Shisha Charcoal Container Loading Checklist

A shisha charcoal container loading checklist should connect the approved order, released goods and pack configuration to the actual booking and responsible loading team. Identify the order, available lots, approved quantities, route, loading date and release authority. Keep held or unapproved stock outside the released loading scope.

Confirm current charcoal requirements with the carrier, forwarder and appointed broker before production and booking. Maersk’s Indonesia export guidance, for example, accepts charcoal bookings as dangerous goods under UN1361/4.2 from pre-audited shippers, subject to its requirements, and requires loading acceptance. This is a carrier-specific example, not a statement that Unimax has that status or that another carrier uses the same process.

Ask the carrier to identify the current declaration, packaging, marking, survey and submission requirements for the actual shipment. Record which acceptance is required before each loading, sealing, gate-in and dispatch milestone. An old booking or a matching packing list does not establish current permission to proceed.

This is a buyer evidence and coordination checklist. It does not replace qualified dangerous-goods personnel, a safe loading procedure, carrier approval or destination-specific legal and customs advice.

Sources: Maersk: Indonesia export and charcoal procedures

Confirm the container number and type against the allocation and booking. Record the inspection date, reviewer and photographs of the identifier and accessible empty interior. Have the responsible competent person check suitability, including structure, doors, gaskets and floor condition, using the applicable procedure.

Check for visible water, contamination, residues, objectionable odour and other conditions incompatible with the goods. Resolve an unsuitable or wet unit before loading. Do not cover an unresolved condition with a liner or assume a photograph certifies structural integrity or future watertightness.

Use trained personnel and safe access arrangements. If the unit is rejected or replaced, retain the finding and update the container reference across the loading record and shipment documents.

Compare the goods with the approved pack revision, SKU and lot references. Check carton condition, closures and required marks before entry. Segregate wet, crushed, torn, incorrectly marked or otherwise suspect packs for an identified review rather than counting them as accepted cargo.

Record quantities by SKU and lot, with clear distinctions between cartons, inner packs and pallets where used. For mixed loads, retain enough position and tally information to explain which quantities went into the unit and which remained outside.

Commercial packaging approval alone does not establish compliance with charcoal transport requirements. Have the qualified responsible parties confirm the applicable package construction, dangerous-goods marks, labels and documentation for the actual carrier and route.

Record the observed cargo and packaging condition, the container condition and the anticipated journey before selecting moisture controls. Identify the agreed liner, barrier or desiccant arrangement, its approval basis, installation owner and inspection point. TT Club’s humidity guidance treats cargo, unit condition and the journey as connected considerations.

This checklist does not prescribe a universal desiccant quantity or liner specification. A moisture-control product is not a remedy for loading wet cargo or a defective unit. Confirm compatibility with the carrier’s charcoal requirements and any required thermal or other transport controls; do not substitute a generic moisture measure for a specified safety measure.

Photograph agreed controls before they are concealed, and retain required survey evidence. Distinguish a visual dryness observation from a measured product-moisture result or a separate temperature and weathering record. One does not establish the others.

Sources: TT Club: CTU packing parameters — humidity

Have the responsible qualified team review the actual floor-load or pallet arrangement, load distribution, stacking, securing and handling plan. Confirm applicable charcoal-specific spacing and carrier requirements. Do not remove required clearance or securing to reach a target carton count.

The IMO/ILO/UNECE CTU Code provides non-mandatory packing guidance alongside applicable mandatory rules and carrier instructions. This buyer checklist does not design a stowage plan, prescribe stack heights or establish a permissible payload.

Maintain a tally by SKU and lot as loading proceeds. Record planned and actual quantities, rejected or removed packs, substitutions and relevant loading stages. Reconcile the final count with the physical load rather than copying the planned quantity.

If the arrangement changes, review its effect on distribution, securing, transport controls and documents before proceeding. Available floor space does not establish that additional weight is permitted.

Sources: IMO: CTU Code

Agree the required photo sequence before loading: empty container and identifier, released packs and marks, installed controls, relevant loading stages, final arrangement and closure. Link each record to the date, container and order. Follow the carrier’s actual survey and evidence format where required; photographs alone do not replace acceptance.

Reconcile the final tally and pack configuration with the packing-list revision. Keep net product mass, packed-goods gross mass and packed-container verified gross mass distinct. IMO guidance assigns VGM provision to the shipper and requires its availability for loading; VGM is a prerequisite, not an entitlement to vessel loading.

Record the seal number and retain a clear closure record linked to the container identity. If reopening or resealing is authorized, record the authority, time, reason and old and new seal numbers, then update the affected records and notify the responsible parties.

Protect customer branding and commercial information. Keep original evidence under controlled access, and use only authorized unbranded or appropriately redacted copies in public examples. An existing website photograph is context, not evidence of the load being reviewed.

Sources: IMO: Verified gross mass of a packed container

Place unresolved container identity, unsuitable unit condition, suspect packs, count differences or missing required controls on hold. Record the affected scope, finding, decision owner, corrective action and recheck evidence. Do not mark an issue closed merely because loading has finished.

Before dispatch, connect the actual container and seal, final packing-list revision, tally, required photos and survey records to the authorized release decision. Track documents legitimately due at a later stage separately from requirements that must be accepted now.

Confirm destination requirements with the appointed broker and official sources, and shipment evidence or coverage conditions with the insurer or intermediary under the actual arrangement. Public official, carrier and insurer guidance was reviewed on 16 October 2026; it does not approve a particular booking or confirm insurance coverage.

Give the receiving team the accepted references so it can compare the seal, pack counts, lot identities and visible condition at arrival before distribution. Keep discrepancies linked to the loading evidence and follow the agreed reporting process.