The Club has received a number of enquiries regarding the carriage of containers on vessels not primarily designed to carry containers, such as bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, and is aware of at least one instance where the carriage of containers on a bulk carrier resulted in a container stack collapse.

Please find the note here, which is intended to provide guidance on some of the identified risks presented by such operations. It also draws attention to the primary information for assessing the vessel suitability for the carriage of containerised cargo.

Source: Steamship Mutual