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Industry bodies clamp down on illegal wildlife trafficking in global supply chains

News21 Mar 2024

Ten international organisations have produced guidelines to help identify criminal wildlife trade, and report suspicious activities....

News15 Mar 2024

The emphasis is on identifying and correcting worrying conditions before containers with dangerous cargoes are introduced into the supply ch...

News19 Feb 2024

The Washington (DC) headquartered World Shipping Council, which represents the interests of the world’s main liner shipping companies, has...

News15 Dec 2023

Missile and drone attacks by Houthi militia on merchant ships passing through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden could trigger a global supply cha...

News12 Oct 2023

The European Commission (EC) is not extending the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation for liner shipping (CBER) beyond 25 April 2024....

News29 Sep 2023

The World Shipping Council is fed up with ship fires caused by dangerous cargo that has not been declared, or that has been incorrectly decl...

News23 May 2023

The World Shipping Council reports that 661 containers were lost overboard during 2022, a sharp reduction on the 15-year average of 1,566 co...

News7 Jul 2022

The World Shipping Council has made new appointments in the US and Europe...

News1 Feb 2022

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has announced a bold move to set the agenda on zero-carbon shipping ahead of the 78th session of the IMO’...

News14 Dec 2021

Leading industry associations have published new guidelines and a checklist for ensuring that dangerous goods are stored safely in warehouse...

News25 Sep 2017

The Global Shippers' Forum, ICHCA international, TT Club and the World Shipping Council have called for the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice f...

News24 May 2016

Following a session in London the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is to issue a circular calling for “practical and pragmatic” e...

News14 Apr 2016

While some shippers claim providing a VGM is unworkable, the US Coast Guard says there is “no reason” for the VGM requirement to cause a...

News7 Mar 2016

A remark by the U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Thomas that SOLAS places no legal obligation on shippers in respect of the Verified Gross...

News9 Dec 2015

The World Shipping Council, the TT Club, the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association and the Global Shippers’ Forum have joi...