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Fire Safety

Image courtesy National Cargo Bureau

HazCheck Detect helps to Minimize

Mis-Declared Cargoes

By Matthew Bonvento ire at sea is an ever-present danger. According to the needs of the industry.

a 2018 Allianz article, a modern containership ? re The other option has come in the form of a software resulting in a total loss could cost upwards of $1 screening tool that has the capability of catching potentially

F billion. With containerships reaching upwards of mis-declared and undeclared hazardous cargo. Known as 24,000 TEU, a ? re could result in signi? cant ? nancial strain HazCheck Detect, this software developed by Exis technol- to the industry. Fires such as the Cosco Paci? c, Yantian Ex- ogies, the software division of the National Cargo Bureau press, Maersk Honam, MSC Daniela, and the MSC Flaminia group, which according to the NCB description “is an API highlight how dangerous a ? re on board a containership can based (meaning that it can be linked to other software such be. It is impractical to expect every container to be inspected as a container line’s booking software), integrated, cargo prior to shipment on board. Additionally, screening of cargoes screening solution that detects mis-declared and undeclared at entry points of terminals is conducted on such a small scale dangerous goods in containerized shipments. Hazcheck De- in comparison to the global freight level, the likelihood of tect uses constantly evolving libraries of rules. It can accept catching an undeclared or mis-declared cargo is negligible. full customer booking data, and screens whenever changes

Therefore, other options had to be cultivated to better serve are made within clients own systems (generating a new API 20 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • June 2023

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