In recent years, container ships and yards have suffered serious damage directly due to reasons such as concealment and misreporting of dangerous goods. Major shipping companies have also been repeatedly reiterating the announcement of "concealment, underreporting, and misreporting of dangerous goods".

Recently, shipping companies such as EMC Changrong Shipping, SKR Changjin Merchant Shipping, Matson Meisen Shipping, MSC Mediterranean Shipping, KMTC Gaoli Shipping, and others have reiterated their "announcements regarding the concealment, omission, and misreporting of hazardous materials".

Announcement of major shipping companies on concealment of dangerous goods

1. Dangerous goods declaration must be carried out during the booking stage and approved by the shipping company. Any discrepancies between the bill of lading/bill of lading sample and the submitted dangerous goods declaration information will result in dangerous goods misdeclaration fees. This fine will not in any way limit any other fines or expenses incurred due to false declaration, and shall be borne by the shipper.

2. If a container booked with a non hazardous cargo declaration is found to be a hazardous cargo upon departure, a hazardous cargo misdeclaration fee will be incurred. This fine will not in any way limit any other fines or expenses incurred due to concealment or omission, and shall be borne by the shipper.

COSCO Shipping Agency

Meisen Ship

Given the recent incidents of chemical explosions and unidentified explosions in ocean transportation both domestically and internationally, Meisen Shipping will further strengthen the control of dangerous goods and control risks before loading. We hereby make the following notice:

The definition of dangerous goods strictly follows the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code);

The current approval process for booking dangerous goods remains unchanged;

For containers booked with non hazardous materials, the shipper must verify to ensure that the actual cargo name is consistent with the declaration;

Mason does not accept LCL containing dangerous goods defined by the international dangerous regulations or other dangerous goods, such as unknown gases, liquids, powders, chemicals, alcohol, nail polish, table tennis balls, various batteries, etc;

For containers suspected to contain dangerous goods, Meisen Shipping has the right to request spot checks and arrange professional organizations to supervise the packing process; At the same time, we welcome customers to report containers suspected to contain dangerous goods with real names. The company will coordinate with relevant departments to conduct inspections, and once confirmed, corresponding rewards will be given;

For containers containing dangerous goods that have not been truthfully declared or whose declaration category is clearly incorrect, Meisen Shipping will refuse to load them and report them to maritime, customs or relevant departments for processing;

Meisen Ship reserves the right to hold the shipper legally responsible for the concealment or misreporting of dangerous goods, and takes measures to restrict/stop accepting bookings from the shipper who issues the bill of lading on Meisen Ship. At the same time, the shipper who issues the bill of lading is fined a minimum of $10000 per natural container for breach of contract

Joint shipping agent

On the morning of May 25, 2019, around 6 o'clock, a container ship under KMTC's name, "KMTC HONGKONG," experienced a serious explosion near the port of Laem Chabang in Thailand. The accident injured up to 130 local residents, including more than 500 containers on board, resulting in 45 containers being destroyed or damaged. False reporting, concealment, and leakage of calcium hypochlorite are believed to be the cause of the explosion.

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