Marine Loss Control

Piaggio Vehicles A Case Study

Marine Portfolio of Piaggio

Incoming Consignments of Parts viz. Engines, Glasses etc Outgoing Consignments of Vehicles viz. 3 wheeler passenger and goods carriers Exports of vehicles Imports of Parts

Incoming Consignments (Loss Stats)

Source
St Gobain Pune Hindusthan Glass Allahabad Asahi Glass, Gurgaon

No of Glasses
28595 44322

No Damaged
0 756

Premium (in INR)

9722 15069

Claims (in INR)

0 (0%) 1285200 (8528%) 731900 (10493%)

20516

430

6975

Outgoing Consignments (Loss Stats) Zone North West No of Consignments 3636 2467 No Damaged 37 26 Premium (in INR) 444080 301340 Claims (in INR) 563000 (127%) 306700 (102%) 673210 (202%)

East

2727

62

333060

South

4155

88

507520

902090 (177%)

No Claims in Imports or Exports

Analysis of Glass Losses

Packing and distance travelled vary for all sources
Source Packing Distance travelled

St Gobain

Open Steel Pallets. Anchoring of rubber 150 km pads woven with string at top/center. Rubber Strip with groove at bottom center
Glasses - paper wrapped fixed at center of > 1500 km wooden crate, wood grass on all sides. Rubber strips with grooves at top and bottom. 5 ply corrugated paper strips in between glasses. Glasses wrapped in poly sheets with 7 ply corrugated sheets in between. Wooden blocks at inner curved portion with thermocole cushioning. Thick thermocole cushions on all sides. > 1500 km

Hindusthan Glass

Asahi Glass

Analysis of Glass Losses (Contd)

Nature of Losses
Source St Gobain Hindusthan Glass Nature of losses Nil Damages due to movement of glass inside, hitting packing crate planks.Cracks originate on top edges.Crate planks transferring weight of upper crates through planks to rubber strips and then glasses. The thermocole blocks slip and displace the glasses. Load of Upper crates get transferrred to top thermocole blocks thereby putting pressure on glasses. Control Measures NA Rubber strips should be of softer material.Fingers should be narrower so that the grooves grip the glasses tighter. The wooden blocks and the plank needs realignment in the manner that load is dispersed and transmitted to the blocks and planks. Wood grass is good packing but consistency in thickness is seasonal.The thermocole material be made more elastic to absorb the pressure. The other modifications like HG may be adopted.

Asahi Glass

Piaggio is considering to adopt packing like St Gobain for all sources. Collapsible pallets to be used for easy and economical transportation

Illustrations on Glass Packing

St Gobain

Hindusthan Glass

Asahi

Illustrations on Glass Losses

Analysis of Vehicle losses

3 wheelers are carried in specially designed HGVs (9 vehicle load) & LCVs (5 vehicle load). LCVs for distance < 250 km. Two tiers lower tier 4 vehicles, upper tier 5 vehicles. Steel trays made on load body floor to hold wheels. Wheels anchored with hessian ropes braced to load body hooks. Upper tier not covered.

No damages to lower deck cargo, unless vehicle meets with accident.

Most losses to upper deck vehicles in the front due to impact from trees and cross bars put up by authorities.

Most damages in the south and east zones, due to terrain and trees on highways.

Illustrations on Carriage of Vehicles

Illustrations on Vehicle losses

Suggestions on Improvement

Most ideal covered vehicles. Alternatively

Adjustable cross bar above drivers cabin to take the first blow
Upper tier vehicles preferably passenger or pick up facing backwards and positioned towards the driver side of the deck Bracing across vehicles with cotton straps shall reduce risk of vehicles falling off the carriage following accidents and lesser possibility of vehicles getting damaged by hitting load body due to transit jolts and jerks
Crucial Questions regarding Implementation/Results a. Glasses: Shall Piaggio face cost issues to convince manufacturer for adopting desired packing ? Shall anticipated results manifest considering distance factor of manufacturers ? b. Vehicles: What may prevent Piaggio to insist on covered vehicles for transit ?