CINS

Carriage of Seed Cake & Third Version of IG/CINS Guidelines

  • CINS (the Cargo Incident Notification System) and the International Group of P&I Clubs had jointly published updated guidance on the carriage of seed cake in containers.
  • The third version of this guidance has now been published. It replaces and supersedes the previous versions.
  • Version 3 of the Guidelines notes that it is vital that Seed Cake which is not classified in Class 4.2 of the IMDG Code should be declared by the shipper to the receiving carrier.

A Standard Club news report reveals...

https://mfame.guru/carriage-of-seed-cake-third-version-of-ig-cins-guidelines/

Exis Tech to launch DG Cargo screening service

Exis Technologies has confirmed it will launch Hazcheck Detect solution for undeclared and mis-declared dangerous goods (DG) in containerised shipments in May 2020.

The news comes as a spate of ship fires, last year and this year, continue to make headlines.

Hazcheck Detect is a cargo screening service that scans all booking or shipping instruction details for keywords, validates them against rules and highlights suspicious shipments to identify incorrectly declared cargo.

“The most important...

https://container-news.com/exis-tech-to-launch-dg-cargo-screening-service/

Insurance mutuals highlight danger of incorrect declarations

An increasing number of major incidents in a matter of months, including the fire on board COSCO Pacific that started with a container load of lithium batteries, falsely declared as spare parts, has highlighted the severity of incorrectly packaging or declaring cargo.

On 1 January this year mandatory enforcement of the latest version of the IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods) Code, Amendment 39-18, triggered the republication of the UK P&I’s recommendations: ‘Book it Right and Pack it...

https://container-news.com/insurance-mutuals-highlight-danger-of-incorrect-declarations/

Comment: Working together to mitigate the risk of containership fires

Two new initiatives show how the box shipping industry is now working together to tackle a major safety issue for ships and crews.
Fires onboard containerships continue to make the headlines, with costly and sometimes tragic consequences. Indeed, so bad has the problem become that carriers and forwarders have warned shippers of the potential consequences of hazardous or dangerous cargo being mis-declared.
Dangerous goods, particularly when not properly identified or accounted for, …

The post Comm...

https://theloadstar.com/comment-working-together-to-mitigate-the-risk-of-containership-fires/

CINS publishes first guidelines to help reduce containership fire risk

A container shipping group, set up to increase safety levels in the industry following a string of sometimes fatal box ship fires, has produced its first set of guidelines to help operators prevent further incidents.
The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) today published Safety Considerations for Ship Operators Related to Risk-Based Stowage of Dangerous Goods on Containerships, specifically in response to “a number of serious fire incidents in recent years, often …

The post CINS publishes...

https://theloadstar.com/cins-publishes-first-guidelines-to-help-reduce-containership-fire-risk/

Best Practices For Carriage of Dangerous Goods To Be Recommended!

  • ABS and representatives from the Cargo Incident Notification System work on developing best practices for the carriage of dangerous goods.
  • The best practice guidelines are intended to be published on the CINS website after a three month trial period.
  • It explores a comprehensive set of best practices to improve stowage planning and hazard mitigation for dangerous goods carriage for focused application of existing risk assessment processes.
  • ICHCA International has calculated that of the 60m...

http://mfame.guru/best-practices-for-carriage-of-dangerous-goods-to-be-recommended/

Blockchain Consortium To Tackle Misdeclared Cargo

  • Blockchain technology is being trialled to counter the alarming boxship fires started by misdeclared goods.
  • A consortium established to explore the use of blockchain in tackling the risks and challenges associated with the declaration and handling of dangerous goods.
  • CINS quotes nearly 25% of all serious incidents onboard containerships were attributable to misdeclared cargo.
  • The MBL consortium to build and test a prototype to assess the potential for DLT to address the challenges faced by...

http://mfame.guru/blockchain-consortium-to-tackle-misdeclared-cargo/

ABS and CINS To Develop Recommendations for Dangerous Goods Stowage

ABS  has teamed up with industry leaders from the CINS to develop recommendations to help mitigate risks emerging from the stowage of dangerous goods on containerships, says an article published in Ship Technology.

The recommendations are to be tested

As part of the collaboration, which started around six months ago, Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) members are working to develop the recommendations.

Before being...

http://mfame.guru/abs-and-cins-to-develop-recommendations-for-dangerous-goods-stowage/

Maersk issues new rules for stowage of dangerous goods on its box ships

Maersk Line has announced it is deploying new guidelines for the stowage of containers on its vessels.
And it wants the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to review its guidelines for the handling and carriage of dangerous goods.
The move follows a wide-ranging review, carried out in conjunction with classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), following the fire on the Maersk Honam this year, which resulted in five crew members losing their lives.
While the results …

The...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/maersk-issues-new-rules-stowage-dangerous-goods-box-ships/

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