Before the cargo is loaded onboard it is clearly essential to calculate and take into account:
(a) The weights involved
(b) Draft limitations
(c) Air draft limitations (from sea level to top of hatch coaming)
(d) Permissible load limitations
(e) Cargo gear and equipment limitations
(f) Safety considerations
(g) Stowage factors
(h) Stability and stress
(i) Dangerous cargo parameters
(j) Segregation
(k) Agricultural/biological regulations
(l) Environmental regulations
(m) Local, national and international regulations
(n) Office operational advice
(o) Shippers requirements
(p) Special handling considerations
(q) Lashing requirements
(r) Ventilation
(s) Sequence of discharge, etc.
ACCEPTING AND RECEIVING CARGO
Upon notification of a cargo reference to job at sea to be loaded or receipt of a loading list the Master and Chief Officer must carefully study the Company’s Regulations on the carriage of cargo, the shipper’s instructions and the comprehensive advice contained in Thomas’s Stowage – “The Properties and Stowage of Cargoes” or any other Stowage Publications that the Company may place on board.
Once it is established that spaces onboard are suitable, (ventilation, etc.) a check should be made that stowage equipment (lashings, dunnage, separation sheets, insulating materials, disinfectant, agents/stevedores.
etc.) is either held onboard or available through local
Prior to commencement of loading the Master and Chief Officer, together with the shore superintendent/chief tally clerk, will make a thorough examination of the cargo to be loaded.
The extent of this examination will depend on the nature of the commodity to be loaded, however, the following are some of the points to be borne in mind.
