Tallyman

A Tally Man is a charge controller in the port that detects the quay on the previous quantities during loading or unloading and checked for visible damage. The term comes from the English ( tally = tally to tally - check off, count ). The original French term Tailleur in this context is unknown today.

In the freight forwarding is denoted by Tally Man or Tailleurbetrieb someone who measures goods in seaports and counts. Weighing not one of the tasks of a Tally 's. The results are binding on the calculation of the freight and for the creation of the stowage plan.

The Tally Man has long been no more job title. People who perform the tasks of a Tally 's, learned by the year 2005 the profession of Seegüterkontrolleurs. Under that title were summarized in the 1970s, the professions Tally man, quartermaster, grain inspector, inspector goods, cotton Küper and cargo inspector. 2006, this occupation was replaced by the contractor for port logistics.

The profession is at the Banana Boat Song ( the best known version is from Harry Belafonte ) sung, where the tally man is responsible for counting the bunches of bananas: Come, Mister tally one, tally me banana, German: Come on, tally man, you are my bananas ( the song is about the night shift at the port, will make the celebration evening).

In the decade 1960-1970 large quantities of bananas were handled in the banana shed the Port of Hamburg. The fruits were initially unpacked supplied as banana trees, later increasingly as a banana hands in boxes. About Treadmills reached the fruit from the ships to the envelope positions for the rearrangement into trucks or railroad cars. The Tally Man Banana trees used in a Handzählgerät for determining the amount of charge given him. For cartons he calculated from floor area and ceiling height, less any wheel arches and vaulted roofs, the arrangement and stack height. His instructions were carried out by the packers and workers of the gangs. As Tally Man in layers student workers were often used. The workers were mostly day laborers.

• Cargo shipping
• Port industry