Cargo Handling Instructions
Version 1.3
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Cargo operations
Introduction
Safety Requirements
Terminal
Cargo operations
During sea voyage
Prevention and damage handling
Appendix
Updates
Supervision
Documentation
Vessel responsibilities
Cargo hold
External ramps
Hoistable/liftable panel/deck arrangements and internal ramps
Unused lashings
Preventing theft
Cargo hold ventilation and lighting
Emergency escape routes
Portable cargo securing devices
Rubber mats handling during cargo operation
Fire prevention
Stevedore responsibilities
Rubber mats handling during cargo operation
Tally
Operational process
Pre-operations meeting with stevedore
Pre-operations alignment with vessel
Vessel confirmation (Vessel to local port)
Ramp meeting
CSI responsibilities
Vessel focus area
Post-operational meeting
Loading/ discharging
Parking instructions
Disconnecting battery on used units
Battery pole protection against sparks on disconnected battery
Breakout
Stowage standards
Stowage distances
Height clearance
Flow stow system
Vehicle instructions
Factory new vehicles
Used units
Non-starter
Refueling
Battery charging (jump start)
Towing (of units)
Snow, ice or water on cargo
Locked units
Key handling and locking instructions
Motorcycles
High and heavy (H&H) instructions
Rubber tracked units and wooden wheels.
Steel tracked units or steel spike wheels.
Spread load calculation of tracked units
Chassis (without cabin)
Breakbulk (BB) instructions
Unitising
Securing arrangements of unitised cargo
Forestry products
Paper rolls
Guidelines to limit/avoid condensation/water damage to deep frozen paper rolls
Baled wood pulp in units
Plywood
Veneer
Steel products
Steel coils
Wire rope coils/reels
Steel pipes
Unitising of steel pipes
Metal plates
Rubber products
Other break bulk cargo
Cable reels
Packed liquid cargo
General
Handling instructions of packed liquid cargo
Documentation
Containers, bolsters and roll trailer instructions
Loading/discharging containers/bolsters
Container seal and inspection
Verified gross mass (vgm) of a container carrying cargo
Under deck stowage of containers
Unitising of bolsters
Empty bolsters
Roll trailers
Loading/discharge of a roll trailer
Operation of Roll trailers exceeding 30-ton gross weight
Stacking of empty roll trailers
Specialized cargo instructions
Heavy lifts
Multipurpose bogie (MPB)
Manoeuvring/ handling of mpb
Heavy lifts by samson trailer
Manoeuvring of samson platform
Heavy lifts by "jack-up" trailer
Typical heavy project cargoes
Heavy lifts by crane
Weather deck cargo
Loading/discharging weather deck cargo
Stowage of windmill blades on weather deck
Request of arranging power supply to cargo
Alternative fuel vehicles/units (AFV)
Instructions for ocean carriage of AFV
The shipper/ OEM is required to categorize each AFV unit into one of the following categories:
Stowage of CGV/LPG (Vehicle/High and heavy)
International regulation and recommendations
Vehicles with installed Lithium Batteries
Vehicles fueled by compressed hydrogen or natural (methane) gas
Vehicles fueled by CGV, LNG or LPG
State of Charge requirements (SOC level)
Used alternative fuel vehicles
General customer instruction for shipping of used AFV (both cars, trucks and H&H)
Additional requirement for [BEV]
Additional requirement for [PHEV]
Additional requirement for [HEV]
Additional requirement for [CGV/LPG]
In the event of damage to an AFV new or used
Cargo securing instructions
Uniform, axle, and bogie loads
Securing guideline
Stowage on fixed ramps
Rule of thumb for none-self-propelled cargo below 10 mt
Rule of thumb for cargo above 10 MT
Portable securing devices
Fixed securing device limitations
Types of portable securing devices
Securing of vehicles
Car, vans, small trucks up to 2,5 mt- longitudinal stowage
Car, vans, small trucks up to 2,5 mt - athwartships stowage
Car, vans, small trucks between 2.5 mt & 3mt "longitudinal stowage"
Car, vans, small trucks between 2.5 mt & 3mt "athwartships stowage"
Rim lashing
Securing of high and heavy (H&H)
Securing of break bulk (BB)
Securing of forestry products
Securing of steel products
Wire rope coils/reels
Steel pipes
Securing of steel plates
Securing in the transverse direction
Securing in the longitudinal direction
Calculation example
Securing of rubber product
Securing of other breakbulk products
Securing of high and heavy (H&H)
Securing of bolsters and roll trailers
Bolsters
Roll trailers
Securing of specialized cargo
Securing of heavy roll trailers or other cargo transport units
Securing of samson trailer
Attachment of portable securing devices to the vessel
Attachment of portable securing devices to the cargo
Composition and application of portable securing devices
Maintenance of securing arrangements
Cargo securing calculation
Securing of mega containers on weather deck
120 ft containers (max load 24 mt)
140 ft containers (max load 43 mt)
160 ft containers (max load 48 mt)
Securing on weather deck
Securing of yachts on weather deck
Securing of iso containers on weather deck
Weather dependent lashing (only applicable to some specific vessels)
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Securing of specialized cargo
29 May 2025
Securing of bolsters and roll trailers
Weather dependent lashing (only applicable to some specific vessels)
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