EUMOS 40607 Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging Case Study

EUMOS 40607 Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging

To comply with your duties as a transport manager under Article 8(1) – 5. Annex 1

Regulation EC 1071/2009, Section 12 of the Health, Safety and Welfare at Work Act 2005, and Section 96 of the Road Traffic Construction Equipment and Use of vehicles Regulations 1996, you are required to draw up instructions for drivers to check their compliance with the safety requirements concerning the condition of the vehicles, their equipment and cargo, and concerning preventive measures to be taken;

The Cargo being transported can be carried in flat or curtain-sided trailers. It is seen here in the pictures below. Its dimensions and weights are also included on the docket below. The journey will be international to Bremen in Germany from Waterford, Ireland, by Road and Ferry.

You should complete a correct written instruction, including photographs/ diagrams/ tables, to achieve the safe securing of the cargo seen below and the safety of the driver during the unloading and loading sequences. The instruction should be between two and three pages, including drawings/pictures. You can also use these pictures here to help identify bad practices in your instruction.  Please reference the applicable standards for the calculation of securing forces and be conscious of legal gross and axle weights and cargo platform stability.

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