Misdeclared shipments

Asia’s busy shipping lanes a hotspot for disaster, but ro-ro poses highest safety risk

Major ship losses continued to decline last year, but smaller incidents are on the rise, alongside increased safety risks resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Today’s Safety & Shipping Review 2020,  published by insurance provider Allianz, reveals 41 ships of over 100 gross tons were lost in 2019, 20% fewer than in 2018 and 70% fewer than a decade ago.
Asia was worst hit, with 14 large ship losses, which Allianz puts down to …

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Maersk sets $500 misdeclaration fee for wrongly-sized out-of-gauge cargo

In a further effort to crack down on misdeclared cargo, Maersk Line will introduce a $500 fee for special and out-of-gauge cargo if the actual dimensions of the cargo differ from booking details.
Maersk has warned shippers that, from 1 July, even if the actual sizes differ from booked dimensions by as little as a few centimetres, the fee will be applied.
A customer advisory explains that, globally, it sees around 20% …

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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, …

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Wan Hai joins fellow carriers to threaten heavy fines for misdeclared cargo

Wan Hai has joined the ranks of many of its carrier peers, announcing it will fine shippers that intentionally misdeclare cargo contents.
The Taiwanese carrier told customers that, notwithstanding any consequential liabilities or damages from a cargo misdeclaration, it would fine shippers, and/or notified parties and consignees, $30,000 per container for misdeclared hazardous cargo, and $20,000 per box for non-hazardous contents.
And it reminded them that, under the terms of its bill …

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Better education on cargo declarations needed to prevent more containership fires

After the first boxship fire of the year was deemed to have been caused by misdeclared lithium batteries, forwarders have warned that shippers need to be better educated about cargo declarations, or face increased regulation.
According to Chinese shipping line Cosco, the fire onboard its 10,000 teu Cosco Pacific this month was caused by lithium batteries falsely declared as spare parts.
Two containers were destroyed and a number of adjacent boxes damaged. …

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Still no news for cargo owners on retrieval of Yantian Express containers

Shippers with cargo stranded on the fire-stricken Yantian Express are still in the dark on when or where they might be likely to receive their goods.
An update from vessel owner Hapag-Lloyd this week advised customers it would take another fortnight for the discharging and inspections of boxes damaged in the fire.
The blaze broke out, in early January, in a container stowed on the 7,500 teu vessel en route to the …

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