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Pack containers better
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• Concern regarding inefficient packing of containers going overseas, and consequent serious damage to the contents, was expressed by several speakers at a one-day seminar organized by the Institute of Materials Handling, North West division, at Manchester last week. Insurers had recently made forceful reference to the poor out-turn of cargo from containers, said Mr. J. R. Turner, Port of Manchester dock superintendent, and this clearly pointed to the need for better education of the packers. Even with stabilizers, container ships still rolled and pitched. A container might be tilted 40 deg sideways and 20 deg endwards and the best way to restrain movement within was to pack it so full that there was no spare space left. Failing this goods should be properly secured with dunnage. Those in the doorway should be particularly well stowed or lashed so that they would not collapse outwards when the doors were opened.
Proper weight distribution and avoidance of overloading were prerequisites but too little thought was given to this aspect by inexpert container packers. With a mixed load there was a temptation to put the heavy goods in first, leaving those of light weight until the last.
If underwriters were informed in detail of the insured's needs they would always do their best to see that coverage was complete, said Mr. F. G. Mayer, a marine underwriter of the Royal Insurance Group. Shippers might easily find that their policies did not cover unpacked goods in transit to a Container base. If economies were achieved by using home trade packs inside a container going overseas this fact should be advised and an increased premium paid if applicable. Discussing the various claims received Mr. Mayer said it was nothing to do with insurers of the goods if, for instance, the containers were packed in a dirty state or were stowed so that they were predisposed to damage. Traffic managers should instruct hauliers that containers were to be properly secured and carried in a safe manner.
One of the big problems in packing containers was to allow for the inevitable vibration, said Mr. R. B. Stoker, chairman of Manchester Liners Ltd. They tried to help shippers with their packing problems and their practice was to second specialists to companies needing them.
'Lamentable' road spending
• Government delay in carrying out the current programme of urban road building is blamed this week in the British Road Federation report, "Finance and Roads," for the failure to add to the E1 ,000m preparation list of road schemes set up in 1967.
Since the first projects were announced 2+ years ago, says BR F, no other major blocks of schemes have been added for towns outside London and the other conurbations. Nor have schemes been included in the list for the Merseyside and south east Lancashire-north east Cheshire conurbations.
The preparation list, designed to streamline the forward planning of new urban roads, is still £400m short of the target value, says the report. Expenditure on urban roads is "lamentable".