Exis Technologies, along with TT Club and UK P&I Club announced the next phase of implementation of the Hazcheck Restrictions Portal. The portal aims to facilitate the operations of container shipping lines by simplifying the end-to-end management of dangerous goods (DG) booking processes.
In order to help reduce incidents caused by undeclared or misdeclared dangerous goods (DG), Exis Technologies’ Hazcheck software has been facilitating the operations of a number of major container shipping lines. This portal is designed to simplify the end-to-end management of DG booking processes, taking account also of carrier, ship and partner line restrictions.
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The Hazcheck Restrictions Portal is now urging container lines, ports and terminals to upload their DG handling policies and restrictions into the portal free of charge, allowing use by shippers, forwarders and others involved in the movement of such goods.
TT Club’s Risk Management Director, Peregrine Storrs-Fox, noted:
Varying estimates put declared DG at around 10% of all containerised shipments, with the result that some ships will have in excess of a thousand DG containers on any given voyage. As recent incidents of on-board fires have shown, the cocktail of DG can have catastrophic effects. There are numerous issues involved, but the business case to engage with a uniform data process is clear. All supply chain stakeholders benefit from improving clarity for carriage by sea.
The shipping community is aware that each carrier has been comparing its own record of restrictions in relation to house policies, ship owner policies, the ship constraints and restrictions applied at ports/terminals of loading, transit, transhipment and discharge. This inconsistent approach is complex, creating possibility for error or failure. The Hazcheck Restrictions Portal aims to resolve these inefficiencies.
