协会面临越来越多有关在西非卸载期间袋装大米货物短量的索赔。
在近期的一起索赔案中，会员的船舶在科特迪瓦阿比让港和几内亚的科纳克里港时，出现严重短货，大量货物包装袋已全空或半空。
虽无任何有关使用吊钩装卸包装袋的报告，但是在卸货过程中有大量包装袋受损。包装袋破损可能是为偷窃大米而蓄意切割包装袋，或粗暴装卸包装袋所致。也可能因是使用绳吊索替代吊货网卸载袋装货，导致包装袋底部经常被扯破或包装袋从吊索滑落和掉落在码头上并最终导致包装袋破损。包装袋在从舱口围板内拉出到开阔作业空间的过程中由于摩擦和撕扯也会发生破损。
详细信息请参阅附件。
Cargo Shortage Claims – West Africa
The UK Club has faced increasing instances of cargo shortage claims in relation to rice cargo in bags during discharge at West Africa.
In a recent case where a member’s vessel visited the ports of Abidjan in Ivory Coast and Conakry in Guinea, the vessel faced a shortage of a large number of bags, loss of cargo due to empty or half filled bags.
Although there is no reported use of hooks in handling the bags, there are a large number of bags which are damaged during the course of the discharge. The damage to the bags may be caused by deliberate cutting in order to pilfer the rice, or when the bags are roughly handled and discharged. Bags are also discharged by the use of rope slings instead of net slings, which leads to the bottom bags often being torn or bags slipping from the slings and falling on the dock, leading to the bags tearing. Tearing of the bags also occurs due to the bags being pulled from inside the hatch coamings to the open working spaces using the ships cranes, which leads to chafing and tearing of the bags.
See attached file: Cargo Shortage Claims – West Africa.pdf
