Cargo Handling Instructions
19 September 2024
- The stevedore foreman should inform drivers about the vehicle load/discharge sequence and flow.
- Vehicle load/discharge sequence and flow vary according to decks and stowage locations.
- Drivers should review the plan closely and drive forward for smooth load / discharge.
- Stevedore foremen should instruct drivers to drive the KEY unit away first and then other car should follow it with a systematic discharge flow.
- Stevedore foremen must not allow the driver to drive irrelevant car from normal discharging sequence.
- An experienced Supervisor/Stowage Man/Parking Advisor or a Foreman must be allocated for each gang or stowage place to assist and direct the drivers into the correct stowage position. Neither this person, nor anybody else, should touch the vehicles to give signals during the work (such as tapping on trunk or rear window)
