Cargo Operations
Planning skills
GREAT! Some more hands on deck! I’ve been hauling cargo all day here on land and blimey am I tired! So tired in fact… I can’t really remember where all these boxes are going… Would you be able to help me?
Consider it your mission to help this tired cargo loader to make sure all the packages get to their destinations!
How to Run
Explain to your section that products they use every day come from all over the world, and in order for those products to get to the customer a whole network of hardworking seafarers and dock workers work day and night to get all the products to the right places. We encourage you to use a computer or tablet to show the Scouts “Marine Tracker” to show just how many ships there are travelling all around at any time!
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
After this discussion have the Scouts watch this video which gives you a real world insight into how cargo operations work from the brilliant Bryan Boyle!
To play a fun game with your section split the section into teams, each team will receive either a selection of products or print out pictures of products. The goal of the game is to run the products from one side of the hall to the other choosing which buckets to place the products in, with each bucket representing a different country (each team should have different products so they have to make unique guesses.) After each team has done their runs, they should be given a score! The fastest team gets 10 points, second place 5 points and third place 2 points. However, explain to your section that accuracy is much more important! For example you might have a hard time trying to collect bananas from Scotland but you very well may pick up some shortbread!! Therefore, for every right answer give 5 points but dock 2 points for every wrong guess! (We recommend they have to make around 10 guesses per team) Finally after each team has played announce the winners!! These winners could even get a small prize!
What You Need
- Video Link
- Selection of Products or picture of products
- Buckets
- Printed flags to label buckets
- Stop watch
- Small prize (optional)
How to Run
Explain to your section that products they use every day come from all over the world, and in order for those products to get to the customer a whole network of hardworking seafarers and dock workers work day and night to get all the products to the right places. We encourage you to use a computer or tablet to show the Scouts “Marine Tracker” to show just how many ships there are travelling all around at any time!
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
After this discussion have the Scouts watch this video which gives you a real world insight into how cargo operations work from the brilliant Bryan Boyle!
To play a fun game with your section split the section into teams, each team will receive either a selection of products or print out pictures of products. The goal of the game is to run the products from one side of the hall to the other choosing which buckets to place the products in, with each bucket representing a different country (each team should have different products so they have to make unique guesses.) After each team has done their runs, they should be given a score! The fastest team gets 10 points, second place 5 points and third place 2 points. However, explain to your section that accuracy is much more important! For example you might have a hard time trying to collect bananas from Scotland but you very well may pick up some shortbread!! Therefore, for every right answer give 5 points but dock 2 points for every wrong guess! (We recommend they have to make around 10 guesses per team) Finally after each team has played announce the winners!! These winners could even get a small prize!
What You Need
- Video Link
- Selection of Products or picture of products
- Buckets
- Printed flags to label buckets
- Stop watch
- Small prize (optional)
GREAT! Some more hands on deck! I’ve been hauling cargo all day here on land and blimey am I tired! So tired in fact… I can’t really remember where all these boxes are going… Would you be able to help me?
Consider it your mission to help this tired cargo loader to make sure all the packages get to their destinations!
Your tasks:
- Watch this video to learn about cargo operations! How are Containers Loaded? | Cargo Operations on Container Ship – YouTube
- Play this game!