Lifting, deck and access gearLesson 10 of 10
Cargo securing equipment and the Cargo Securing Manual
You will know what the Cargo Securing Manual must say about lashing equipment, how securing devices are inspected and recorded, and what PSC checks in 2026.
12 minutes · For signed-up learners, free · Rules checked 20 October 2026
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Containers lost overboard make headlines; cargo that shifts in a hold sinks ships. The World Shipping Council reported about 1,478 containers lost at sea in 2025, compared with 576 in 2024, according to a UK P&I Club summary. Much of what stops cargo moving is simple hardware on deck: twistlocks, lashing rods, turnbuckles, chains, D-rings and deck sockets, each with a rated strength and a finite life.
The Paris and Tokyo port State control MoUs are running a joint concentrated inspection campaign on cargo securing from 1 September to 30 November 2026, so these items are being checked on ships in their ports right now. This lesson covers the equipment side: what the approved Cargo Securing Manual must say about inspecting and maintaining securing devices, and what inspectors look for.
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The rest of this lesson, the interactive Lashing gear walk-round before the PSC campaign and the quiz are open to signed-up learners. It's free, takes a minute, and opens every lesson in all 14 courses.
In this lesson
- Try it: Lashing gear walk-round before the PSC campaign
- In plain words
- In detail
- What the rules say
- Flag and class notes
- Key numbers
- What inspectors find
- Questions people ask
- Quiz: 5 questions
Sources
- 1 IMO MSC.1/Circ.1353, Revised guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual (30 June 2010), paragraph 1 and Annex sections 1.1, 2.1 to 2.3; now revised as MSC.1/Circ.1353/Rev.2 (copy of the 2010 text hosted by the German Flag). https://www.deutsche-flagge.de/de/redaktion/dokumente/interpretationen/solas/vii/msc-1-circ-1353-revised-guidelines-for-the-preparation-of-the-cargo-securing-manual.pdf
- 2 UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency, MGN 699 (M), Guidance on the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2024, annex C, Stowage and securing: Cargo Securing Manual, paragraphs 1.2 and 1.9. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mgn-699-m-guidance-on-the-merchant-shipping-carriage-of-cargoes-regulations-2024/annex-c-stowage-and-securing-cargo-securing-manual
- 3 IMMARBE (Belize), Merchant Marine Notice MMN-26-004, Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Cargo Securing of Cargo Units and Cargo Transport Units (14 August 2026), including the Paris and Tokyo MoU press release of 3 August 2026. https://www.immarbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MMN-26-004-Joint-Concentrated-Inspection-Campaign-on-Cargo-Securing-of-Cargo-Units-and-Cargo-Transport-Units.pdf
- 4 UK P&I Club, 2026 PSC CIC on cargo securing: key considerations for ship operators (2026), citing World Shipping Council container loss figures. https://www.ukpandi.com/news-and-resources/news/article/2026-psc-cic-on-cargo-securing-key-considerations-for-ship-operators/
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