Cargo Integrity Campaign

Box losses don’t stack up. Part Three

In Part Two of Box losses don’t stack up the discussion centred around possible regulatory failures, including a look at the loading of ships and the bending of rules to allow more cargo to be loaded on board the vessel. The importance of this alleged over-loading will mean that the vessel handles differently and may increase the forces on lashing gear, that was originally designed to safeguard loads on much smaller vessels. Lashing gear designs and specifications have not changed since the...

https://container-news.com/box-losses-dont-stack-up-part-three/

Digitalisation given fresh impetus by Covid, but the logic was pre-pandemic

Shipping’s main challenge is to use the massive introduction of the digital tools, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, to accelerate the development of safety solutions.

Digitalisation has probably become one of the most frequently used words in the container shipping lexicon. It includes all the new technologies that aim to increase the efficiency of the shipping processes.

But it remains unclear...

https://container-news.com/digitalisation-given-fresh-impetus-by-covid-but-the-logic-was-pre-pandemic/

VGM losses are approximately US$6bn, but who’s counting?

Cargo losses as a result of improper weight declarations for cargo carried in containers were meant to have been solved with the introduction of the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) regulation in 2016. But cargo accidents since the introduction of the rule show that it can be ineffective.

The loss of more than a hundred containers from CMA CGM George Washington two years ago is evidence that there is some way to go before the regulation is completely effective, while the major loss of 342 containers...

https://container-news.com/vgm-losses-are-approximately-us6bn-but-whos-counting/

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