Applicable regulations for cargo handling

Applicable regulations for cargo handling

1. LOAD

   • It is the movable property arranged for its transfer from one place to another and subject to operations to achieve this end without altering its main characteristics. cargo should be classified by type in general and in bulk.
     • Cargo is a set of goods or merchandise protected by an appropriate packaging that facilitates its rapid mobilization.
   • GENERAL LOAD
     • It is one that comes in a solid, liquid or gaseous state, and that being packed or unpacked, can be treated as a unit.
       • Requirements
         • not pose a health risk, not threaten the safety of those who manage it and the environment, as well as not having a defined life time.
     • transport
       • load is transported in packaging whose shape, weight and dimensions conform to its characteristics
     • Goods
       • computers, shoes, leather articles, clothes, fabrics, general manufactures, etc.

2. Loose

   • Non-unitized): This type of cargo consists of loose or individual goods, handled And shipped as separate units, bales, packages, sacks, boxes, drums, tied parts, etc.

3. Unitary

   • It is made up of individual items, such as boxes, packages, other disjointed items Or loose cargo grouped into units such as pallets and containers (Unitarizacion) which are ready for be transported.

4. BULK LOAD (SOLID, LIQUID, GASEOUS)

   • It is the set of products that are transported in large quantities, whose only container is the transport vehicle.
     • Solid bulk
       • grains, coal, iron ore, wood, cement, bauxite, salt, etc.
     • Liquid bulk
       • It is the load that is in a liquid or gaseous state, said condition makes its transportation
         • Petroleum, liquefied natural gas, gasoline, chemicals and liquid foods (vegetable oil, cooking oil, etc.)

5. NATURE OF THE LOAD

   • its nature the cargo is classified as dangerous, fragile and perishable.
     • DANGEROUS LOAD
       • These are merchandise that, if not properly treated, can put human life and the environment where it is transported at risk
         • explosive, combustible, oxidizing, poisonous, radioactive or corrosive properties.

6. United Nations classification

   • Explosives Gases Flammable liquids Flammable solids Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides Toxic substances and infectious substances Radioactive material Corrosive substances Various dangerous substances and objects

7. symbology alert/prevention

8. PERISHABLE LOAD

   • A certain number of products, especially foodstuffs, undergo a normal degradation in their physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics as a result of the passage of time and environmental conditions
     • fruits, vegetables, meat and its derivatives, fish, seafood, dairy products, fresh flowers, among others.

9. FRAGILE LOAD

   • requires special handling. The entire operation must be carried out with extreme care, including packaging, handling (loading and unloading) and the transfer itself.
     • three critical points in the transportation and physical distribution of fragile cargo are: loading and unloading, movement in the transport vehicle, storage and warehousing.

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