Partial loads and discharges

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Guest

Re: Partial loads and discharges

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Generally, if multiple cargoes are loaded and segregated by hold a Bill of Lading will determine the quantity in each hold. That quantity is then used at the discharge port/ports. If the customer only wants a part of a hold then a draft survey is done before and after the partial discharge to determine the amount of cargo remaining on board and/or discharged.

Bills of Lading are either issued by the load facility by scale weight or by ship's draft survey. Bills of Lading are verified by the ships draft survey.
Syd BC

Re: Partial loads and discharges

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On the Algoway/Algorail we could transfer cargo A “door”was closed that stopped the cargo from dropping down the hopper and onto the boom belt The cargo would fall into the forward end of #1 hold Also the boom ended over #10 hatch Cargo could be run off the boom and into that hatch
This was done along with ballasting Mostly on the St Clair river and those multiple stone dock trips
Guest

Re: Partial loads and discharges

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They know how much cargo was in each cargo hold. They usually will just unload a couple cargo holds and take on ballast to compensate for that cargo then move to the next unload dock. They could also calculate the vessels displacement before and after unload to determine how much was discharged. But my experience was that we'd unload certain cargo holds and it was figured out during loading how much cargo was in each of those holds.
Guest

Re: Partial loads and discharges

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By the draft marks from loaded to whatever it is when partial unloaded
Larry64

Re: Partial loads and discharges

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By the holds. When the PRT unloads at St. Clair they unload holds 1,3,5 and holds 2&4 go to Monroe.
Jim Zeirke

Partial loads and discharges

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When a ship drops part of its cargo at one port and then goes to a different port and finishes unloading, how do they know much each port had delivered?
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