Sprayers · 2019

John Deere 4940 Sprayer - Inspection and Emergency Re-Securing

In 2019 Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 4940 sprayer for a farming operation in Ukraine. It was loaded on a Hapag-Lloyd Flat Rack in the Savannah port area and inspected by the National Cargo Bureau. After damage to the securing system was found in Piraeus, Greece, Meridian organized new supports and re-lashing before the shipment continued to Odesa.

John Deere 4940 Sprayer - Inspection and Emergency Re-Securing
Equipment	John Deere 4940 self-propelled sprayer
Route	Port of Savannah – Piraeus, Greece – Port of Odesa
Year	2019
Container	Hapag-Lloyd Flat Rack
What Meridian did	Organized new supports and complete re-securing and re-lashing before the shipment continued to Odesa

A green and yellow sprayer with its boom folded, strapped down on an orange Hapag-Lloyd flat rack — The sprayer on the orange flat rack with its boom folded over the machine, held down with lashing straps; yellow wheel hubs show at the platform edge.

Sprayer with a folded boom on a flat rack at a container terminal, strapped tires at its side and cranes behind — The sprayer on the flat rack in a port terminal, with strapped tires stacked at the platform end and container cranes in the background.

Close-up of timber blocks tilted on a wooden flat rack deck beside a tire, with a white lashing strap across the frame — Timber blocking tilted on the wooden deck next to a tire, with a white lashing strap crossing the machine frame above it.

Hand holding a torn piece of white lashing strap with printed pictograms over a wooden deck — A hand holds a torn length of white lashing strap that shows printed pictogram symbols, held over the wooden deck.

The shipment

In 2019, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 4940 self-propelled sprayer for a farming operation in Ukraine. It was transported to the Savannah port area, loaded and secured on a Hapag-Lloyd Flat Rack, and inspected by the National Cargo Bureau. During transshipment in Piraeus, Greece, damage to the securing system was discovered and formally documented. Meridian Freight organized new supports and complete re-securing and re-lashing before the shipment continued to Odesa.

From Meridian Freight's project archive. Published October 1, 2026

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