Container Ship Loading and Discharging Operations (Offered in Arabic Only)

Course details

Course Outlines:

• The component activities of the ship operation
• The principles of container stowage — meeting safety requirements
• The principles of container stowage — meeting operational requirements
• Loading and discharge sequences and other documents
• Quayside and ship-mounted cranes and their operation
• Spreader beams and how they are used
• The sequence of activities in a LoLo ship operation
• The sequence of activities in a RoRo operation
• Work activities aboard ship and on the quayside
• Safe practices and good housekeeping in the ship operation.

Course Objectives:

This Unit is designed:

• outline the four components of the ship operation, for loading and discharging.
• To describe the principles followed when planning stowage on container ships and to explain how stowage affects the sequence of loading and discharge of containers.
• To describe the lifting equipment used in container loading and discharging.
• To describe the sequence of activities that make up the ship operation, for both lift-on-lift-off and roll-on-roll-off vessels.
• To describe the work of the personnel involved in the ship operation.
• To outline the safety procedures that must be followed in the ship operation.