Know Your Shipping Container

Marine surveyors do a thorough evaluation of ship container from both outside and inside aspects. Let’s discuss in brief important components of both aspects of evaluation of a shipping container:

Outside of Container:
• No cracks or holes in any part of a container.
• Doors open and close properly.
• Closing devices work correctly.
• There should not be adhesive labels from the previous cargo.
• Fitting of flatracks at the correct place
• All open-top containers should be fitted correctly with a complete roof bow.
• All open-top containers should have undamaged tarpaulins that fit properly.
• All hard-top containers should have undamaged roofs and it should have roof locking mechanism that fits and operates properly.

Inside of Container:
Container should be watertight and tested by a defined authority.
Container interior should be dry.
Container should be clean, free from any kind of cargo residues and odorless.
Cargo should be undamaged.