Method and arrangement for transporting loose coils in a cradle construction and cradle construction

摘要

The invention relates to an arrangement for loading reels (5), such as metal reels, into a cargo vessel and shipping them in the cargo vessel, the arrangement comprising reel troughs that are designed to keep the reels (5) to be positioned therein in place at least in the horizontal and down- ward directions, and the reel troughs being arranged on an elongated cradle frame structure (4b) that is at the bottom (12) of the cargo hold and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vessel. So as to provide for efficient utilization of the cargo hold when transporting reels together with other cargo, such as containers, the arrangement comprises a second elongated cradle frame structure (4b), which comprises reel troughs designed to keep the reels (5) to be positioned therein in place at least in the horizontal and downward directions, the cradle frame structure being positioned transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vessel above the cradle frame structure at the bottom (12) of the cargo hold in such a manner that its bottom level is at most at a distance of 2 m from the top level of the cradle frame structure (4b) at the bottom (12) of the cargo hold.