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INDUSTRY TOPICS

Cargoes

The safe carriage of cargoes is fundamental to the bulk carrier industry
however not all stakeholders are meeting their responsibilities to provide
Masters and crews with the essential information needed to ensure
the safe shipment of cargoes.

The International Maritime Solid Bulk uefaction and dynamic separation. Our
Cargoes (IMSBC) Code provides the car- recent Bulk Carrier Casualty Report
riage requirements for cargoes and clear- highlights the impact that liquefaction
ly lays out the responsibilities of the var- has on bulk carrier losses and seafar-
ious stakeholders, including the specific er deaths.
information about the cargo that should
be provided to the Master. INTERCARGO INTERCARGO takes an active role at the
strongly believes that shippers/receivers IMO and other fora to promote the safe
continue to mis-declare cargo—wheth- carriage of cargoes. To assist the Asso-
er intentionally or out of negligence—with ciation’s work, INTERCARGO’s Cargo
potentially tragic results. Panel considers various cargo-related
matters including liquefaction and ad-
For more information on this topic INTERCARGO is particularly concerned vises the Technical Committee accord-
please visit: with Group A cargoes, these being car- ingly. Members who wish to partici-
https://www.intercargo.org/topics/ goes that may undergo a moisture relat- pate in this group should contact the
cargoes-liquefaction/ ed cargo failure mechanism such as liq- Secretariat.

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