What Does a Freight Conductor Do?

The ship commander is also called the single ship commander and the loading and unloading commander, which refers to the organizer and commander of the container terminal ship loading and unloading production site. The container terminal carries out production activities centering on ships. The organization, implementation and control of various terminal production operations will ultimately be directly linked to ship loading and unloading operations. In order to improve the quality and efficiency of ship loading and unloading, starting from the production needs, there must be an organic and efficient labor combination that mainly targets ship operations. This labor combination includes both machinery, equipment, storage yards and labor force allocation, and includes Ship loading and unloading processes and operating procedures, this multi-factor labor combination requires a ship operator's organizer and commander, which is the ship commander.

Ship commander

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The ship commander is also called the single ship commander and the loading and unloading commander, which refers to the organizer and

The general tasks of the ship commander are: ^[1]

1. Grasp the berth situation of the terminal

2. Familiar with the loading and unloading process of the terminal

The loading and unloading process is a man-machine combination that rationally configures a variety of different machines and personnel according to established goals, and performs loading and unloading operations according to certain operating process requirements.

3. Familiar with the specifications of anchored ships

Different ships have different specifications. In order to make ships safely berthing and smooth loading and unloading, the ship commander is familiar with the specifications and basic characteristics of the anchored ship, as far as possible to meet the ship's specifications, and avoid docks due to unfamiliar ship specifications. Problems such as confusion of operation sequence and unloading of ship's piles.

4. Grasp the loading and unloading specifications of dangerous goods boxes and special boxes

5. Understand the basic requirements of port regulators for international freight

The main operating objects of container terminals are import and export containers. Port supervision agencies such as customs, inspection and quarantine, maritime affairs, and border control all supervise the sale of import and export container from different perspectives on behalf of the country. Ship commanders should understand the different regulatory requirements of different regulatory agencies, so as to coordinate and handle their working relationship with them, and ensure the smooth loading and unloading of import and export containers.

(1) Based on the ship's day and night production operations, under the command of the control room, organize the ship loading and unloading operations reasonably and effectively, give full play to the capacity of the loading and unloading bridges, improve the loading and unloading efficiency, and ensure the schedule.

(2) Command, inspect, and supervise the safe production of loading and unloading bridges, implement safety and quality measures, timely discover and stop unsafe factors, and ensure safe and efficient production of loading and unloading bridges.

(3) According to the plan and requirements of loading and unloading ships, organize the implementation of loading and unloading operations. During the operation, if there is any abnormal situation, report to the control room in time and adjust the on-site operations in time after receiving instructions.

(4) Responsible for handover and disability inspection of loading and unloading containers, and urge external management to make original records and damage registration at the loading and unloading site.

(5) Responsible for checking the loading and unloading volume with the ship side after loading and unloading operations, and issuing a loading and unloading operation visa.

(6) Responsible for the collection and transfer of documentary information such as operation visas and damage records.

(1) Import and unloading operations

1. Prepare before berthing

(1) Grasp the berthing time, berth and size of the ship during this voyage, know in advance the driving and landing conditions of the loading and unloading bridge near the berth, and instruct the loading and unloading bridge to lift the boom or stop outside the safe size of the ship .

(2) Clear the ship in advance according to the berth and size of the ship, and make a safe distance sign for berthing.

(3) For ships berthing at this dock for the first time, the ship's party should sign the document of "Pier Safe Mooring Instructions" to clarify the responsibilities of the ship and the port and ensure that the ship berthing safely.

2. Preparation before unloading

(1) Urge the ship to arrange the gangway and safety net in a timely manner, and open the ship's sealing equipment to ensure the smooth progress of loading and unloading operations.

(2) For wharves that have not yet adopted EDI to transfer imported container information, the ship commander should board the ship immediately after berthing to ask the chief mate for import information such as the ship's map and manifest, and check with the expected data. Key points It is to check the type, quantity and size of the dangerous goods box and special box unloaded during this voyage, and to prepare for unloading beforehand. At the same time, if a transit container is installed on the ship, its loading position should be marked on the ship's map to avoid misloading.

3. Ship unloading operation

(1) Key cabin operations.

The so-called key tank refers to the completion of other roads and the loading and unloading of a considerable part of the tanks in this tank, which has affected the completion time of the entire ship. The ship commander should keep abreast of the situation of key tanks, deploy good loading and unloading machinery and skilled drivers, and arrange all types of machinery and drivers on the work road, strengthen supervision of the progress of key tanks, and strive to reduce or eliminate Impact of key cabins on schedule.

(2) Special box operation

For different special boxes, ship commanders must master different safety regulations and loading and unloading procedures to ensure that all kinds of special boxes can be loaded and unloaded safely and smoothly.

(3) Unpacking and inspection of containers.

In the unloading operation, the ship commander is responsible for the handover of the boxes of the port side and the ship side to distinguish the responsibility of the two sides for the container equipment.

(4) End after unloading.

After the ship unloading operation is completed, the ship commander should carefully complete all the end work after the ship unloading, including carefully reviewing whether each BAY of the ship has missed discharge, misloaded, and unloaded, and carefully review the unloading with external management. The number, box type and size, after verification, will work with the chief mate to prepare a visa for unloading operations and other operations for registration.

(2) Export loading operations

Before shipping

Before loading the ship, the ship commander should promptly submit the stowage plan prepared by the terminal to the chief officer of the ship for review. If the chief officer has any amendments, the chief officer's opinion shall prevail. file.

2. Ship loading operation

During the loading operation, the ship commander supervised the workers to strictly follow the stowage plan signed by the chief officer.

3. After shipment

After all the loading operations are completed, the ship commander should carefully check with the outsider the number, size and box type of the packing, prevent wrong loading, missing loading and over loading, and work with the first officer to obtain a visa for loading operations.