Fastening device for securing a container to a ship

A method of establishing a fastening connection between a ship and a container, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting a frame of said fastening device to the ship and a rod with corrugations to a lashing bar connected to the container, said rod being movable through and received in at least one opening of said frame, engaging said rod with corrugations by at least two locking elements of a holding device, at least said frame or said holding device comprising an at least partly tapered shape, and forcing said holding device against said frame by resilient structure and thereby urging said locking elements against each other.

An assembly for securing a container to a ship comprising:

• a lashing bar connected at one end to the container and at the other end to a first part of a fastening device, the fastening device comprising a second part connected to the ship, the first part and second part being movable relative to one another in the longitudinal direction of a lashing bar;
• and said fastening device comprising locking elements that allow the first and second parts to move substantially unhindered towards one another whilst preventing the first and second parts from moving away from one another.