A Study on the Container Inspection and Maintenance System under the CSC
Yasutake NISHIYAMA, Taketoshi YAMADA, Hisashi MATSUMURA · The Journal of Japan Institute of Navigation · 1984
The second revision of the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) was adopted at the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO in 1983, and came into effect at January, 1984. This Convention was ratified already by the Japanese Government, and domestic regulations concerned were also enacted. Under the CSC, all the distributing containers have to be inspected and maintained periodically and have to put CSC Safety Approval Plate on for the proof of sound container. The purpose of this simulation study is to estimate the sensitivity of the maintenance shop function and the impacts on the efficiency of the container terminal operation and container distribution under the CSC. The results of study are as follows: (1) The strategical variables influencing on the sensitivity of maintenance shop function are the damage rate, the number of containers handled, the repair time and the number of repair team in order of influence size. (2) The works of CSC inspection and maintenance should not be start without improvement of existing condition of variables. (3) The works of CSC inspection and maintenance can be carried out with one and half times of the existing repair team. (4) The repair team reinforced by two times of the existing can cope with the works of CSC under the bad conditions-complex. (5) Sufficient capacity for the legal periodical inspection is two channels. (6) Under the prediction of increasing the number of containers and damage rate, safe handling in the terminal and control of damage occurrence through the risk management should be carried out.