News / Europe and China need US-style coastguard services to limit cargo losses

Master mariner at the German Insurance Association (GIA) Uwe-Peter Schieder believes Europe needs to develop a coastguard service similar to that in the US to help eliminate misdeclared cargo.

Mr Scheider, who works in marine and loss prevention at the GIA and is vice chair of the loss prevention committee at the International Union of Marine Insurers, told The Loadstar shipping lines had no idea whether they were carrying overweight or dangerous cargo – or indeed what was in loaded containers.

Mr Scheider ...