Standardized procedure for reporting the loss of containers (CCC 8/11/1)

InternationalIMOSafety
Written By Anna Larsson

DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES REGARDING THE DETECTION AND MANDATORY REPORTING OF CONTAINERS LOST AT SEA THAT MAY ENHANCE THE POSITIONING, TRACKING AND RECOVERY OF SUCH CONTAINERS

Proposal to the IMO sub-committee on the Carriage of Cargoes and Containers submitted by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, BIMCO, European Commission, IUMI, World Sailing and WSC.

This submission suggests amending chapter V of the SOLAS Convention with a view to making mandatory reporting of the loss of containers through a standardized procedure. It also includes a consequential amendment to paragraph (3) of Article V (reporting procedures) of Protocol I (incident report) of the MARPOL Convention (Article 8) to avoid double reporting. The submission also considers the issue of how a ship-board fall detection system might assist in such reporting.

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Anna Larsson
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