Now freight safety campaigners eye new code of practice for packing containers

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Following the recent success of the container weighing initiative at the International Maritime Organization, sea freight safety campaigners have turned their attention to what appears to be the far larger problem of how cargo is packed and secured within containers.

At a seminar in London yesterday, organised by the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA) – the industry body that chaired the IMO’s working group on the container weighing amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea regulations – delegates heard ...