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A. It's extremely significant that another cargo of glass
stowed there was not damaged at all on this voyage.
And now to the method of stowing and securing the cargo
from shifting.
C. The best method which we could use was to stow the
cases as closely to one another as possible. As the
cases varied in height from 4 to 6 feet and in width
from 3 1/2 to 6 feet, I designated the Chief Officer to
supervise loading and to see that the cases of the same
size were placed against one another and that they were
in an upright position.
A. What did you do to prevent possible damage to the cases
during the voyage?
C. I ordered to build an one-inch fence across the forward
bulkhead between the cases and the steel bulkhead. The
purpose of this fence was "to make the bulkhead flush",
that is to avoid the effect of possible contact between
the cases and a number of bulkhead protrusions.
A. As far as I understand the purpose of this fence was
not to stop the shifting of the cargo.
C. No, it, certainly, wasn't.
A. Did you inspect the cargo during the voyage?
C. Yes, we certainly did. When the weather conditions
permitted the chief officer held daily inspection of
all cargo on board. On November 18 at 1000 hours he
reported that all cargo was in good order and secured.
An inspection of all available cargo spaces was held
on November 19 at 0800 hours.
A. Did you notice any damage to the cargo then?
C. No. I didn't then. Only after arriving in the port of
destination we stated some damage to the cargo, but the
damage to cargo was actually caused by perils of the sea,
wasn't it?