Alaska Steamship Co.
Inaugurates Unitized
Cargo Operation
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany has innaugurated a unitiz
ed cargo operation between Seat
tle and Southeastern Alaska that
has modernized the method of
handling cargo, D. E. Skinner,
Company Vice President and
General Manager, announced
this week.
The new operation is the out
come of three years experience
in the limited use of cargo con
tainers and recent successful ex
periments on a vessel volume
basis employing company- engi
neered containers and unit loads
- for handling all types of general
merchandise. Other items of a
nature and size which prevent
their being moved in this manner
are handled and stowed separ
IT
ately.
The containers and ’inits arc
presently loaded at the Alaska
Steamship Company receiving
platform and are moved to ship’s
side by fork lift truck. In dis
charging the procedure is re
versed. This operation subjects
individual merchandise to a min
imum'of handling aboard ship,
insuring a favorable cargo out
turn.
To facilitate the use of fork
lifts in the ship’s hold, it is nec
essary to raise the deck level
about five inches to that of the
cargo mats at the foot of the
hatches. This has been accomp
lished on the line motorship Su
sitna by pouring a floor of con
crete, which develops a smooth
level surface and makes for easy
movement of the fork lifts. Sev
en other Cl-MAV-l’s in the Com
pany fleet are scheduled for this
paving job as soon as authority
is received from the Maritime
Administration from whom they
are chartered.
Containers are stowed two
high throughout the holds and
’tween decks insofar as the con
formation of the vessel permits.
They are of reinforced corruga
ted iron and wood construction
6’5-3'4” long, 4’3-5/8” high and
6’9-3/4” high and have a capa
city of 144 cubic feet.
To supplement the containers
and for use wherever it is not
possible to stow them more than
one high, pallet units are em
ployed.
While the new operation is
now exclusive to the Alaska
Line’s by-weekly Southeastern
Alaska freighter schedule from
Seattle, the Company is having
a substantial number of addition
al containers built for the pur
pose of extending this service to
the maximum degree possible,
it was pointed out.
“The final success of the oper
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ation will largely be determined
by the cooperation received from
the Unions and personnel in
volved,” Skinner said. The oper
ation has been reviewed in Seat
tle by representatives of Unions
directly affected who have indi
cated their desire to cooperate
and assist the Company in ef
fectuating the new system. “On
the basis of our experience with
the unitized- cargo operation,”
Skinner said, “its practibility
has been adequately demonstrat
ed and we are hopeful that it
will achieve the efficiency of
which it is capable. If it does
this, it may be able to offset the
increased operating costs which
would otherwise have to be off
set by an increase in freight rates
in the near future.”
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