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let me show you how containers work it's
possible that most things around you
right now
came from a container ship the food you
ate the phone on computer you're looking
at we have anything from Apple's to
frozen meat to explosive or toxic gases
on a ship some of the things we carry is
pretty bizarre
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but everything actually begins in the
office with a team of people we call
central planners they drop cargo plan
for the whole supply chain then it's
sent to achieve mate to adjust as
required
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the containers are loaded by ports crane
some say they were used by the Empire
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starting from the bottom stacking up
like Legos these cargo holds can be as
deep as 40 times 40 meters the space are
built with these long sail guides that
run downwards it secures the containers
in place
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and this is what an empty container hole
looks like
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once it's filled a hatch cover is placed
on top so that more containers can be
loaded
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the ones above on deck who need extra
lashings to secure them workers from the
port handle the physical labor of
lashing thank God because these full
metal rods are very very heavy
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turnbuckles are twisted to tighten the
steel rods
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we're at we have turnbuckles short bars
long bars and twist locks there's
actually a few types of twist locks on
our ship some are manual some are
automatic it all depends on the location
of the containers but they serve the
same purpose which is to lock containers
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once again it really is just like
stacking Legos the fruits and frozen
products are transported by reefers
reefers are short for refrigerated
containers they are pretty much a
gigantic portable fridge it can keep
temperatures anywhere from room
temperature to negative 30 degrees
that's negative 90 Fahrenheit for
America folks so what's my part in all
this well as certainly my job during
cargo operation is to monitor the
loading and discharging progress
afterwards checking the lashing to make
sure it's done properly the last thing
we want our containers falling to see if
we ever run into bad weather
other than that we keep watch on the
overall condition of the ship including
safety and security checking the mooring
lines and looking out for any suspicious
activities like stowaways or pirates
so that was a general overview of how
cargo operations are done on container
ships if you got any specific questions
make sure to leave it down in comments
below and as always thanks for watching
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you