Unit 6: CSC & Stacking Height

  • Unit 6: CSC & Stacking Height

     The first part introduces the Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) and the basic information contained on the Safety Approval Plate.  The second part examines the allowable stacking height, as regulated by the CSC, and the maximum operational stacking height of containers.  The final section, Part C, details the more specialised information on the CSC plate and outlines the processes for container approval and both the PES and ACEP container examination schemes.

    • Part A: Introduction to CSC
      Part B: Stacking Heights
      Part C: Approval & Examination
      Tutorial

    • Part A: Introduction to CSC

    • In this section, you will learn about the role of the IMO’s International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) which is enforceable by international law.  You will also look at the basic information which is shown on all Safety Approval Plates which are a legal requirement for containers transported by sea.


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    • Part B: Stacking Heights
    • In Part B, you will learn more about the allowable stacking height of containers, in particular containers with reduced stacking strength which have to be given careful consideration when planning and stacking in terminals, on ships or on other transport modes.


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    • Part C: Approval & Examination

    • In this final section you will learn about the CSC relating to less common information shown on the CSC plate and the processes for approving new containers and examining containers in use under the PES and ACEP examination schemes.


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    • Tutorial

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    • Unit Resources

    • Key Terms: 1.8g, 150kn, actual gross weight (gross weight), actual net weight (actual payload / payload), allowable stacking load, authorised control officers, block stowage, cargo securing manual, classification society, competent person, CSC examination, CSC plate (Safety Approval Plate), decal, first examination date, full stacking strength, gear bins (ships gear bins), gravity, housekeeping move, lashing plan , mass, mass payload, maximum gross mass (rating), mixed stacking, newton, offshore container, one door-off, out-of-date containers, Pg, pyramid stacking, ratified, reduced stacking strength, stacking density, stacking strength, superimposed mass, unproductive move, unsafe container, weight, wheel load weight.

      Organisations: Classification Society, International Container Bureau (BIC), International Maritime Organization (IMO), Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB).

      Standards & Regulations: Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), ISO 668:1995, ISO 1496 (5 Parts), ISO 6346: 1995, ISO 6346:1995/AMD.3: 2012.