The U.S. Coast Guard has cautioned sailors around Hawaii after more than 1,900 shipping containers fell off a Japanese-flagged ship last week, according to reports. Rough weather off the coast of ...

BOSTON - Ninety percent of traded goods are shipped by sea and 10% contain what is called dangerous goods, according to the World Shipping Council. Dangerous goods or hazmat cargo can be anything from ...

Improper storage of dangerous goods can have disastrous consequences if these goods are not kept at a properly controlled temperature. The International Maritime Organization (IMO)—the United Nation’s ...

“The problem of dangerous gases in shipping containers is very common,” warns Kristian Hentelä, an application specialist from Gasmet, a gas monitoring company operating out of Finland. “The problem ...

The International Group of P&I Clubs and the shipping line members of the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) have recently produced a new set of guidelines for the carriage of calcium ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Coast Guard was attempting to tow a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Kerala in southern India earlier this week to prevent a potential ecological disaster, ...

Such a large amount of container losses is rare in the international shipping industry, averaging less than 1,400 a year in the last 12 years. ONE Apus, owned by Chidori Ship Holdings, was traveling ...

Inspections of ocean shipping containers conducted by the U.S.-based National Cargo Bureau discovered a shocking number of containers with misdeclared and improperly packaged cargo. In the wake of ...

, Oct. 28 -- In a move to ensure port safety and environmental protection, a total of 19 containers of Dangerous Goods (DG) that had been lying unattended for years at Chittagong Port were safely ...

Improper storage of dangerous goods can have disastrous consequences if these goods are not kept at a properly controlled temperature. Improper storage of dangerous goods can have disastrous ...