Introduction

Plimsoll Zrt. was established in 1992. Main activity of the company is bulk- and general cargo forwarding. We offer complex system of road-, rail-, river- and deep-sea transport. We strongly believe in logistics systems and services. In order to cover the entire logistics chain, our cooperation should be seamless in all modes of transport. We eager to solve all logistics problems and challenges of our partners. Nowadays, we can see growing importance of continuous cargo moving to keep business profitable. Plimsoll is an important partner for our subcontractors: railways, shipping companies, ports and road haulers in Hungary and in the neighbouring countries. Plimsoll is a member of the following umbrella organizations:

• BIMCO – Baltic and International Maritime Council
• The Baltic Exchange London
• Hungarian Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA London-member)
• Hungarian Federation of Freight Forwarders and Logistics Service Providers
• Hungarian Association of Logistic Purchasing and Inventory Management

A Romanian transportation company, TTS Bucharest (Transport Trade Services) has acquired a 51% stake in Plimsoll to expand transportation on the Danube River and Western European waterways.

Our 100% subsidiary, Fluvius Limited, specialized to inland waterway transport operates six self-propelled ships on the Danube as well as on several German inland rivers.

Our special strategic partner is Centroport Ltd. having 6,300 mto covered storing capacity for bulk cargo and 300,000 mto annual manipulation capacity.

Our company has DET Norske Veritas – ISO 9001:2000 quality certificate and has liability insurance provided by SCHUNK Group.

Budapest University of Economics, Faculty of Foreign Trade,
Department of International Affairs and Logistics Institute
Lectures: Maritime charter, Oversized cargo transport, direct railways
Presidential tasks as member of the Final Exam Commission

Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
Department of Aeronautics, Naval Architecture and Railway Vehicles
Lectures: Shipping, Navigation management

Zoltán Gőzös Nonprofit Foundation
Lectures: COLREG, Riverside navigation

University of Óbuda
Lectures: Supply chain management, River and Maritime shipping

Budapest Corvinus University,
Department of Logistics and Supply chain Management
Lectures: Logistics services

Lecturers: András Kiss, Capt. Béla Szalma, Botond Szalma

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Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898) has one of the most significant innovations in shipping that saved many sailors’ lives. By the middle of the 1880s, the overloaded British vessels became a national problem. Plimsoll was determined to work for James Hall’s plan, which wanted to require a dive line for ships to show how much goods could be loaded into them, guaranteeing the safety of both crew and goods. His speeches attracted the attention of the members of the Lower House of England. Moreover, his book, ‘Our Seamen’ provoked broad strata of people. At the same time, he was also hated by many shipowners who launched a series of legal battles against him. Despite his tribulations and losses, Plimsoll insisted on his nail. By the end of exhaustion, he reached in 1876 the British Parliament to adopt the Law on Cruise for Unfair Ships, which required the diving line on the side of ships. The line has become known as Plimsoll sign and has been listed on all the world’s ships since then.

The Plimsoll line is a reference mark located on a ship’s hull that indicates the maximum depth to which the vessel may be safely immersed when loaded with cargo. This depth varies with a ship’s dimensions, type of cargo, time of year, and the water densities encountered in port and at sea. Once these factors have been accounted for, a ship’s captain can determine the appropriate Plimsoll line needed for the voyage.

The provisions of the International Convention on Load Lines signed in 1966 in London for diving of maritime ships are standard. The purpose of the Convention is to establish a consistent approach to the height and the permissible load of commercial ships in international waters, considering the safety of ships and persons on board. The freeboard height determined by the Convention is measured from the top edge of the deck (down the hull) to obtain the upper edge of the load line (Plimsoll mark). This line also designates the summer load line for maritime ships.

The load line agreement on the height of the required minimum freeboard for ships depends not only on the construction of ships but also on the navigating area, route and season. In addition to the summer load line, we distinguish tropical, winter, northern, North- Atlantic-, freshwater, tropical freshwater load lines. Certainly, there are different displacement values for these.