METHOD OF LOADING SLABS INTO VESSEL

摘要

A method of loading a vessel with slabs such as steel blooms or billets comprises the step of loading the slabs into a cargo hold in horizontal layers, the side surfaces of the slabs of each layer generally not being positioned in the same vertical planes as the side surfaces of the slabs of another layer adjacent the layer, at least the uppermost of the layers being restrained from displacement. The slabs may be loaded into a cargo hold in staggered arrangement and in horizontal layers, each slab layer being in intimate contact at its one side with one of opposing bulkheads of the hold with a space formed between the other side thereof and the other bulkhead of the hold, another slab layer adjoining the layer being in intimate contact at its one side with the second-mentioned bulkhead with a space formed between the other side thereof and the first-mentioned bulkhead.