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ICHCA’s corporate licensed members represent key interest groups and expertise clusters, all concerned with fostering knowledge and best practice within their own communities and across the broader cargo handling and transport chain.

April 2024 edition of “Inside ICHCA Australia” available Copy

For the latest edition of “Inside ICHCA Australia” please Click Here! About ICHCA – International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association The International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA) is an international, independent, not for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the safety, security, sustainability, productivity and efficiency of cargo handling and goods movement by all modes and through all phases of national and international supply chains. Read more For previous newsletters click here: https://ichca.com/newsletters

UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101

The UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter is a quarterly digital bulletin on current topics and projects in trade facilitation and international transport. We provide a link for members' convenience. Click here for the newsletter If you wish to register for your own copy, you can find the link at: https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/transport-newsletter

Discover the Safety Village at TOC Europe in 2024

ICHCA has once again teamed up with TT Club and TOC Worldwide to bring you the Safety Village at TOC Europe on 11-13 June 2024. If you are a safety innovator in the cargo handling industry, this is your opportunity to showcase your supply chain safety solution! ICHCA will again be at the Safety Village exploring and spotlighting opportunities for safety innovation in our industry with a programme of speakers and the chance to share ideas and learning. We would be delighted to meet with any members who are attending TOC. If you have a safety idea or concern that you would like to discuss, please drop by the Safety Village. We also expect to have opportunities for compact presentations on any cargo safety or innovation topic, if you would be interested in learning more please get in touch. We will provide more information as the programme shakes down and we would be delighted to meet with members and other safety innovators in person at the Safety Village. If you are planning to attend TOC Europe as a visitor or exhibitor please get in touch about speaking or just saying hello by emailing secretariat@ichca.com . CLICK [...]

Safety Alert: Empty Container Dislodgement

What happened: In January 2024, Storm Isha brought severe gale force winds of over 120km/h to the Dublin area. The winds blew an empty 45ft container stacked near the perimeter fence from its position and it toppled down the tiers of the stack and landing partially on the fence. Following this, a second 45ft container toppled down the stack, over the first container and coming to rest on a public roadway outside the Terminal (image 1 and 2). A further stack of containers toppled within the Terminal – two of these cleared the internal fence and came to rest on the Terminal Exit. No one was injured in the incident – damage was sustained to the terminal perimeter fence and a local authority lamp post. Key findings: • The severe gale force winds of over 120 km/h impacted the stacking area, resulting in empty containers toppling. • Container Stacking Guidelines of no more than ‘one high / 6 metres from the boundary’ was followed correctly. • The sequence and position in which the containers toppled led to the second container clearing the fence. • A review following the event revealed several stacked containers were noted not to be [...]

PEMA Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary

Guest Speakers and Board Members, PEMA AGM 10-11 April 2024 Record numbers of port equipment professionals gathered in Killarney, Ireland for the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) AGM and 20th anniversary celebrations on April 10th and 11th, 2024. ICHCA was proud to be invited to be part of the event as a guest speaker and to jointly participate in the important work of our MOU partner with particular focus on plant and equipment safety. In the press release below, you will find event highlights, key takeaways, and important announcements made during the meeting as well as valuable insights into the latest developments in the port industry as discussed by industry leaders within PEMA. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL PRESS RELEASE

Current Awareness Bulletin – for IMO themes and news – March 2024

The latest edition of the Current Awareness Bulletin is attached. The Bulletin provides a monthly digest of news and publications focusing on subjects and themes related to the work of IMO with each edition presenting headlines from the previous month. Links to complete articles or abstracts on publishers' sites are included, although access may require payment or subscription. The Bulletin itself is free to download and to redistribute. CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT AWARENESS BULLETIN This edition along with the back catalogue is available at: https://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Pages/CurrentAwarenessBulletin-Default.aspx The Current Awareness Bulletin is compiled by the IMO Maritime Knowledge Centre but is not an official IMO publication. Inclusion does not imply any endorsement by IMO.

ICHCA guide to the IMDG Code updated for Amendment 41-22

Our Dangerous Goods Working Group, chaired by Les Richings, has updated ICHCA's guide to The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. This is in line with Amendment 41-22. Particular thanks to Will Bartle (from ICHCA member NCB Hazcheck) for his input. Members can find the document at: BP3: The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - ICHCA International IMDG Code Amendment 41-22 became mandatory on 1 January 2024. It will remain in force until 31 December 2025. See the IMDG Code Amendment Cycle below: The reader can find an overview of the changes in this Amendment on the NCB Hazcheck website under the free IMDG Code resources section. https://hazcheck.com/product/free-imdg-code-resources/ There is also a more detailed summary of the changes available to download via this link. Further details on NCB Hazcheck courses relating to dangerous goods can be found here: https://ichca.com/ichca-guide-to-the-imdg-code-updated-for-amendment-41-22 ICHCA members are entitled to a discount on NCB Hazcheck courses.

ICHCA Member G2 Ocean, latest Safety Bulletin – The right angle

The latest edition of G2 Ocean's Safety Bulletins can be found on the link below: CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL SAFETY BULLETIN Message from G2 Ocean: "This edition of our Safety Bulletin is about stevedores being faced with a very unusual challenge. “Getting the job done” is part of the work ethos in most ports, and stevedores rightfully take pride in that. But responsive and innovative action has to fully consider safety. We are grateful to G2 Ocean for providing details and for raising awareness. We acknowledge their commitment to sharing learning to benefit others.

Updated version released of “Prevention of Pest Contamination of Containers”: Joint Industry Guidelines for the Cleaning of Containers

Every year, 250 million containers are transported across the world with food, clothes, electronics and other goods we all need. While crucial for the smooth functioning of the global supply chain, containers and their cargoes can also harbour and transfer contaminating pests. All parties in the supply chain have a shared responsibility for stopping the spread of pests by keeping cargo and containers clean, and the Prevention of Pest Contamination of Containers: Joint Industry Guidelines for the Cleaning of Containers provide easy-to-use best practices to help everyone do their part. For this update, ICHCA was welcomed as a new partner together with BIC, COA, IICL and WSC. The previous edition of the Joint Industry Guidelines for the Cleaning of Containers, published in 2023, was warmly received by regulators and industry, and has become a valued source of guidance when it comes to preventing pest contamination. The 2024 update provides further detail on the concept of custodial responsibility – the inspections and measures that each party in the supply chain should undertake when the container is in their custody, as well as the requirement for the receiving party to inform the tenderer if the container or its cargo has [...]

March 2024 edition of “Inside ICHCA Australia” available

A Joint Meeting presented by RINA London Branch: MOL Challenge to Achieve Zero-Emission by 2050: Wind Challenger Project

Thursday 11 April 2024 at the Offices of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 8-9 Northumberland Street, London, WC2N 5DA From 17:30 for Seminar 18:00 - 19:15 For “In-Person” event register at klilley@outlook.com For “Webinar” zoom event register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduysrz4pHtZs2YkCV5VyBYZvihr6FJKs After registering you will receive a confirmation email regarding joining the zoom presentation. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2020) IPPC material © IPPC

Pest Week 2024: IPPC best practice guide on measures to minimize pest contamination: “Sea Container Supply Chains and Cleanliness”

Today we look at IPPC's own guidance on pest minimisation. https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca7963en This IPPC Guidance identifies the key parties involved in the international container supply chains, and describes their roles and responsibilities for minimizing visible pest contamination of sea containers and their cargoes, and best practices they may follow to meet that objective. It links to both the safeguarding continuum that we discussed on day 3 and the draft Recommendation R-06 Minimizing pest risk associated with sea-container pathway that we looked at on day 4 of our Pest Week 2024. How clean is a clean container? Clean means that the empty container’s exterior and interior and, for reefer containers, also the ventilation inlet grilles and floor drain holes, should, at the time of dispatch, have no visible presence of: Soil Plants/plant products/plant debris Seeds Moths, wasps, bees, beetles Snails, slugs, ants, spiders Mould and fungi Insect and bird droppings or waste Egg masses Animals, animal parts/blood/excreta and reproductive components or parts thereof Other contamination that shows visible signs of harbouring pest Inspection health and safety All the guidelines stress the importance of safety due diligence when inspecting containers for visible contamination. For example, not entering a container [...]

Pest Week 2024: The Safeguarding Continuum from IPPC

Today we consider the IPPC’s ‘safeguarding continuum’ and how the cargo handling industry can play its part in preventing invasive pest transfer. The Commission for Phytosanitary Measures has published a video, presented by Dr Osama El-Lissy, IPPC Secretary General, summarising the ‘safeguarding continuum’ principles which aims to be a “practical and effective approach to safeguard against the accidental introductions of pests via sea containers”. Ports and terminals along with other supply chain stakeholders are expected to play their part and industry is invited to come forward with ideas about what this approach could look like. Managing the risk - IPPC Safeguarding Continuum The IPPC Safeguarding Continuum has four phases. Phase 1 “Starts at the port of departure or storage facilities and encompasses the mandatory cleaning and inspection of empty containers. It begins with containers being washed, vacuumed or simply swept to ensure freedom from pests or contaminants. Container depots have a particularly important role to play as they often act as the end and start points of container movement.” Phase 2 “Includes the loading of cargo into the container. The receiving party should verify that the containers have been adequately cleaned before loading them with cargo. The loading [...]

Pest Week 2024: CPM Draft Recommendation R-06 Minimizing pest risk associated with sea-container pathway – coming up at CPM18

A draft recommendation on minimising pest risk associated with the sea container pathway will be submitted to the CPM18 meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 15-19 April 2024. If adopted, this will be the leading standard for action going forward. The recommendation aims to raise awareness and suggest practices for reducing pest risks associated with sea containers. It covers internal and external pest contamination in sea containers transported by sea, road, and rail. It has nine recommendations: Aim: Encourage globally consistent science- and risk-based measures to reduce pest risk. Raising Awareness: Calls on National Plant Protection Organisations to provide actionable information on phytosanitary requirements for sea-container pathways, to relevant parties. Reducing Pest Contamination: Encourages all parties in logistics to verify and prevent visible pest contamination. Visual Examination: Encourages visual examination of sea containers and cargoes for potential pest contamination. R-06 explicitly recognises that visual examination/inspection must be safe. We believe that ICHCA has a particularly important role to play in supporting safe inspection guidance and practices. Methods to Remove Pest Contamination: sets out methods for removal or management of pest contamination, including safe disposal. Sea-Container Structure: Encourages modifications for future container builds to [...]

Pest Week 2024: International Plant Protection Convention and the Commission for Phytosanitary measures – Meet the regulatory champions

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is the intergovernmental treaty that aims to protect the world's plants, agricultural products and natural resources from plant pests. Ratified by 185 contracting parties, the IPPC develops, adopts and promotes the application of International Phytosanitary Measures as the main tool to safeguard global food security, facilitate safe trade and protect the environment. Plant Health & Food Security Limiting pest spread, protecting important crops, and collaborating across borders are necessary to feed our world of eight billion people. Pests can destroy crop fields, ruin national crop production systems, cause devastating famine, untold suffering and death. Although 80 percent of all food comes from plants, 40 percent of global crop yields are lost to pests. The IPPC Secretariat works with contracting parties to train stakeholders and deploy knowledge products to help them improve their national phytosanitary systems and capacity. Seeking to prevent, detect and respond to pest incursions with the goal of a zero-hunger world. Plant Health & Safe Trade The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures and the IPPC Secretariat develop and adopt standards, recommendations, diagnostic protocols, and phytosanitary treatments. These standards provide international benchmarks for plant commodity trade under WTO agreement. Standards work is led by [...]

Pest Week 2024: Invasive Pests – understanding the risk

In our first Pest Week 2024 article, we set out the scale and importance of managing invasive pests. Our industry has an ongoing role in helping to manage this risk and ICHCA fully supports collaborative work to stop the unintended transfer of invasive pests through the sea container pathway. We will continue to work with partners to develop and implement approaches that work. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of The United Nations, plant pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40% of global agricultural crops each year. They cause trade losses exceeding $220 billion annually. There is international consensus among plant protection competent authorities that sea containers and their cargoes have the potential to carry and facilitate the introduction and spread of plant pests. Introducing and spreading pests results in significant control and eradication costs, losses in yields and access to international markets and threatens food security and agriculture as well as the environment. Example pests include the Khapra Beetle, Lymantria Moth, invasive ants and the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. Plant Health & Food Security [https://www.ippc.int/en/strategic-objectives/plant-health-food-security/] Keeping plants healthy means safeguarding global food security. Protecting plants and plant resources and important crops from pests [...]

Safety Alert: Falling Extractor Flue – Near Miss

This incident relates to a flue pipe detaching from its position and falling onto a pedestrian area. Fewer than the correct number of supports had been fitted. In addition, users/owners of steel-clad portal buildings are advised to consider the strength and integrity of the steel sheeting and fastenings. Portal building manufacturers recommend unsupported 'tek' screws are used only to join sheets and flashing. When fixing additions to the building, the structural needs of the support also require assessment and the loadings need to pass through the external cladding to the structure. FOR THE FULL REPORT, CLICK HERE ICHCA International is committed to helping industry to learn lessons fast, learn them once and make sure that they stay learnt. This information is intended to provide all organisations in the cargo supply chain with the opportunity to consider the events and to review and adapt their own health and safety control measures to proactively prevent future incidents. We are grateful to the for Port Skills & Safety and Peel Ports for providing details and for raising awareness. We acknowledge their commitment to sharing learning to benefit others. If you have similar operations, please share this information with managers, operatives and [...]

Member Event: GreenTech For Ports and Terminals 7 – 8 May 2024

Our member Port Technology International (PTI) is delighted to announce the second edition of GreenTech For Ports and Terminals Conference which will be taking place at World Trade Center Barcelona on 7 – 8 May 2024! Member Event: GreenTech For Ports and Terminals 7 - 8 May 2024 Our member Port Technology International (PTI) is delighted to announce the second edition of GreenTech For Ports and Terminals Conference which will be taking place at World Trade Center Barcelona on 7 – 8 May 2024! GreenTech 2024 will focus on key topics such as electrification and alternative fuels, sustainable port infrastructure, the emergence of green shipping corridors, emerging technology/AI, digitalisation and decarbonisation. Our two-day agenda includes case studies and presentations by major stakeholders, as well as panel discussions featuring the latest strategies from the world’s leading ports. This year's event is the perfect opportunity for attendees to network with like-minded organisations, striving to attain their urgent sustainability objectives through strategic planning, collaborative efforts, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies, all while ensuring economic goals are met. Boasting speakers from organisations such as Port of Barcelona and Hamburg Port Authority, with more industry leaders joining the agenda on a daily basis, GreenTech [...]

Global Lifting Awareness Day 18 July 2024 Centres on Skills and Employment

Powered by ICHCA member the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) and supporting organisations, #GLAD2024 is now a widely celebrated day where manufacturers, suppliers, and end users are among those that share material that promotes safe and high quality load lifting. As with previous years, LEEA is encouraging its members, end users, and everyone in between, to contribute by using the graphic and hashtag to celebrate their involvement with the industry and promote it as an interesting place to work, with skills and employment as suggested focal points of outreach efforts. Ross Moloney, CEO at LEEA, said: “GLAD is now positioned as a globally recognised concept and has achieved a brand-like status, perhaps ahead of schedule, following ongoing efforts from industry stakeholders to raise its profile. We’re looking to use its popularity to raise awareness of what our industry people do and what those outside of the sector need to do to become part of our world. This is why the themes LEEA will focus on this year are skills and employment.” Celebrate the lifting industry on Thursday 18 July — by including the #GLAD2024 hashtag across social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, adding the GLAD2024 logo to [...]

ICHCA Australia & Thomas Miller address battery fire risk management in Australasian Marine Surveyors publication

Peter van Duyn, Master Mariner and Director of International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (Australia) and Marcus Johns, Managing Director, Thomas Miller each have an article in the March 2024 edition of Shipshape the magazine of the Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors. Both address the fire risks associated with lithium batteries, with Peter’s article entitled “At sea lithium-ion battery incidents are on the rise” and Marcus’ “Lithium batteries white paper”. Peter considers if the current lithium battery categorisation in the IMDG Code - Class 9 Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods - is fit for purpose. Marcus examines the risk of transporting lithium-ion batteries and whether they pose a threat to the maritime supply chain. He also looks at topics such as special provisions for vehicle transport. Both articles are relevant to the work that ICHCA is doing alongside partners at the IMO reviewing the IMDG Code and in particular a correspondence group on vehicle carriage and special provisions. Follow the link to see the article: Shipshape March 2024 Peter's article refers to fires on board car carrying vessels. For more information on a vessel fire in 2023 please view our recent webinar Session 2 – Li-Ion Batteries and the Challenge for Seafarers [...]