ADR Tank-Vehicle Inspection Checklist

General Specification
1 Place of Check Engro Polymers & Chemical (EPCL)
2 Vehicle Registration Number TLL – 340
3 Trailer Registration Number Not Available
4 Driver abc
5 Consigner, Address, Place of loading Engro Vopak Terminal ( EVT)
6 Consignee, Address, Place of Unloading Engro Polymers & Chemical (EPCL)
7 Total Quantity of Dangerous Goods per
630 Kg
Transport Unit
8 ADR 1.1.3.6 Quantity Limit Exceeded Yes No
9 Mode of Transport In Bulk Package Tank

Documents On Board Inspected Not Available Comments

10 Transport Document Yes See Remarks
11 Instructions In Writing Yes
12 Bilateral/Multilateral Agreement/National
Yes
Authorization
13 Certificate of Approval for Vehicles Yes
14 Driver’s Training Certificate Yes See Remarks

Transport Operations
15 Goods authorized for Transport Yes
16 Vehicles authorized For Goods Carried Yes
17 Provisions Related to The Mode of Transport Yes
18 Tank /Vehicle Placarding (ADR 5.3.1) Yes See Remarks
19 Vehicle / Transport Unit Marking
Yes See Remarks
(Orange Plate (ADR 5.3.2-3)
Equipment On Board
20 General Purpose Safety Equipment Specified
Yes
In ADR
21 Equipment According To The Goods Carried Yes
22 Other Equipment Specified In The Instructions
Yes
In Writing
23 Fire Extinguisher(s) Yes

Vehicle Requirements
Vehicle Comments
ADR AT FL
Technical Specifications
Clause
24 9.2.2 Electrical Equipment
25 9.2.2.2 Wiring X X
 Vehicle Comments
ADR AT FL
Technical Specifications
Clause
26 9.2.2.3.1 A switch for breaking the electrical
circuits shall be placed as close to X
the battery as practicable.
A control device to facilitate the
disconnecting and reconnecting
functions of the switch shall be
27 9.2.2.3.2 X
installed in the driver's cab. Shall be
readily accessible to the driver and
be distinctively marked.
Switch shall in accordance with
28 9.2.2.3.3 X
IEC Standard 529.
Cable connections on the switch
29 9.2.2.3.4 X
shall have protection degree IP 54.
30 9.2.2.4 Batteries X
31 9.2.2.5.1 Permanently energized circuits. X
32 9.2.2.6 Electrical installation at rear of cab X See Remarks
33 9.2.3 Braking Equipment
34 9.2.3.1 General provisions X X
35 Anti-lock braking system X X See Remarks
36 Endurance braking system X X See Remarks
37 9.2.4 Prevention of fire risks
38 9.2.4.3 Fuel tanks X
39 9.2.4.4 Engine X
40 9.2.4.5 Exhaust system X
41 9.2.4.6 Vehicle endurance braking X See Remarks
42 9.2.4.7 Combustion heaters Not Applicable
- Shall comply technical
requirement of ECE Regulation 122
- Heaters & their exhaust gas
9.2.4.7.1
routing shall be designed, located,
43 9.2.4.7.2 X X -Do-
protected or covered to prevent any
9.2.4.7.5
unacceptable ignition of load.
- Shall switched on manually,
programming devices are prohibited
- shall be put out of operation by at
least the following methods:
(a) Intentional manual switching off
from the driver's cab;
9.2.4.7.3 (b) in this case the heating device may
44 be restarted manually by the driver; X -Do-
9.2.4.7.4
(c) Start up of a feed pump on the
motor vehicle.
- Afterrunning is permitted after the
combustion heaters have been put out
of operation
 Vehicle Comments
ADR AT FL
Technical Specifications
Clause
45 9.2.5 Speed limitation device X X See Remarks

46 9.2.6 Coupling device of trailer X X

Tank Requirement

ADR Not
Technical Specifications Inspected Comments
Clause Available
6.8.2.1 Construction
Material of shell:
Shells shall be made of suitable metallic
47 6.8.2.1.8 materials which, unless other temperature
ranges are prescribed in the various classes,
shall be resistant to brittle fracture and to stress
corrosion cracking between -20 °C and +50 °C.
The materials of shells or of their protective
linings which are in contact with the contents
48 6.8.2.1.9
shall not contain substances liable to react
dangerously.
Minimum shell thickness:
The shell thickness shall not be less than the
greater of the values determined by the following
formulae:
E = PT D Thickness
6.8.2.1.17 2σλ monitoring
49 to ≤1.80 >1.8 Yes
6.8.2.1.21 Diameter of shell report is
m 0m
attached
Stainless austenitic 2.5
3 mm
steels mm
Minimum
Other steels 3 mm 4 mm
shell
Aluminum alloys 4 mm 5 mm
thickness
Pure aluminum of
6 mm 8 mm
99.80%
Welding and inspection of welds:

The manufacturer's qualification for performing

welding operations shall be one recognized by
50 6.8.2.1.23 the competent authority. Welding shall be N/A See Remarks
performed by skilled welders using a welding
process whose effectiveness (including any heat
treatments required) has been demonstrated by
test. Non-destructive tests shall be carried out by
 ADR Not
Technical Specifications Inspected Comments
Clause Available
radiography or by ultrasound and must confirm
that the quality of the welding is appropriate to
the stresses.
Items of equipment:
Tank (Condition/Capacity)
Tank Supports Clamp Bolts, Trusses ,Liner
51 6.8.2.2 Ladder Yes See Remarks
Discharge Outlet
Hatches/ Manhole & Cover
Tank Safety Valve /Vent
Protective Coating (Internal/External)
Inspections and tests:
Shells and their equipment shall either together
or separately undergo an initial inspection before
being put into service. This inspection shall
52 6.8.2.4 include: Yes See Remarks
- a check of conformity to the approved type;
- a check of the design characteristics
- an examination of the internal and external
conditions;
- a hydraulic pressure test at the test pressure
indicated on the plate prescribed in 6.8.2.5.1;
53 and Yes See Remarks
- a leakproofness test and a check of satisfactory
operation of the equipment.
The tests, inspections and checks in accordance
with 6.8.2.4.1 to 6.8.2.4.4 shall be carried out by
the expert approved by the competent authority.
Certificates shall be issued showing the results
of these operations, even in the case of negative
54 6.8.2.4.5 Yes See Remarks
results. These certificates shall refer to the list of
the substances permitted for carriage in this
tank.
A copy of these certificates shall be attached to
the tank record of each tank.
Marking:
Every tank shall be fitted with a corrosion
resistant metal plate permanently attached to the
tank in a place readily accessible for inspection.
The following particulars at least shall be marked
55 6.8.2.5.1 on the plate by stamping or by any other similar Yes See Remarks
method.
- approval number
- manufacturer’s name or mark;
- manufacturer’s serial number;
- year of manufacture;
 ADR Not
Technical Specifications Inspected Comments
Clause Available
- test pressure (gauge pressure);
- external design pressure (see 6.8.2.1.7);
- capacity of the shell – in the case of multiple-
compartment shells, the capacity of each
compartment
- design temperature (only if above +50 ºC or
below -20 ºC);
- stamp of the expert who carried out the tests;
Fastening:
Fastening shall be designed to withstand static &
56 9.7.3 dynamic stresses in normal conditions of Yes
carriage, & minimum stresses as defined in
6.8.2.1.2, 11 to 15.
Earthing of FL vehicles:

57 9.7.4 - Tanks made of metallic material of FL tank- Yes

vehicles shall be linked to the chassis by means
of at least one good electrical connection.
Stability of tank vehicles:
- Overall width of the ground-level bearing
58 9.7.5 surface (distance b/w outer points of contact with Yes
ground of right & left hand tire of same axle)
shall be at least equal to 90% of height of the
center of gravity of the laden tank vehicle.
Rear protection:
- A bumper resistant to rear impact shall be fitted
of full width of the tank at the rear of vehicle with
clearance of 100 mm b/w rear wall of tank & rear
59 9.7.6 of bumper. Yes
- Tank with a tilting shell with rear discharge do
not require a bumper if the rear fitting of the shell
are provided with a means of protection which
protects the shell in the same way as bumper.
See Remarks:

Item No. 10: Means of identification, which include a photograph was not available at the time of
Inspection (Clause 8.1.2).
Item No. 14: Driver was not trained for particular hazardous class at the time of inspection (Clause
8.2.1 & 2).
Item No. 18: Placarding was not according to ADR (Clause 5.3.1) at the time of inspection.

Item No. 19: Orange plate marking was not according to ADR (Clause 5.3.2-3) at the time of
Inspection.
Item No. 35: Anti lock braking system was not installed at the time of inspection (Clause 9.2.3).
Item No. 36: Endurance braking system was not installed at the time of inspection (Clause 9.2.3).
Item No. 41: Endurance braking system was not installed.
Item No. 45: Speed limitation device was not installed at the time of inspection (Clause 9.2.5).
Item No. 50: Qualification & skills of welder, and inspection tests results were not observed at the
time of inspection (Claus 6.8.2.1.23).
Item No. 51: Internal inspection was not carried due to filled tank.
Item No. 52: Internal condition was not observed at the time of inspection due to filled tanks.
Item No. 54: Inspection certificates were not available at the time of inspection.
Item No. 55: Marking plate of tank specification was not observed at the time of inspection
(Clause 6.8.2.5.1).

INSPECTION PERFORMED BY: VALIDATED BY:

URS Industrial Assessor EPCL Representative