2.1 Coils should be given bottom stow and, whenever
possible, be stowed in regular tiers from side to side of the ship.
2.2 Coils should be stowed on dunnage laid athwartships.
Coils should be stowed with their axes in the fore-and-aft direction.
Each coil should be stowed against its neighbour. Wedges should be
used as stoppers when necessary during loading and discharging to
prevent shifting (figures 1 and 2).
Figure 1 Principle of dunnaging and wedging coils
Figure 2 Inserting of locking coils
2.3 The final coil in each row should normally
rest on the two adjacent coils. The mass of this coil will lock the
other coils in the row.
2.4 If it is necessary to load a second tier over
the first, then the coils should be stowed in between the coils of
the first tier (figure 2).
2.5 Any void space between coils in the topmost
tier should be adequately secured (figure
3).
Figure 3 Shoring and chocking in voids between coils