
As discussed in the article ‘IUMI acts on preventing fires on container vessels’ the non-declaration or misdeclaration of dangerous goods on-board container vessels is an important part in solving the problem of container ship fires. Apart from delivering regulatory control, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) has definitions and classifications of dangerous goods, as well as procedures for declaration. Continue reading “IUMI supports paper to IMO on non-declared and misdeclared cargoes”