ILS is considered to be today’s leading manufacturer of container lashing equipment.
The basis of this leading position is the perfect combination of in house design and engineering facilities. This combined with unique know-how of manufacturing and services has made ILS a first class partner for yards and owners. ILS can be a partner from the very start of a container vessel construction project. In addition to the delivery of hardware, a wide variety of services can be offered to help the ship owner find a safe and cost efficient solution. Whether approached by shipyards or owners, ILS is able to create concepts and turnkey solutions from the beginning. The ILS way of thinking is to build the ship around the cargo. In order to be really prepared for our client’s demands ILS keeps its design team for ILSuring systems equipped with all necessary facilities. This means, for example, development of our own lashing calculation software, Finite Element Method (FEM) calculation workstations and, of course, the latest Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology in order to meet the highest standards of today’s shipbuilding and shipping. The result of such technical services is the range of products that ILS keeps available through its world wide network of stockist.
Having the vessel equipped by ILS means a full range of high quality gear according to latest IMO and classification rules. All equipment is tested and certified by any kind of institution or classification society involved. Since the ILS office for ILSuring systems is located in Bremen, Germany, ILS is working within an infrastructure where the cargo ILSuring technology has quite a history. The team of ILS in Antwerp offers decades of experience, even though the present method of container lashing itself has been for about 25 years. Being and remaining at the top requires a few rules which make all the difference in comparison to trade houses and distributors of lashing gear. ILS develops the products in house. Accordingly, the full range of fittings is made by ILS itself. Whether ILS supplies out of New York, Singapore, Shanghai or Europe, each fitting is an original ILS-item. All raw materials used for the ILS lashing equipment are purchased from class registered production facilities. If requested, ILS is able to prove the origin of each element of the product range. The latest IMO-regulations recommend attention to proper documentation of the cargo ILSuring equipment. ILS can provide original certificates, test reports and even material analysis reports.
ILS much appreciates the latest approach of the IMO towards greater safety and transparency regarding container ILSuring material. Too many accidents have happened as consequence of improper and substandard equipment. This manual will give an impression of the standards which ILS provides but it is almost impossible to refer to all kinds of fittings which ILS has made or which ILS will create.
Therefore this manual focuses on the basis of all ILS products. ILS would like to draw attention to the fact that all kinds of custom-made solutions are possible.