Rotterdam investigates the securing of containers on board ships

The two departments will be checking fifty container vessels over a period of four weeks. The Port Authority will select the ships entering the port on the basis of criteria set by the IVW. The departments will look at such things as the standards applied as well as the planning schedule and the stacking of the containers, taking account of their weight, quality and the condition of the lashing material.

The lashing and securing of containers might already be included in the general ships’ inspections which the IVW carries out in the ports and the themed inspection supplements these.