National Cargo Bureau

Hapag-Lloyd the latest to adopt NCB dangerous cargo screening system

Hapag-Lloyd has adopted National Cargo Bureau’s Hazcheck Detect cargo screening tool, becoming the third top-ten carrier, after Maersk and ONE, to do so.
Like other systems of its type, Hazcheck scans bookings for suspicious key words – consignees misdeclaring hazardous cargo to secure cheaper rates are implicated in a number of major ship casualties and the loss of several lives.
“For example, some use ‘plant growth regulator’ when they wish to circumnavigate …

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Maritime History Notes: Misdeclared cargo and the fabled Rock Island Line

Maritime History Notes

The National Cargo Bureau (NCB) recently issued a white paper as part of the Container Inspection Safety Initiative with eye-opening results about misdeclared cargo. 

During the initiative, the New York-based NCB inspected 500 containers — both imports and exports — from participating ocean carriers. They discovered that 55% of the containers failed to comply with basic loading standards and another 6.5% held misdeclared cargo.

Misdeclared cargo has long been a concern to the carrier industry,...

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