Container trade has suffered huge losses in form of life, property as well as commercial losses. As industry revisit those incidents, it was only due to the miss declaration of Container weights. These serious incidents made the regulators to bring mitigating measures in place and In November 2014, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted mandatory amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Chapter VI, Part A, Regulation 2 – Cargo information.
With very little time left before the amendments to SOLAS VI Regulation to take effect, now is the time for anyone involved in the container supply chain to consider how they will be affected and what they need to do to be ready for 1 July 2016.
While Indian Maritime Administration (DGS) is in process of weighing all the option for implementation, The Company of Master Mariners of India (CMMI) supported by the Directorate General of Shipping has planned for a conference on Carriage of Safe Containers at sea in beginning of December 2015.
Conference is aimed to help reduce the time for preparation, avoid last minute panic and to ensure learned implementation.
CMMI has issued Press release for this conference. Click here to read the press release.
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