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Cargo Officer should not plan stowage of cargo for one port in a
single hatch.
Cargo Officer should try to stow cargo for each port of
destination as evenly as possible throughout the ship.
Awkward cargo should be kept near the hatch square
Pave way of easy unloading;
Planning Ship Stowage by Ship’s cargo
Officer
Cargo disposition and distribution must be planned to
reduce to a minimum ship’s time at berth
Cargo for discharge at later ports is stowed beneath that fo
earlier ports of discharge
Over stowing is the bad practice
Planning Ship Stowage by Ship’s cargo
Officer……
A Common practice is to ‘half hatch’: Cargo officer allocates
the forward half of a lower hold or ‘tween deck to cargo for
one port of discharge and the after half for another port.
Making access easy at each port of loading and discharging
Why should the cargo not be divided
longitudinally?