Trusted Shipping Limited, has undertaken several assignments for the loss prevention during loading operations and supervision of lashing of heavy lift cargoes for carriage by sea.
This work demands a high level of skill, knowledge, experience and due diligence in order to mitigate risks involved with the carriage and handling of such heavy lifts, faced with the perils of the sea.
Off late, there has been an increasing number of incidents, where containers have been lost at sea. Besides commercial value cargo being carried in containers, containers often carry personal goods of our near and dear ones, many of these goods carried may even have sentimental value and loss cannot be replaced in monetary terms.
Loss of containers at sea can be due to various reasons, some of the obvious being, the containers loaded atop of one another not being in perfect rectangular shape, thus causing the stacked-up containers to lean in a certain abnormal direction rather than being upright. Other attributable reasons include the following though not limited to, improper distribution of weights, loose lashing of containers, unlocked twist locks and containers not connected to the twist locks, due to improper loading. All these attributable conditions being subject to the perils of the sea, causing the vessel to move violently, due to pitching and rolling, while at the same time being exposed to a large wind surface area.
Due to the sudden demand in container traffic and the shortage of tonnage, charterers have resort to using the non-conventional container vessels to carry containers across the oceans. Loading of containers on board non-conventional containers, requires the extra care and due diligence during loading and carriage at sea, in order to safely transport containers from one destination to the next.
Trusted Shipping Limited, has been involved with this specialized task of consulting charterers, owners and stevedores, for the safe carriage of containers on board non-conventional containers vessels, by assisting in loading operations and supervising the lashing of the containers in holds and on decks.