Bulk Carriers: Handle with Care - 2nd Edition
This publication is a guide to the potential problems experienced when loading and discharging heavy and high-density cargoes and the resulting safety responsibilities of ships’ officers.
This guide focuses on the potential physical damage that can incur on board bulk carriers due to the improper handling, loading and discharging of heavy and high-density cargoes.
It covers topics such as:
- Hull structural failure
- loads, hull structure and design
- cargo distribution
- planning, loading and control of cargo handling
- ballast water management
- safety considerations.
IACS
Dedicated to safe ships and clean seas, IACS makes a unique contribution to maritime safety and regulation through technical support, compliance verification and research development. More than 90% of the world’s cargo carrying tonnage is covered by the classification design, construction and through-life compliance rules and standards set but the twelve Members Societies of IACS.
IACS is a not for profit membership organisation of classification societies that establish minimum technical standards and requirements that address maritime safety and environmental protection and ensures their consistent application. It carries out this responsibility through its panels, expert groups and project teams and provides a Quality System Certification Scheme (QSCS) that its Members comply with, as an assurance of professional integrity and maintenance of high professional standards. IACS is recognized as the principle technical advisor of IMO.