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Deck Cargoes

Deck Cargoes

The phrase ‘deck cargoes’ refers to items and/or commodities carried on the weather deck and/or hatch covers of a ship and thereon exposed to sun, wind, rain, snow, ice and sea, so that the packaging must be fully resistant to, or the commodities themselves not be denatured by such exposure.Deck cargoes, because of their very location and the means by which they are secured, will be subjected to velocity and acceleration stresses greater, in most instances, than cargo stowed below decks.The stowage, lashing and securing of cargoes, therefore, require special attention as to method and … [Read more...]

By Cult of Sea Filed Under: Cargo Work Tagged With: cargo manual, Cargo Work, container, csm, css, deck, deck cargo, girders, heavy lift, iron, livestock, steel pipe, timber, vehicles

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