cargo handling and stowage
A MASTER’S GUIDE TO
Container Securing
A MASTER’S GUIDE TO CONTAINER SECURING IS THE FIFTH PUBLICATION IN THE MASTER’S GUIDE SERIES.
The Standard P&I Club
The Lloyd’s Register Group
The Standard P&I Club’s loss prevention programme focuses on best practice to avert those claims that are avoidable and that often result from crew error or equipment failure. In its continuing commitment to safety at sea and the prevention of accidents, casualties and pollution, the Club issues a variety of publications on safety-related subjects, of which this is one. For more information about these publications, please contact either the Managers’
London Agents or any Charles Taylor office listed in this guide.
Lloyd’s Register is directed through its constitution to: ‘secure for the benefit of the community high technical standards of design, manufacture, construction, maintenance, operation and performance for the purpose of enhancing the safety of life and property both at sea and on land and in the air’, and to advance ‘public education within the transportation industries and any other engineering and technological disciplines’.
Authors
Eric Murdoch BSc, MSc, MRINA, C.Eng
Director of Risk Management
Charles Taylor & Co Limited
1 St Katharine’s Way
London E1W 1UT
UK
David Tozer BSc, MSc, FRINA, C.Eng
Business Manager Container Ships
Lloyd’s Register
71 Fenchurch Street
London EC3M 4BS
UK
Telephone (44) 20 7522 7440
Email eric.murdoch@ctcplc.com www.standard-club.com Telephone (44) 20 7709 9166
Email david.tozer@lr.org www.lr.org The authors acknowledge technical contributions from colleagues and associates.
The authors express their particular thanks to:
Bob Thompson, Principal Specialist, Lloyd’s Register EMEA;
Colin Clifford-Smith, Lead Specialist, Lloyd’s Register EMEA;
Tony Bowman, Managing Director, TMC (Marine Consultants) Ltd;
Roy Smith, Safety Manager (Operations), Hutchison Ports (UK).
Thanks also for
Container Securing
A MASTER’S GUIDE TO CONTAINER SECURING IS THE FIFTH PUBLICATION IN THE MASTER’S GUIDE SERIES.
The Standard P&I Club
The Lloyd’s Register Group
The Standard P&I Club’s loss prevention programme focuses on best practice to avert those claims that are avoidable and that often result from crew error or equipment failure. In its continuing commitment to safety at sea and the prevention of accidents, casualties and pollution, the Club issues a variety of publications on safety-related subjects, of which this is one. For more information about these publications, please contact either the Managers’
London Agents or any Charles Taylor office listed in this guide.
Lloyd’s Register is directed through its constitution to: ‘secure for the benefit of the community high technical standards of design, manufacture, construction, maintenance, operation and performance for the purpose of enhancing the safety of life and property both at sea and on land and in the air’, and to advance ‘public education within the transportation industries and any other engineering and technological disciplines’.
Authors
Eric Murdoch BSc, MSc, MRINA, C.Eng
Director of Risk Management
Charles Taylor & Co Limited
1 St Katharine’s Way
London E1W 1UT
UK
David Tozer BSc, MSc, FRINA, C.Eng
Business Manager Container Ships
Lloyd’s Register
71 Fenchurch Street
London EC3M 4BS
UK
Telephone (44) 20 7522 7440
Email eric.murdoch@ctcplc.com www.standard-club.com Telephone (44) 20 7709 9166
Email david.tozer@lr.org www.lr.org The authors acknowledge technical contributions from colleagues and associates.
The authors express their particular thanks to:
Bob Thompson, Principal Specialist, Lloyd’s Register EMEA;
Colin Clifford-Smith, Lead Specialist, Lloyd’s Register EMEA;
Tony Bowman, Managing Director, TMC (Marine Consultants) Ltd;
Roy Smith, Safety Manager (Operations), Hutchison Ports (UK).
Thanks also for