# Longshoring and Marine Terminals; Vertical Tandem Lifts
> **Occupational Safety and Health Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2008-12-10 · Effective 2009-04-09 · 73 FR 75246
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-28644
- **Category:** osha-workplace-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 75246
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 1917
- **Publication date:** 2008-12-10
- **Effective date:** 2009-04-09
- **DOL docket:** Docket No. S-025A
## Abstract

OSHA is revising the Marine Terminals Standard and related sections of the Longshoring Standard to adopt new requirements related to the practice of lifting two intermodal containers together, one on top of the other, connected by semiautomatic twistlocks (SATLs). This practice is known as a vertical tandem lift (VTL). The final standard adopted today permits VTLs of no more than two empty containers provided certain safeguards are followed.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/12/10/E8-28644/longshoring-and-marine-terminals-vertical-tandem-lifts)
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