Development of Measures to Prevent the Loss of Containers at Sea - Double reporting of containers lost or drifting at sea

This document refers to the determination by the Legal Committee at its 112th session (LEG 112) that any reporting made pursuant to the new SOLAS requirements on the loss or observation of freight containers drifting at sea would not satisfy the reporting obligations under the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007. There is a real risk of the imposition of a double reporting requirement on the master for containers lost or drifting at sea. This runs counter to the Organization's long-standing efforts to avoid all forms of double reporting. It is therefore proposed that the working group on measures to prevent loss of containers, should it be established, be instructed to consider the matter of double reporting of containers lost or drifting at sea, and make recommendations to the Sub-Committee on a possible way forward to prevent such double reporting.

Read WSC’s submission here.