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let me show you how containers workit’s possible that most things around you right nowcame from a container ship the food you atethe phone or computer you are looking at we have anything from applesto frozen meat to explosive or toxic gases on the shipsome of the things we carry is pretty bizarre but everything actually begins in the officewith a team of people we call “central planners” they draw up cargo plans for the whole supplychain then its sent to our chief mate to adjustas required the containers are loaded by the port’scrane

some say they were used by the empire starting from the bottom stacking up likelegos these cargo holds can be as deep as 40 times40 meters the space are built with these long sail guidesthat runs downward it secures the containers in place and this.. is what an empty cargo hold looks like once its filled, a “hatch cover” is placedon top so that more containers can be loaded the ones above on deck will need extra lashingsto secure them workers from the port handle the physicallabor of lashing

thank god because these full metal rods arevery very heavy turnbuckles are twisted to tighten the steelrods for that we haveturnbuckle, short bars, long bars, and twist locks there’s actually a few different type of twists lock on our shipsome are manual some are automatic it all depends on the location of the containerbut they serve the same purpose which is to lock containers together once again it really is just like stacking legosthe fruits and frozen products are transported

by reefersreefers are short for refrigerated containers they are pretty much a gigantic portable fridgeit can keep temperatures anywhere from room temperature to -30 degreesthat’s…-90 fahrenheit for murica folks so what’s my part in all this? well as 3rd matemy job during cargo operations is to monitor the loading and discharging progressafterwards checking the lashings to make sure it’s done properlythe last thing we’d want are containers falling into the sea if we ever run into badweather other than that we keep watch on the overallcondition of the ship

including safety and securitychecking the mooring lines and looking out for any suspicious activity like stowawaysor pirates so that was a general overview of how cargooperations are done on container ships if you’d got any specific questions makesure to leave it down in the comments below and as always thanks for watching

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