CARGO COLLECTIVE PUBLISHES A QUICK GUIDE TO CONTAINER PACKING AND THE CTU CODE
UK TO ACCEPT CE-CERTIFIED PRODUCTS WITH RECREATIONAL CRAFT DIRECTIVE UNTIL END OF 2021
IMCI, the Brussels-based International Marine Certification Institute, has issued a statement to say that all products that are certified under the Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) by IMCI will be able to be placed on the UK market with the CE mark until 1 January 2022.
According to new guidance released by the UK government, industry will be able to use the CE marking until 31 December 2021 if any of the following apply:
– CE marking is applied to goods on the basis of self-declaration
– a mandatory third-party conformity assessment was carried out by an EU-recognised Notified Body (including a body in a country with which the EU has a relevant mutual recognition agreement)
– the certificate of conformity previously held by a UK Approved Body has been transferred to an EU-recognised Notified Body
However, industry can only place CE marked goods that meet EU requirements in Great Britain while UK and EU requirements are the same. This will be the case on 1 January 2021 and there are neither UK nor EU plans to diverge at this time.
Five international freight transport and cargo handling organisations have published a Quick Guide to the United Nations sponsored Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (the CTU Code), together with a checklist of actions and responsibilities for those involved. It is part of a range of activities to further the adoption and implementation of crucial safety practices by the Container Owners Association, the Global Shippers Forum, the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association, the TT Club and the World Shipping Council.
With several container fires aboard ships recently, some of them fatal, the organisations believe that adherence to the CTU Code by all parties would significantly reduce incidents.
Container stack failures, vehicle roll-overs, train derailments, internal cargo collapses and even pest contamination can also be traced to poor packing, they say.
Significant steps have been made in recent months with initiatives to screen cargo effectively, particularly responding to the concerns over the misdeclaration of shipments.
“Carriers have been advancing their capability to screen cargo at the time of booking in order to combat the curses of error and fraud that cause misdeclarations and unacceptable risk for the industry,” TT Club’s Peregrine Storrs-Fox said.
Download the guide at
https://bit.ly/35gwhdO.
12 | The Report • December 2020 • Issue 94
Marine News
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