trailer world Issue One 2012

26 Issue One 2012 tas quam, con plique dolo officillaut volendem nobita vent, none volores sequae eos et, occat mi, cus. the transport costs. At the same time however, it must also protect the massive load. In the case of highly sensitive computer equipment or switch cabinets on the other hand, these valuable goods are protected by floating pack- aging with vibration dampers in the base. Changing climate. The Securitas workers now prepare the industrial furnace for ship- ment to China. The furnace parts are first welded into polyurethane film in the hall along with a drying agent, which absorbs the residual moisture and prevents corrosion. The fluctuating humidity during transport, de- pending on the climate zone, may otherwise damage the goods. The workers then nail to- gether the kit from the box factory wall by wall to the upright timbers. Every operation is quick and practiced, the packers work for eight hours, and then the industrial furnace is ready for the journey. After packing, heavy goods continue on their way either by road or the Moorfleet Ca- nal, which flows just behind the hall, usually to the port of Hamburg. Everything of exces- sive width or height is loaded by crane directly out of the hall onto the barges and goes by wa- ter along the canal – as in the case of the in- dustrial furnace. “This avoids escorted truck transport by night”, explains Freyer. Space-saving stowage. Arrival at the Hamburg Travehafen, Buss Hansa Terminal. A crane first hauls the crates off the barge onto land. The stowage company Gerd Buss Stevedoring, also a subsidiary of the Buss Group, later ensures that the crates are cor- rectly stowed on the ship to China. Here everything is loaded which is too large and too heavy for containers. “We have to load the crates onto the ship in the most eco- nomical way in terms of space”, says In- spector Frank Schüssler of the stowage company, who checks the loading. In addi- tion the freight must be able to survive rough sea voyages undamaged. He there- fore produces a stowage plan indicating the exact position of each crate. His work re- sembles the classic puzzle Tetris - just on a much larger scale. A total of 233 wooden crates have to be loaded on board this time within two days, amongst them the industrial furnace. Two stevedores first pull heavy chains under the wooden crates with iron bars and attach them to the 50m long crane boom. “Such 20 tonne weights as the industrial furnace parts are almost light- weights for us”, says Schüssler and laughs. Then one crate after another swings slowly from the crane hook over the edge of the quay onto the ship to China. (bb) At the Buss Hansa Terminal in the Hamburg Travehafen, a crane hauls the 20-tonne crates containing the industrial furnace parts onto the ship to China. Photo:LarsKrüger More information about the Hamburg packaging professionals can be found at www.securitas-gmbh.de Reportage

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