Bureau Veritas (BV), a globe leader in screening, assessment, and also accreditation (TIC), has actually established a defined technique to sustain the secure carriage of containers wholesale providers.

BV’s Guidance for Studying and also Preparing a Bulk Carrier for the Carriage of Containers supplies drivers with paths based upon evaluation and also a complete understanding of safety and security, regulative and also functional demands. The advice was established by technological specialists based in the Bureau Veritas Piraeus workplace, in Greece, in cooperation with the Technical Directorate in Paris.

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Commenting on the advice, Piraeus- based Paillette Palaiologou, BV Marine & & Offshore’s Vice President for the & Hellenic, Black Sea & Adriatic Zone, claimed:“We have significant experience and knowledge of bulk carrier design, classification, and operations across BV and particularly here in Greece, where we have numerous clients in the dry cargo market. Additionally, our class rules for container lashing and our own associated lashing software are highly sophisticated. The combination of bulker and boxship capability and understanding has enabled our teams to rapidly provide a framework to meet market requirements as demand emerges for bulkers to be able to carry boxes.”

The advice describes 2 major paths for storing containers in holds, either as a ‘block’ of lashed freight without retrofitting of unique container protecting installations, or as even more standard heaps of containers, in which instance such devices might require to be fitted completely or briefly.

The IMO Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and also Securing (CSS Code) for ships that are outfitted with a Cargo Securing Manual, supplies a crucial referral factor in its Annex 1 “Safe stowage and securing of containers on deck of ships which are not specially designed and fitted for the purpose of carrying containers”, along with the estimation approaches for pressures acting upon freight systems and also the performance of protecting plans.

However, the reality that mass providers are “not specially designed and fitted for the purpose of carrying containers”, integrated with the possible demand to take full advantage of the consumption of containers, might increase worries associated with the honesty of the vessel’s framework and also the freight itself, along with the safety and security of the staff and also the stevedores.

Paillette Palaiologou included: “In many ways, we are going back to the future, as general cargo and multi-purpose ships have always been able to carry containers. In the context of today’s market demands, the capacity to move containers in bulk carriers is a key advantage. With our guidance, we wish to ensure that modern analysis tools and techniques can be applied to support safety as well as modern operational efficiency.”

Or, to download and install the complete BV Guidance for Studying and also Preparing a Bulk Carrier for the Carriage of Containers, click here.