such vessel and shall in every instance observe the following precautions:- (i) that the sling is laid out flat without turns or kinks before any goods are loaded therein. (ii) That after each sling has been made up and with the first strain on heaving up. the running loops is well beaten home with a wooden bar in order that the grip may be made secure.