Behzad Roshani - Master of Science, Maritime Transportation, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

One of the greatest technological changes and developments in internationaltransportation is the foundation and prevalence of containers in this area.Nowadays, operators of transportation and trade use containers because of theirhigh strength, the ability to store them on top of each other on the ship, itswater proof material, no need for a covered storage room, the fact that it caneasily and quickly be loaded onto a ship, truck, or train, fast transportation,minimum cargo damage during cargo operation & transportation, its securityagainst thieves, they are reusable, packages can be sorted like trays, and theycan be used on refrigerated ships since each container has a set of goods with apacking list and the accumulation of these goods in one large packagedecreases the number of packing lists and at the same time decreases thenumber of customs documents. Considering this topic, the dangers related tothe ship’s stability while loading and discharging containers in ports will bereviewed and solutions will be brought up. The results of this study can helpport and ship workers decrease these dangers while loading and dischargingcontainers in ports.

Risk Management, Container ship, Container Depot, Containership Risk, Bay Plan, Stowage plan