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Overfill Protection Base “Alert”

Civacon branded overfill protection system base plugs installed in Australia should be checked to ensure they have not been fitted with Printed Circuit Board (PCB)’s as shown in the pictures provide by the NZ Oil industry safety forum. If found, the PCB should be removed to stop any potential risk in contact with the PCB producing a false positive reading.

Please see the attached PITSF – Early Learning Alert out of New Zealand

In Australia Overfill Protection Systems must be installed in accordance with the manufactures procedures and AS2809.2:2023 and the soon to be updated AS5602:2025 (Flammable liquids – Road tank vehicle bottom loading and vapour transfer)

Probe wet testing in accordance with the SLP 6 monthly Pass-2-Load inspection should alert an inspector of the overfill protection system providing a false positive.

(OG7-V3.5) Pass-2-Load Operating Guideline “7” Version 3.5

REISSUE PITSF Early Learning Alert – Overfill Protection System

PITSF Safety Bulletin Truck Overfill

Many Thanks to:  NZ Petroleum Industry Transport Safety Forum 

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Battery Isolation Switch Safety Recall

Why the product is recalled: Testing has indicated that the product is susceptible to water ingress, inconsistent with the labelled IP69K ingress protection rating. Water ingress may cause the product to fail.
Hazard: If the product fails while the vehicle is in motion it may pose an accident risk to the vehicle, occupants and other road users.

Baxters customers and operators of vehicles should immediately stop using the affected product or vehicle that has been fitted with an affected product and arrange a refund or replacement with a similar product, where available.
Affected products that have not been fitted to vehicles may be returned to the point of purchase for a full refund.

For more information, please contact Baxters by phoning 1800 524 088, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, or emailing
[email protected].

Operators of vehicles installed with the product, should stop using the product and / or vehicle that has the fitted with the affected product, and contact their point of purchase to arrange a refund or replacement with a similar product, where available.
Baxters customers should contact Baxters immediately to organise return of affected products and a full refund, or replacement of a similar type of product, where available, by:

• Calling 1800 524 088 (Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm)
• Emailing [email protected] at any time

Baxters customers should also check their stock to see if they hold any affected products that have not been fitted to vehicles.

https://www.baxters.com.au/product-recalls.html

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Australian Standard 5602 for – Road tank vehicle bottom loading & vapour transfer, is now available for public comment.

The draft standard is now open for comments on the Standards Australia public comments system.

Standard: DR AS 5602:2025 Flammable liquids – Road tank vehicle bottom loading and vapour transfer
Committee: ME-057 ME-057 Road Tankers For Hazardous Liquids And Gases

Public Comments Close on the: 11/06/2025

You can view the draft with latest comments and provide your feedback using the link below: https://comment.standards.org.au/Drafts/d88ce001-89c4-446a-971b-42f9f4cb550b

Don’t miss your opportunity to have a say on the changes that have been made to this standard.

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by the Australian Government as the peak non-government Standards body in Australia.
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Net Benefit to Australia.

Table of Contents

  1. Draft Details
  2. Amended Preface
  3. 1 Scope and general
    1. Amended 1.1 Scope
    2. Deleted 1.2 Application
    3. Amended 1.2 Normative references
    4. Amended 1.3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
    5. Amended 1.4 Road tank vehicles
  4. 2 Product connections for loading
    1. Amended 2.1 General
    2. Amended 2.2 Adaptor specification
    3. Deleted 2.3 Coupler specifications
    4. Amended 2.3 Location of API adaptors for petroleum fuels
  5. Amended 3 Vapour transfer
    1. Deleted 3.1 Scope of section
    2. Added 3.1 Transfer system
      1. Added 3.1.1 General
      2. Added 3.1.2 Where API adaptors are required for petroleum fuels
      3. Added 3.1.3 For systems where API adaptors are not required
    3. Amended 3.2 Vapour transfer adaptors and couplers for petroleum fuel loaded via API adaptors
      1. Added 3.2.1 General
      2. Added 3.2.2 Vapour transfer couplers
      3. Added 3.2.3 Vapour transfer adaptors
    4. Amended 3.3 Vapour transfer hose
    5. Added 3.4 Vapour transfer piping
    6. Added 3.5 Vapour transfer valve
  6. Amended 4 Vehicle overfill prevention system
    1. Deleted 4.1 Scope of section
    2. Deleted 4.2 Tank compartment sensing element
    3. Deleted 4.3 Connection between fill stand and vehicle
    4. Added 4.1 Road tank vehicle and cargo loading facility compatibility
    5. Added 4.2 Overfill detection equipment
    6. Added 4.3 Overfill earth connection
    7. Added 4.4 Overfill sensor settings
    8. Added 4.5 Electrical requirements 
    9. Added 4.6 Tanker compartment content verification
  7. Amended 5 Interlocking with the fill stand
    1. Deleted 5.1 Scope of section
    2. Deleted 5.2 Loading system interlocks
    3. Deleted 5.3 Overfill protection system
  8. Deleted 6 Interlocks on the tank vehicle
  9. Deleted 7 Unloading with vapour recovery
  10. Deleted 8 Unloading without vapour recovery
  11. Added 6 Brake interlock driveaway protection
  12. Added 7 Vehicle internal valves
  13. Added 8 Product recognition and crossover prevention
  14. Added 9 Maintenance, inspection and testing
    1. Added 9.1 Regular inspection and maintenance intervals
    2. Added 9.2 Performance testing
  15. Added Appendix A Typical cargo bottom loading facility design features
    1. Added A.1 General
  16. Added Bibliography
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Update Your Driver’s license & DG License Details

If you hold a current Safe Load Program ID card please ensure your drivers license and dangerous goods license details, including expiry dates are correctly entered in your SLP online profile.

Some Australian fuel terminals are now directly accessing license expiry information from the our databases and are using this information to block loading for drivers that have either not entered license information or their license dates are expired.

Login to the SLP system using your user ID and password and update your drivers license and Dangerous Goods license details and dates using the edit tab, save your new information and your set!

If you have problems then please contact SLP admin during normal business hours on 1300 921 713 (option 1) and we will try to help you with system access or updating your details.

SLP Management.

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Pilot Program DKI-SLP-Viva Energy

Diamond Key International (DKI) and Safe Load Program (SLP) are working together in a trial that we hope will automate vehicle and driver loading authorisation.  Our Joint venture owner Viva Energy has agreed to host the trial at 2 of their Victorian terminals.

The trial will commence on the 3rd February 2025 at Viva Energy Newport Victoria terminal, followed shortly after at the Viva Energy Geelong Refinery Terminal.

What is happening?

SLP driver ID training expiry and vehicle inspection and compliance expiry are currently managed within the SLP Vehicle compliance system, it is this highly secure and encrypted data that will be shared with DKI’s cloud-based IT systems, this information will then be communicated to the loading control systems at Viva Energy Newport and Geelong terminals and directly into the vehicle loading bay controllers.

This will mean the loading bay controller will have the latest information regarding the vehicle and driver compliance expiry dates.  If a driver attempts to load a vehicle and either the vehicle or driver compliance has expired, then the loading controller will not permit the vehicle to load.

In the trial both Newport and Geelong terminal loading systems will have direct access to SLP data, in the future we anticipate all Australian terminal loading systems will have direct access to SLP expiry information, ensuring that only authorised drivers and vehicles may load product at any time.

So future SLP terminal vehicle inspections that uncover a noncompliant vehicle, will have the potential to stop a vehicle from loading at not just one but all terminals that are linked via the SLP & DKI network. Once the noncompliant vehicle has been rectified and approved then the SLP system is updated and the vehicle will again be accepted at not one but all terminals linked to the SLP & DKI network.

Terminal gantry operations personnel with higher levels of SLP system user access, this will allow operators the ability to rectify discrepancies or possible mistakes made in driver compliance and expiry.  Terminal staff can provide extended entry as required and simply enter a reason for making the modification, all system changes are tracked and recorded.

Vehicle operators that load in Victoria will need to ensure their vehicles are correctly entered into the SLP systems, the vehicle Pass-2-Load expiry is in date and your drivers SLP ID is not expired.

Authorised Inspection locations must ensure customer vehicle Pass-2-Load inspections are entered into the SLP system immediately on inspection completion to ensure your customers vehicle is not blocked from loading at a terminal due to the late entry of inspection information.

If you require any further information please call

Lee Stringer
Safe Load Program Manager
0419908919

Or

Greg Royston
SLP Compliance Manager
0407668574

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