These instructions are designed to provide guidelines around cargo operations on Wallenius Wilhelmsen AS vessels (both owned and chartered).
They are based on long experience as well as incidents & near misses and should be carefully considered in all aspects of a cargo operation. Vessels owned or chartered by Wallenius Wilhelmsen; group companies (WW OCEAN / EUKOR / ARC / ARMACUP) will in this instruction be referred as OPERATOR(S).
The intention is to describe the OPERATORS standards regarding a safe, smooth, efficient and damage free cargo operation during ocean transportation.
These instructions also identify and describe the individual responsibilities of the stakeholders involved in a cargo operation, such as the OPERATORS representative, stevedores, and the vessel’s crew.
NOTE: The parts of this instruction that cover the securing of cargo onboard a vessel stipulates the minimum OPERATORS requirements and that they will always be overruled by stricter requirements specified by a vessel’s Cargo Securing Manual (CSM).