CARGO


The securing of containers


on deck on a container ship


BY UWE-PETER SCHIEDER


Uwe-Peter Schieder, Loss Prevention Manager at GDV (German Insurance Association – Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft) and Vice- Chair of IUMI’s Loss Prevention Committee, provides a commentary on securing containers on deck on a container ship.


Uwe-Peter Schieder started his professional career in 1978 with the Hamburg Süd where he was trained as a sailor. Following his studies at the Technical College of Bremen, Department of Navigation and the acquirement of a master’s certificate, he worked on container ships for Hapag Lloyd. In 1994 he joined the Deutscher Transport-Versicherungs Verband (DTV) (German Marine Insurance Association) in Hamburg as a loss prevention manager. Since the DTV merged with the German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft - GDV), Mr. Schieder has been active as a technical expert in the Marine Insurance Department responsible for the fields of loss prevention and hull insurance. He is Vice Chair of the Loss Prevention Committee of IUMI.


52 | The Report • June 2019 • Issue 88


There are six different ways in which ships move in the sea, primarily pitching, heaving


and rolling. Lateral rolling motion represents the greatest challenge for stacks of containers. If containers are to be transported safely on the deck of a container vessel, they must be firmly connected to the ship. This is done with the aid of what are known as twistlocks. These twistlocks are inserted into the corner castings of the containers. These corner castings have elongated holes in which


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