Following are advantage and disadvantage of pre slung cargo :
Advantages
- Increased rate of loading / discharging.
- Reduce cost / labour effort.
- Effective for square of hatch loading and for certain deck cargoes,
- “OPEN TYPE” ship with very wide or multiple hatches are very suitable.
Drawbacks
- Heavy loss of costly slinging equipments.
Certification of ropes for making slings becomes a vast problem
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