Dutch urge shippers to improve cargo loading
A DUTCH-led project looking at the impact of badly loaded containers and poor lashing has reported that more can be done to prevent cargo accidents happening. The Lashing@Sea project has released some of the findings of four years’ research amid heated debate over badly declared container loads leading to incidents on the Husky Trader, MSC Napoli and Annabella.
Recent articles in Lloyd’s List have highlighted concerns over the frequency of overweight or poorly weighed containers being loaded on to vessels.
Led by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, the initiative included the participation of eight shipowners worried about...
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