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Indian Maritime University

BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care

Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes

3.3 Cargo stow plan

3.3.1 Bay plan (Bay-row-tier)

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Container location Grid• Bay - Row - Tier

Bays: Are numbered lengthwise from bow to stern with odd numbers for 20' containers and even numbers for 40' containers. The even number between two 20' containers is used to define 40' bays.

Rows: Are numbered from centreline to portside with even numbers and from centreline to starboard with odd numbers. The container row stowed on the centreline is marked 00.

Tiers: In underdeck stows, containers are numbered vertically downwards

with even numbers from bottom to top. The bottom row will be 02. In case of two half heights the bottom ones are to be numbered by an odd number. On deck stowage is indicated by code key 8 followed by an even number sequence.

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Bays

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Rows (looking from aft)

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17 Rows across

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Tiers on Deck

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Bay - Row - Tier

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Bay Plan

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Bay Plan

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Cargo stow plan

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Bay plan

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