Cargo securing, responsibilities
Incorrect: Stacked buckets wrapped only in plastic or loaded without pallets tip over and slide from the cargo space onto the street; a disaster.
Incorrect: Wrapping barrels with foil is insufficient and not properly secured. An additional mounting of the barrels with the vehicle or pallet is required.
Incorrect: The truck's side wall can hardly take the centrifugal force. Dangerous contents escape, potentially in a water protection area: It can hardly get worse.
Incorrect: The truck's side wall can hardly take the centrifugal force. Dangerous contents escape, potentially in a water protection area: It can hardly get worse.
The shipment's loader and driver are responsible for ensuring that cargo is secured properly.
In order to achieve this goal, you will need a knowledge and understanding of
- Regulations and standards
- Transportation load
- Types and methods of cargo securing
- Transport containments and vehicles
- Tools for securing the load
Poorly secured or unsecured loading endangers the goods, vehicle, driver, other drivers and the environment.