Putting out fires: Confusion over cargo classification hampers efforts to effectively declare dangerous cargoes.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Group A/S ; HAPAG-Lloyd AG ; WORLD Customs Organization

The article focuses on cargo classifications and codes is hampering shipper efforts to properly declare dangerous cargoes to ocean carriers even as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd. It mentions calcium hypochlorite is suspected as the cause of the fire aboard and the container ship APL Austria off the coast of South Africa. It also mentions World Customs Organization (WCO) to raise awareness of the risks giving rise to dangerous goods.