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Shipping News and information / Re: Death whale on bow of schip "Maersk Norwich" - Maasvlakte Rotterdam
« on: June 12, 2012, 06:11:31 PM »
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Shipping News and information / Re: Name and shame shippers who flout box weight rules
« on: February 11, 2010, 12:13:21 AM »
I have seen the bottoms literally fall out of containers that had been overloaded. Once, in Livorno, Italy, I saw the result of overloading a 40-foot container with masonry. The brake gave way on the crane, and the container plummeted down, to end up embedded three centimeters into the paved surface of the dock. Fortunately, nobody was under it!
However, the worst offenders are unquestionably in the Military. They U.S. Army doesn't seem to have any conception that there is any weight consideration at all when they load containers. They simply pile stuff in until the containers are full and then send them on their way. Working with the U.S. Army in Honduras, I saw the remains of a shore crane that had fallen over under the weight of one of those overloaded boxes, killing the crane operator. I also saw a fork-lift almost capsize under the weight of another, the quick-witted driver only just setting the container down in time to save himself. When I asked the Army officer in charge how much the container in question he had no idea, and didn't even seem to have any idea that it was ever an issue.
However, the worst offenders are unquestionably in the Military. They U.S. Army doesn't seem to have any conception that there is any weight consideration at all when they load containers. They simply pile stuff in until the containers are full and then send them on their way. Working with the U.S. Army in Honduras, I saw the remains of a shore crane that had fallen over under the weight of one of those overloaded boxes, killing the crane operator. I also saw a fork-lift almost capsize under the weight of another, the quick-witted driver only just setting the container down in time to save himself. When I asked the Army officer in charge how much the container in question he had no idea, and didn't even seem to have any idea that it was ever an issue.
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