Electronic version licenced to North of England P&I Association

CARGO STOWAGE AND SECURING

A GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE Second Edition CHARLES BLIAULT and North of England P&I Association
NORTH OF ENGLAND P&I ASSOCIATION

Electronic version licenced to North of England P&I Association

CARGO STOWAGE AND SECURING

A GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE Second Edition CHARLES BLIAULT and North of England P&I Association

NORTH OF ENGLAND P&I ASSOCIATION

Electronic version licenced to North of England P&I Association

Cargo Stowage and Securing

First edition published in 2003 ISBN 0-9542012-6-4 Second edition published in 2007 by North of England P&I Association Limited The Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DU, United Kingdom Telephone +44 191 232 5221 Fax +44 191 261 0540 Email risk.management@nepia.com Website www.nepia.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of the publisher. Copyright North of England P&I Association Limited 2007 The Authors assert moral copyright in the work. ISBN 978-0-9546537-8-1 Authors: Charles Bliault and North of England P&I Association Printed and bound in the UK

The authors are grateful to Professor Captain Hermann Kaps (retired) and his colleagues at the Department of Nautical Studies, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany for their assistance and support. They also thank Gordon Line for supplying the cover photograph and Fig .11, Graig Ship Management Ltd for Figs 8 and 12 and MacGregor-Conver GmbH for Fig. 18.

This publication is intended for general guidance only to assist in the avoidance of disputes and problems arising from inadequate or incorrect stowage and securing of items of cargo on cargo ships. Readers should take care to ensure that the recommendations contained in this publication are appropriate for a particular situation before implementing them. Whereas every effort has been made to ensure that recommendations are comprehensive, the author and the North of England P&I Association Limited do not under any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omission and mis-statements or for the consequences of implementing or attempting to implement recommendations.

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Chapter
1. 2. INTRODUCTION GENERAL INFORMATION Basic rules to be followed Where the regulations, recommendations and guidance can be found The code of safe practice for cargo stowage and securing Cargo securing manual Movement of a ship in a seaway The ship and its movement effects on cargo Stability Stowage arrangements Lashings, Dunnage, Friction and Slide or Tip Over Rule-of-thumb and advanced methods Tank-top strength calculations CARGO-SPECIFIC INFORMATION Break-bulk items Steel products Heavy-lift items and project cargo Ro-ro cargo items Timber cargoes on and under deck Containers on and under deck container and non-container ships THE VOYAGE Loading and securing Passage planning Actions during the voyage

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APPENDICES I SOLAS chapter VI, part A, regulation 5 II Guidelines for the Preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual, preamble III Advanced calculation method IV Advanced calculation method worked example V Advanced calculation method blank form VI Bibliography INDEX

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