BCMEA ILWU Lashing Orientation 

excellent video. so much more informative than almost any i've seen on ports. I'm starting to get it... if you want to learn about an industry, watch the people who are actually doing the work!

Thank you for video.

Same ship's don't have are lashing plan as I khow

With the long bars use your partners foot to walk it up then if you must walk with a 16ft bar I find it’s easier to handle with the bar as close to the ground as possible then when your ready to put the bar into the 3rd container bend your legs straight down then straight up and it’s a lot easier if you’re looking at putting up 80 plus bars. Fatigue will get you if you’re the type to show off and not take tips from the senior guys!!! Also, never ever let a bar just sit in a pocket. Take it out or keep your hand on it until it’s lashed to the ship. When a container slams into another container even 5 cells out the vibration can pop a bar out and can kill somebody if hit in the right spot!!! Safety first always have a partner and production can wait if safety is a concern!!! Be present, see something say something, and stretch and flex before work helps more than even employers know. I’m always surprised when companies with a lot of injuries from intense work don’t make stretching a mandatory requirement before each shift!!!

wearing shorts on the job? you safety code allows this?

But where did she get her overalls?!?!

How to get this job

Local 10 lasher here.👍

i recall a stuck cone on a container during penalty overtime . 30 minutes of hammering on that thing while a whole ships gang and drivers and crane op .... That was one expen$ive cone

A torpedo crushed my fingers today in valencia port 😂

🇵🇷 👍🇵🇷 San Juan P.R. ILA Local 1740

Suis fier d'être docker

If anything hits out out here you won’t need a First aid kit do you need a hospital.

is this very physical? do you find yourself going home really tired every shift?

Extreme row must were life jacket .

God bless local #13

Does this job not required wearing safety goggles though?

like snails

Stevedore in miami always complaining and didnt lash especially in sea side hahaha

Ex lasher here...in Singapore, we don’t have the luxury to work in pairs on each side be it when lashing or unlashing. At best, we have 1 guy on each side of the bay....more often than not, we will have only 1 guy working on BOTH sides of the bay doing all the lashing and unlashing ALONE while the quay crane is loading/unloading....even when dealing with the full “ABC” (full bay long bars) lashing system....no such luxury of time for unlashing or lashing too....quay crane will IMMEDIATELY boom down once the vessel is docked and some crane operators are more than happy to put the crane on “standby mode” if we fail to unlash quickly enough which will result is us getting a stern warning or salary docked....

Iron gym

That's why you where are hard hat with straps under your chin

I have to show this video to local 13…….

Mostly Men..Women usually do Stackers..