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Container Inspections

The document outlines the objectives and procedures for container inspections, emphasizing the importance of safety, identification, and control. It details the causes of container safety dangers, such as normal wear and tear and human error, and specifies where and when inspections should take place. Additionally, it highlights the types of defects to look for and the necessary actions to take upon discovering these defects.

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Container Inspections

The document outlines the objectives and procedures for container inspections, emphasizing the importance of safety, identification, and control. It details the causes of container safety dangers, such as normal wear and tear and human error, and specifies where and when inspections should take place. Additionally, it highlights the types of defects to look for and the necessary actions to take upon discovering these defects.

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Container Inspections

Objectives
◼ Explain why inspections

◼ Explain where inspections take place

◼ Explain how inspections take place

◼ Explain the use of Equipment Interchange


Receipt ( EIR )

◼ State the actions to be taken after finding


container condition defects
Container Safety Dangers

◼ Normal Wear and Tear

◼ Human Error
Normal Wear and Tear
◼ Handled about 34
times per year

◼ Weather, sea spray

◼ Vibrations, shocks,
careless handling
Human Error

◼ Labelling

◼ Securing
Human Error

◼ Documentation

◼ Packing
Container Inspection

◼ Why
◼ When and Where
◼ How
◼ What to look for
◼ What action to
take
Why to Inspect
◼ Safety

◼ Identification

◼ Control

◼ Liability

◼ Repair
Where to Inspect
◼ Gate

◼ Quay

◼ Container Freight Station ( CFS )

◼ Container Yard
When at the Gate
◼ Full Outbound ( export ) Containers
coming into the terminal

◼ Full Inbound ( import ) Containers going


from the terminal to inland

◼ Empties returned after unpacking inland

◼ Empties collected for packing inland


When at the Quay
When at the CFS and Yard
How
to
Inspect
Non Gate Inspections
◼ 1 Shifts and Restows

◼ 2 Transshipment

◼ 3 Inbound Empties ( from ship to yard )

◼ 4 LCL ( less container load )

◼ 5 In-terminal movements
In-Terminal movements

◼ For customs, public health or IMDG


inspection.

◼ For repair

◼ To move to other more suitable stack


Identification Deficiencies
◼ 1 Container ID

◼ 2 Container Size/Type

◼ 3 Door Seals

◼ 4 IMDG labels

◼ 5 Gross Weight

◼ 6 Vehicle details
Door Seals
Condition Defects
◼ 1 Wear

◼ 2 Damage

◼ 3 Non Conforming Repair


Wear
◼ Metal corrosion

◼ Wood rot

◼ Loose or missing parts

◼ Paint fading or failure

◼ Deterioration at corner fittings, door


gaskets and fittings
Damage
◼ Frame deformation

◼ Panel damage

◼ Corrosion / contamination

◼ Loss of components

◼ Unwanted labels
Non Conforming Repair
◼ Damage or wear incorrectly repaired

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