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 How
are livestock carriers built?
The „Lego“ Pattern
The
„Lego“ Pattern as it is used in the Meyer Werft consists of
several sections forming a block which weighs up to 800 tons. This new
on-ground shipbuilding methodology involves building mega-sized
blocks, lifting these blocks by cranes and then assembling these
blocks together.
After they are assembled, they are skidded onto a barge out to sea
and launched by submerging the barge.
Australian
regulations for animal treatment
People Trying to Assure a Suitable Carriage of Animals
A Livestock Export Accreditation Program (or ‘LEAP’) has been
developed by Live Corp in conjunction with AQIS and a range of
primary industry and community stakeholders. The LEAP
quality assurance program ensures that minimum standards are
enshrined in each exporter’s standard operating procedures, and
provides a vehicle for rapid adoption of new technology and research
findings as they come to hand.
Livestock exporters must have an export license issued by Agriculture
Fisheries & Forestry Australia (formally the Department of
Primary Industries & Energy). LEAP accreditation is now a
mandatory requirement for holding a livestock export license. To
obtain LEAP accreditation, an exporter must implement a quality
assurance program. The first step is preparation of a Question and
Answer Manual, which must pass a desk audit by AUSMEAT. The exporter
must then pass a site audit by AUSMEAT. Procedures in the
company’s QA manual must be in place and implemented at all stages
of the export operation. Compliance with the Australian Livestock
Export Standards is a core LEAP requirement. The Standards
describe both minimum management requirements and best practice, and
are based on practical stock husbandry and scientific research.
An Accreditation and Standards committee has been
established to oversee the LEAP scheme. The livestock export
industry, Meat & Livestock Australia, AQIS and AFFA are
represented on the committee, which is responsible for maintaining
the Standards and for recommending accreditation of exporters. The Standards
can and are being changed to incorporate new technology and research
findings as they come to hand. It is worth noting that recent
proposals to change the Standards have not been driven by the
animal welfare lobby, research scientists or regulators, but by
exporters wanting to tighten requirements and better define and
implement ‘best practice’ for their industry.
Julia
Kaspari
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Photos http://www.meyerwerft.de
and http://www.hhi.co.kr/english/shipbuilding/index.html
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