Loss Prevention Webinar –30Jan 2024 Carriage of Steel Speakers SHAJED KHAN Loss Prevention Manager Britannia P&I COLIN JEMSON Consultant Minerals & Metals, CWA JUSTIN OLLEY Fleet Manager Britannia P&I Steel cargo ▪Plan ▪Responsibility ▪Hold preparation ▪Loading: Stowage and securing ▪Voyage: Ventilation, Weather ▪Discharge Steel cargo Legal requirements for stowage and securing ▪CSS Code (Code of Safe Practice for cargo stowage and securing) General guidance on standard and nonstandard cargo ▪CSM (cargo securing manual) Specific to the ship normal cargo carried Lashing and securing Additional advice may be sought from flag/class/experts if certain cargo is not included in CSM ▪Consult the vessel’s Cargo Securing Manual (CSM) Pre plan for loading Steel cargo Steel cargo Plan ▪Dimensions ▪Average weight ▪Tanktopstrength ▪Tier height and weight of the tiers ▪Effective dunnage ▪Effective lashings procedures Steel cargo Responsibility ▪Stowage and securing plans, full cargo manifest -provided before arrival at load port ▪Charterers should be responsible for stowage and lashing ▪CP clauses should be checked that the responsibility is not being shifted to Master/Members Steel cargo Hold preparations ▪Holds should be prepared as required (cleaned/washed /dried) ▪Hatches should be operational and weathertight ▪An ultrasonic weather tightness test is preferred over a hose test ▪Testing recorded ▪Bilges should be dry and pumps and non-return valves should be operational Steel cargo Hold preparations ▪Drainage channels be free of debris Steel cargo Hold preparations