Indian Maritime University

BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes

3.4 Container securing equipment

3.4.3 Portable securing gear
• Twist locks
• Lashing rods
• Turnbuckles
• Single / double stackers
• Bridge fittings
• Extension hooks
• Penguin hooks

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 Securing by loose gear
• Cones, twist locks, lashing rods, turnbuckles

The lower containers stand on foundations capable of

withstanding the stack pressures which arise. Dovetail
foundations (Hatch shoes), into which sliding cones fit, are
provided to prevent slippage. The containers are connected
together by single or double stacking cones or twist locks.
The entire stack or container block is lashed using lashing
wires or rods and turnbuckles. These are secured to
Lashing Bridges by shackles on to fixed pad-eyes.

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 Cones v/s twist locks
• Cones, an alternative to twist locks

A positioning cone for positioning containers stacked one

upon another on a ship or the like engages the containers
without the need of turning a separate external lever. This
arrangement saves time required to clamp the containers to
one another and ensures secure and accurate positioning work
by the use of a cooperative latch and locking pin. (Now
automatic twist locks are in use, although as yet manual
release is required before discharging containers.)

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Bridge fittings, cones, twist locks

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Single, double, 4 cones

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Twist locks and chains

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Ship’s loose gear bin

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 Container Lashings
Monsoon fury off the port of Mumbai

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Twist lock

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 Loose lashing gear
Twist locks Collapsible eyes

Turnbuckle Stacking cones

Hook Rigid eyes

Shoes for twist locks, cones 11
Loose lashing gear

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Lashing Bridge

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Lashing Bridge

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Lashings

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Discharging a collapsed stow by mobile crane

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Capsized alongside

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Portable lashing gear

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 Cargo inside containers

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 Care of Lashing Gear

• Regular inspection and maintenance of

ships cargo securing devices must be
carried out. These would include routine
visual examination of components being
utilized, lubrication of securing devices,
repair of damaged securing devices and
separating out and rejecting
damaged/unusable securing devices.

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Multimodal transport of goods

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