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gi es “ete rule to follow: Keep the checker on the lighter when handling general cargo. He should not be allowed to stand on ship’s deck. Cost of discharging bales of cork has been reduced by using a sling fitted with fifteen hooks. These are hooked to strap around the bales and the bales are then hoisted from stowage. Some hooks break loose but an average of twelve bales is handled in each sling load. The Grace line uses steel sheets to protect hatch covers when discharg- ing copper ingots. These are bent Screw Conveyor Unloading Cargo of Flour over on one end so they will hold to the hatch coaming as the draft is dragged into the square of the hatch. These sheets are a safety feature pro- tecting men from falling. Better Checking Methods prs of cigarettes has been simplified and made more accu- rate by the following method at the Eastern Steamship Co., Pier 26, New York. Instead of checking from the _ freight bills, tally sheets are made up showing serial number of packages in numerical order and with a column on the far right hand side for the tier check. When checker starts to check he counts the packages in the tier and places check marks in the far right hand column. Then as packages are loaded into transfer trucks for move- ment to railroad, he checks the tier package by package. This gives a double check and checking is speeded be- cause it is far quicker to AVOUULUUOUUUUULUUOAGLLU LULU ULLAL Shia page is to be devoted to short items on all matters having to do with the more efficient turn- around of ships. These items are in- tended to be of a helpful nature. We will welcome for this page brief descriptions, illustrated if possible, of any better or safer way of perform- ing any function in cargo handling. Also, any questions submitted will be answered by the editor. TT ETTTTTTTTUUTETEULTTSTRETEOUCOUOUUHHUUUHOOO HOO TOUUUOOOUTOO TP pick out the serial number on one or two sheets than on a large num- ber of freight bills. The Eastern Steamship Co. has ar- ranged for a lot number after the consignee’s name on each package. Then if the clerk who types the freight bill writes nine packages in- stead of 8, the number on the bill will not correspond to the number on the package and the error will be quickly detected. By loading trucks at night overs and shorts are discovered before trucks have started to the connecting railroad, reducing claims, time and effort necessary to handle over and shorts if action is not taken until deliveries have been made. Loading with Conveyors RAVITY and power conveyors are used by the Banning company, Los Angeles stevedores, to load fruit. Cars are placed on tracks running parallel with the ship. A gravity conveyor with a removable section running directly into the car is placed permanently at the point next to the doorway and cars are switched to this point with little loss of time. This gravity conveyor gradually con- veys the cases up the side of the ship. From the power conveyor the der for Lifting Barrels and Drums from Floor to fons oe. Trucks or Cars on Surface Tracks MARINE REVIEW—August, 1930 cases are deposited on another grav- ity conveyor running on a gentle grade to the hatch coaming. At the hatch coaming they are deposited on &@ power conveyor which lowers them to depths regulated by the angle of the conveyor. At the bottom of the power con- veyors in the hold, a steel chute about 36 inches long and curved, changes the cases in a slight are from about 35 degrees to a horizon- tal position where they are picked up by gravity rollers. This action does not allow the least fall or shock in handling the cases and at no time Using Conveyor for Loading Fruit from the point of leaving the car un- til they reach the point of stowage are they lifted from the conveyors. The speed of the power conveyors is 100 feet per minute. Quick Lumber Discharge HE NACIREMA OPERATING CoO. recently discharged 2,150,000 board feet of Pacific coast lumber at an average rate of 18,300 feet per hatch hour from an ordi- nary British tramp at its Port Newark terminal. There were two booms and two winches at hatches 1, 2, 4 and 5 but only one boom and one winch at number 3 hatch. The ship carried an average two inch dimension lumber cargo equally dis- tributed in five hatches. Thirty-eight cars were loaded from ship’s tackle which made the work slower than if all the cargo had been discharged to the dock. Ross carriers were used to take the drafts away from ship’s side as they were unloaded. 49