More than one in 10 shipments flagged for deficiencies in new cargo safety report

Despite misdeclared cargoes making more and more headlines, leading to deaths and vessel losses, new data published today shows more than one in 10 shipments have deficiencies, an alarming upward trend.  The World Shipping Council (WSC), liner shipping’s lobby group, has released a new report summarising deficiencies found in government cargo inspection programmes, reviving a …