End User Certificate in International Trade: When It’s Required, Who Demands It, and How It’s Verified
When an end user certificate is required, who demands it, the formats used across the US, EU, UK and India,…
Essential Tools for IMDG Code Compliance
Skip the manual lookups. These four interactive tools help you find the right UN number for batteries and vehicles, calculate…
Radioactive Cargo by Sea: When IMDG Compliance Is Not Enough
When a charterer offers radioactive cargo, IMDG compliance is only half the question. The half that determines whether your P&I…
To the LCL Operator: This Is What You’re Actually Signing Up For When You Mix Dangerous Goods
The carrier's DG Desk tells you what can travel together — but Box 20 carries your signature, not theirs. Here's…
Kenya’s New ACD Rule: No Reference Code, No Entry From August 3, 2026
KRA's Advance Cargo Declaration platform goes live 3 August 2026 for all containerised cargo to Kenya. Full process, ACD number…
Oman Mandates Palletization for All Imports: Regulatory Requirements, Exemptions, and Action Items for Shippers
Oman Customs has rolled out one of the Gulf’s toughest new cargo-handling rules: no compliant...
The Making of the IMDG Code: A History of Maritime Dangerous Goods Regulation
A practitioner's history of how fragmented, voluntary rules for shipping hazardous cargo became today's mandatory global framework — SOLAS Chapter…
The Reverse Battery Problem: Shipping Spent Electric Vehicle Modules Under IMDG Code and Basel Convention
Getting the IMDG classification right on a spent EV battery module is only half the compliance picture. The other half…
Battery Management Systems: The Engineering Layer Behind Lithium Battery Safety at Sea
A battery management system is the first line of defence against lithium battery fires at sea. Here's what a BMS…
From Bedroom to Bulk Carrier: What Lithium Battery Fires Are Really Teaching Us
Thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries has killed people from a London bedroom to a Pacific cargo ship. This fact-checked article…