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Feature 4 | DECK EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY Lashing down the problem


Te amendments to the code of safe practice for cargo stowage and securing (CSS) from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will tighten up safety for those not only working with containers but also the vessels themselves.


and dockworkers still continue. At the 2006 DSC meeting the UK submitted research which showed that 40% of accidents to dockworkers had occurred onboard ships and the majority of these accidents were related to lashing activities on container ships. In many cases the design and layout of


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the lashing arrangements on such ships did insufficiently account for the safety of the crew and dockworkers required to handle the lashing equipment. Te UK proposed at the time that additional guidance on providing a safe working platform for the securing of containers should be incorporated in the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing. What was then further discussed was


that the situation with cargo securing is not confined to older ships. As container ships have grown bigger, an increasing number of containers are being carried on deck. Te tendency to maximise deck stows has led to the situation where the space available for lashing and securing operations at deck level has been squeezed.


In some cases onboard


new ships insufficient consideration at the design and building stage has resulted in the lack of the provision of a safe working platform for lashing operations. Te proposal for research to be carried out was laid out as follows;


• Te UK proposes that additional guidance on providing a safe working platform


for the securing of containers should be incorporated into the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing in the


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principal that ships should be so designed that standardised cargoes can be safely secured onboard but gives no advice on the provision of a safe working platform for personnel.


lthough containerisation has greatly improved the safety of cargo-handling, cargo-related accidents to ships crews


• Chapter 3 of the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing recognises the


As cargo quantities increase the safety requirements for vessels and those working onboard also increase.


light of the above. The UK undertakes to submit more detailed proposals to the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers.


It was highlighted at the Maritime Safety


Committee (MSC) 87th session on 12-21 May 2010 amendments to the CSS code, as well as revised guidelines for the preparation of the


cargo securing manual, amendments to the guidelines for securing arrangements for the transport of road vehicles on ro-ro ships and amendments to the elements to be taken into account when considering the safe stowage and securing of cargo units and vehicles in ships, would be added. Previously, it was established in the sub committee Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes


The Naval Architect September 2010


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