Lashlander
Senior Member
While loading, the aft crane on a ship was malfunctioning. The ships crew decided they would work on it. Somehow they got the winch into neutral and dropped the boom over the side. Luckily none of the steveadores were under it at the time. They were just starting to load the aft hold so the hatch doors were already open. They can't sail with them open, plus this ship was headed for Korea and didn't want to sail with an empty hold, BC is not the only ones selling timber overseas.
I flew over and took measurements of the ship and determined I could load the hold, but because of crane capacity and bundle weight we would have to load it from both sides, plus I couldn't reach over the stantions on the ship with a bundle. The bundles weigh between 20 and 25 tons each. First thing we did was pick the buckled crane and set it up on the logs already loaded.
I'd load one side until the Captain came out and said enough list, then we'd move to the other side and load until stopped. We averaged 6 bundles an hour for 12 hour days. It took 7 days for a little over 500 bundles.
I flew over and took measurements of the ship and determined I could load the hold, but because of crane capacity and bundle weight we would have to load it from both sides, plus I couldn't reach over the stantions on the ship with a bundle. The bundles weigh between 20 and 25 tons each. First thing we did was pick the buckled crane and set it up on the logs already loaded.
I'd load one side until the Captain came out and said enough list, then we'd move to the other side and load until stopped. We averaged 6 bundles an hour for 12 hour days. It took 7 days for a little over 500 bundles.
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