Unitized Cargo Ship The concept of utilization is not a new one; it was used by the USA army in the second world army war to provide its forces fighting in Europe with weapons and ammunition. Unitization since that time has been used and developed to comprise all modes of maritime transport‚ as well as air and land transport modes. Definition: Utilization is a grouping together of two or more (Usually of a homogeneous nature) and securing with banding‚ glue‚ shrink-wrap‚ slings or permanent
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Defining a general cargo ship The term “general (multipurpose) cargo ships” covers many different ship designs that do not fi t into other more specialised cargo ship types. Thus‚ general cargo ships are not specialised for transport of only dry bulks‚ only containers or only heavy-lift cargoes‚ but they have flexibility to carry any of these cargo types. General cargo ships are the world’s most numerous ship types‚ excepting fishing vessels. Thus‚ in the year 2002 their share in the overall world
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Hatch cover for cargo ships (folding) Folding type hatch covers are designed according to specific requirements of customers concerning opening size. Container arrangement‚ loading criteria and etc. Especially long-life cylinders which are made of a stainless steel sleeve with 40 ~ 60 micron of hard chrome plating are installed. Hatch covers for cargo ship (side rolling) Side rolling type hatch covers are operated by hydraulic motor and rack & pinion. The panels can be arranged for stowing
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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
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Unitized Cargo Unitized cargo can be defined as the grouped cargo that is carried aboard a ship in pallets‚ containers‚ wheeled vehicles‚ and barges or lighters. In other words‚ unitization of cargo is the process of grouping products and loading them onto a pallet once the products are properly packed. In other words‚ the whole process starts with packaging of products into individual packages before being put into an outer pack before they’re shrink wrapped and loaded onto a pallet. The advantage
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Maryland Engineering Challenge Cargo Ship ________________________________________________________________________ Research Paper Presented to the Science and Technology Charles Herbert Flowers High School ________________________________________________________________________ Requirements for Research Practicum ________________________________________________________________________ Completed At Charles Herbert Flowers High School ________________________________________________________________________
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Hold cleaning and inspection 1.1 GENERAL INSPECTION OF CARGO HOLD Prior to loading and after discharging‚ hold spaces must be inspected and the cargo/ballast systems should be tested. The inspection is primarily directed towards checking the ship’s integrity. The possible causes for the lack of integrity which can cause damage are the following: Damage to shell and deck plating; Damage to hatch coaming and hatch covers; Improperly closed or blanks ventilators; Leaking pipes and manhole
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passenger travel by sea: there were no aircraft‚ and emigration‚ from Europe to the Americas and other parts of the world‚ was still taking place on a massive scale. Passenger ships were therefore much more common than they are today and accidents frequently led to heavy casualties. The annual loss of life from British ships alone averaged between 700 and 800 during this period. The incident which led to the convening of the 1914 international SOLAS conference was the sinking of the White Star liner
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Basic Ship Types‚ Characteristics and related hazards Name Institution A ship is a huge vessel which moves within the water; they are of two main categories‚ namely; the modern ships and the ancient ships. Both the two categories get their power to sail on water from the wind energy. The traditional types are often fixed with masts which contain a number of sails fixed on each of the masts. They can be referred to as very complex vehicles which are very large; they usually have long time
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DEFINITION: General cargo space or bale space the volume of the cargo holds that can be used to carry general cargo General Cargo ship has holds on the main deck and also has tweendecks‚ where cargo can be stacked atop or beneath them. TYPE OF CARGO INCLUDED These spaces can be filled by: * breakbulk cargo - variety of goods that must be loaded individually‚ is transported in bags‚ boxes‚ crates‚ drums‚ or barrels. This type of cargo is called “loose cargo” * unitized cargo.- uniform or heterogeneous
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