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Policy & Compliance


BIFAlink Individual carriers and some ports impose


restrictions on the amounts of dangerous goods that they will accept, or can enter a port, so this can vary on a voyage basis. Some of the carriers within the same consortium will have individual restrictions that may again impact on vessel availability. Some of the ferry services are restricted by the number of passengers carried in relation to their size. All these can lead to delay as they can impact differently on a sailing- by-sailing basis. By AIR, after initially having the option of either passenger/cargo or cargo aircraft only, the forwarder will, as with SEA, verify based on the operator and states en route any applicable operator/state restrictions. With over 500 restrictions, these can impact on and delay despatch.


carrier must comply with – it is more a case of knowing not asking. By SEA (including ferry), the party responsible for arranging the manifesting of containers or trailers must identify any applicable segregation codes that impact on what can and cannot be


Support your local Member group


BIFA holds Regional Member meetings around the UK and listed right are those due to occur soon. If you would like to attend and find out more about BIFA and what we do, then contact the appropriate Regional Consultant to BIFA. All BIFA Members are entitled and


encouraged to attend their regional meetings however pre-booking with the named contact is essential. Full contact details are shown on page 3 of


this issue. January 2020


loaded in the same CTU. These are set out in the Container Vehicle Packing Certificate that the shipper of the CTU must ensure is complied with. The carrier will then be responsible for load planning to take stowage/segregation into account, a bit like a game of 3D chess.


Region Heathrow


Regional Members’ meeting Southampton


Regional Members’ meeting London East


Regional Members’ meeting Heathrow


Regional Members’ meeting Anglia


Regional Members’ meeting Kent & East Sussex


Regional Members’ meeting Gatwick


Regional Members’ meeting Date


Hidden problems When documents are not scrutinised by the participants in the transport chain, basic errors can easily mask problems of carrier selection or restrictions. Cargo originally booked on one sailing may have been accepted but then subsequently rejected as the routing may include a port with its own restrictions, or a ferry sailing with too many passengers (Stowage Category E). It is all too easy to pass incorrect documentation down the line and only react when someone rejects it, often the airline or ocean carrier. It can also be an eye-opener to see how many within the transport chain are clearly ignorant of the lessons to be learnt from the MSC Flaminia containership fire. That has shown that operators can be held to account if there is a major incident, should subsequent investigations expose poor or inadequate training that judges may find of interest. BIFA would like to thank Clive Savigar for the Dangerous Goods Advisory Group for contributing this article.


Time Venue BIFA Contact


Thu 23 Jan 1400 BIFA, Redfern House, Mike Jones Feltham


Tue 18 Feb 0800 Duke of Wellington, Mike Jones Southampton


Tue 18 Feb TBC London Gateway Port


Thu 20 Feb 1400 BIFA, Redfern House, Mike Jones Feltham


Thu 20 Feb TBC Holiday Inn, Ipswich Orwell Tue 25 Feb TBC TBA, Dover


Thu 27 Feb 1230 Transvalair, Crawley


Paul Newman Mike Jones Paul Newman Paul Newman


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