chain dotted lines as before the coils are stowed with their axes longitudinally oriented in space 103 they are supported from below on spacer elements 104 105 and 106 which are cut away to closely conform with the cylindrical shapes of coils 100 102 and which closely fit the gap between opposing sidewalls 107 and 108 four further spacer elements 109 110 111 and 112 are provided firstly to separate coils 100 and 101 and 101 and 102 and secondly to separate coils 100 and 102 from respective end walls 113 and 114 the entire assembly of coils 100 102 and spacer elements 109 112 and 104 106 is closely confined between end walls 113 and 114 no separate restraint of coils 100 102 is provided fig1 is a similar view of container internal space 103 partly loaded through end doors 115 spacer elements 109 and 104 are in position and spacer element 110 is being moved longitudinally as shown by arrow 116 towards its final position coil 100 has been placed on spacer element 104 by means described below after placement of spacer element 104 in position similarly coils 101 and 102 will be placed on their respective supporting spacer elements 105 and 106 in the same way after placement of elements 105 and 106 in space 103 a difficulty with stowing in the way shown in fig1 is that it can be impossible for a suitably sized.