Who Pays When Cargo Lies? The Legal and Financial Fallout of Misdeclared Dangerous Goods
Who pays when misdeclared dangerous goods cause a container fire? Shipper, packer and NVOCC liability, carrier fines, and a 2026…
The UN Voted for Equal Earth. Nautical Charts Still Run on Mercator
The UN's September 2026 vote for the Equal Earth projection targets classroom atlases and general-purpose world maps, not nautical charts.…
CINS Recommends a 20 kg Per-Container Cap on SP188 Lithium-Ion Battery Relief
CINS wants Special Provision 188 tied to a container-level limit, not just a package-level one — capping lithium-ion battery relief…
A ₹20 “Fruit” With a Toxic Profile: The Datura Listings Ban, Explained
Karnataka suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket over Datura fruit and seed listings. A look at…
Hong Kong Dangerous Goods Regulations: A Ready Reference for Shippers, Forwarders, NVOCCs and Vessel Operators
A working reference to Hong Kong's dangerous goods regime at Kwai Tsing and the wider port — manifests, permits, the…
When Firefighting Water Becomes the Hazard: Inside the Tainan Waste-Site Explosion
Fast facts Explosion: 2:47 a.m., August 22, 2026, Annan District, Tainan, Taiwan 15 injured (3...
Maersk Wins $13.3 Million Judgment Over 2015 Calcium Hypochlorite Explosion on Maersk Seoul
An English Commercial Court judgment traces the 2015 Maersk Seoul explosion to a calcium hypochlorite packaging failure under the IMDG…
Cooking oil- transport and disposal
Cooking oil sits outside the Dangerous Goods List entirely — but that doesn't make it unregulated. This revised guide covers…
Questions to answer before you agree to load dangerous goods
Are the Codes fully comprehensive? What should we know before loading dangerous goods?
Displaying GHS pictograms on packages and containers?
What are the rules about displaying GHS pictograms on dangerous goods packages and cargo transport units?