World Shipping Council Calls for IMO Action on Lithium Battery Cargo Safety Gap

World Shipping Council Calls for IMO Action on Lithium Battery Cargo Safety Gap

The World Shipping Council is urging governments to close what it says is a dangerous loophole in international shipping rules that can allow containers packed with thousands of lithium batteries...

WSC calls on governments to close battery cargo safety gap - Shipping Australia

The World Shipping Council (WSC) is calling on governments to address a gap in international dangerous goods rules that allows containers carrying thousands of lithium batteries to be transported without carriers being informed of the hazard. The call comes as battery transport grows rapidly and cargo fires remain a persistent…

Report links rise in container-ship fires to hidden lithium-ion battery risks | Advanced Maritime Technology International

A new report from adaptive infrastructure company Tigris and maritime research firm Thetius has linked a rise in container ship fires to gaps in how lithium-ion batteries are declared and tracked through the global shipping process.

‘Invisible hazards’: Container shipping lobby urges action on lithium battery loophole

Demands to be considered at next week's meeting of the IMO in London

WSC backs calls to IMO on labelling lithium batteries 'dangerous goods'

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has backed growing calls for a revision of how goods containing lithium batteries are declared to container lines. The liner shipping lobby said today it had submitted a paper for consideration at the IMO’s forthcoming sub-committee on carriage of cargo and containers meeting in London, from 14 to 18 September, which calls for a revision of the Special Provision 188 (SP188) of the International Maritime Dangerous…