Australia to inspect every box ship in new crackdown on cargo securing

Australia has put containership operators and masters “on notice” of a new inspection campaign targeting cargo securing. Following recent incidents resulting in containers being lost overboard, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority ...

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Comment / Blog alert on the ease of cyber attacks on ships was pure scaremongering

Last month a much-reported blog – included in The Loadstar – claimed “sinking ships [via hacking], ...

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News / 'Governments must get behind drive for safer packing of containers'

Governments must support the widespread use of the CTU Code to improve packing and thus the safety ...

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News / Shippers that put lives at risk with poor container packing and labelling

“Disreputable” shippers are putting lives and the supply chain at risk when they fail to meet ...

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News / US technology firm weighs in with timely app to help shippers with VGM

A US technology firm has developed a new app to help shippers and smaller forwarders ...

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Recommends / SOLAS: so what does it mean for customers? asks Maersk

As Damco announces it has launched two VGM services, Maersk CCO Vincent Clerk argues, in a ...

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News / IMO urges 'pragmatic' approach for first three months of new container VGM rules

The IMO has urged regulators to take a “pragmatic” approach to the new SOLAS VGM ...

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Recommends / Port of South Carolina first to announce container weighing plans

Recent debate in the US over the forthcoming implementation of the amendment to Solas, that ...

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Recommends / US exporters do not need to weigh containers for SOLAS, says USCG

The US Coast Guard (USCG), which this week added further confusion to the soon-to-be enforced ...

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Mar 4, 2016• Comments•

News / No going back now on new container weighing regulations, says IMO

The IMO’s senior deputy director for marine technology and cargoes, maritime safety division, Joseph Westwood-Booth, ...

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Australia to inspect every box ship in new crackdown on cargo securing

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Comment / Blog alert on the ease of cyber attacks on ships was pure scaremongering

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Australia to inspect every box ship in new crackdown on cargo securing

SOLAS Headlines

Comment / Blog alert on the ease of cyber attacks on ships was pure scaremongering

News / 'Governments must get behind drive for safer packing of containers'

News / Shippers that put lives at risk with poor container packing and labelling

News / US technology firm weighs in with timely app to help shippers with VGM

COMPANY NOTICES

Recommends / SOLAS: so what does it mean for customers? asks Maersk

News / IMO urges 'pragmatic' approach for first three months of new container VGM rules

Recommends / Port of South Carolina first to announce container weighing plans

Recommends / US exporters do not need to weigh containers for SOLAS, says USCG

News / No going back now on new container weighing regulations, says IMO

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News / Maersk launches campaign to help shippers prepare for new container weighing rules

News / Culture change required to avoid chaos from container weighing rule

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