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Master’s Guides
Our loss prevention team has written and published a unique series of Master’s Guides. Each one focuses on how to achieve best practice in key areas of shipboard operations.
The guides were created by harnessing the professional knowledge of the former seafaring members of our loss prevention team, combined with input from relevant industry experts.
The aim of the guides is to provide practical and technical advice that will serve to eliminate claims deriving from common errors and mistakes during routine shipboard operations.
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The guides make excellent training manuals and are free to download and use:
A Master's Guide to the Carriage of Steel Cargo, 2020
This is the third edition of Standard Club’s guide to the carriage of steel cargo, which was first produced in 2009. This new version includes additional advice on the principles of stowage, weight distribution and California Block Stowage.
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1 Steel manufacture
2 Basic advice
3 Steel commonly shipped by sea
4 Steel cargo surveys
5 Bills of lading
6 Steel coils and ship’s strength
7 Principles of stowage
8 Principles of securing
9 Cargo officer’s duties during steel cargo loading/discharge
10 Ship husbandry and steel cargo
11 Safety when working with steel
12 Appendix: Case study 1 – Damaged cargo and clean bills of lading
13 Appendix: Case study 2 – Poor dunnage
14 Loading checklist
15 Conclusion
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