{"id":3881,"date":"2023-09-29T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3881"},"modified":"2024-08-27T04:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T08:36:03","slug":"de-mystifying-hazardous-fees-imposed-by-shipping-lines-for-povs-personally-owned-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/news\/de-mystifying-hazardous-fees-imposed-by-shipping-lines-for-povs-personally-owned-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"De-mystifying hazardous fees imposed by shipping lines for POVs (Personally Owned Vehicles)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>September 29, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to Allyson Nordstrom-Geraghty at Arpin for passing on this explanation of how hazmat fees work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Question: 1)What extra precautions does the steamship line take when booking as a hazardous fee? And 2) If they charge a hazardous fee, is it a special vessel, just wondering what you get for the extra charge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cHazmat fees\u201d or a hazmat booking fee\/surcharge is a charge paid to help a hazmat-related company (e.g., steamship line) cover costs related to their compliance with hazmat safety standard (properly declaring vs mis declaring cargo).\u00a0 The goal is having the container properly declared and safely loaded\/stowed aboard a vessel as it pertains to both the IMDG code and the CFR.\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.imo.org%2fen%2fOurWork%2fSafety%2fPages%2fDangerousGoods-default.aspx%23%3a~%3atext%3dThe%2520IMDG%2520Code%2520was%2520developed%2cprevent%2520pollution%2520to%2520the%2520environment.&amp;c=E,1,9swwRn19FvU9IXUpvQ0KBxGGN3XJ19_dIJ-WhYJr7H1-SE4fL7UwZBlRT3HfkLV8pXmzyxFjlWwIdzLsBG1N8sxSBMk8taBa4M49G0jp2eKW2T0gZoXz0Skh&amp;typo=1\">The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code<\/a>\u00a0&amp; The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.govinfo.gov%2fapp%2fcollection%2fcfr%2f2023%2f&amp;c=E,1,fzkDnSFZN1r8_y3nezdeiU6FIrfNKbJUc8JWNSTVlCameIe8tZg4tP_UAYmMdwVXZTuIYUOVNOKWv6UVUOCFthEPqFy-rx9tZlTItIrY&amp;typo=1\">Code of Federal Regulations<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hazmat bookings involve extra people at the line when bookings are made \u2013 working with both the line\u2019s traditional booking team, but also, the line\u2019s hazmat team, which is specifically trained in the IMDG code (and is likely required to renew their training every 2-3 years to be able to ultimately approve the booking under the IMDG code and the line\u2019s individual requirements).\u00a0 Everyone handling hazmat\/DG, including me, is required to keep an active training certificate on file that must be renewed every few years (this is also stated in the IMDG and CFR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The fee is also associated with the lines having to do extra leg work to ensure they\u2019ve notified the trans-shipment ports of transit that their vessel contains hazmat (so the local port operators in the host country\/countries are made aware when they\u2019re loading from one vessel to the next.\u00a0 At times, depending on the routing in place, the line may have to re-do the routing because a certain port in rotation doesn\u2019t allow for the trans-shipment of hazmat\/DG (this has happened to us a few times already \u2013 a good example is the Port of Piraeus).\u00a0 It can also be attributed to partner vessels they may \u201cship share\u201d routes with (before or after the US flag leg) that may not allow hazmat on their vessels in these situations. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The loadmasters of the vessel must take special care when it comes to hazmat\/DG FCL containers and their load plans \u2013 depending on the hazardous class, containers are often required to be placed on different decks (closer to the open\/top deck or even on the open decks) to ensure they are following IMDG\/SOLAS and their own internal requirements (Safety Of Life At Seas, which is part of the entire UN treaty within the International Maritime Organization).\u00a0 Certain UN declarations based on class and code, require very specific instructions and placement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Specific to booking vehicles as hazmat\/DG \u2013 there are a set of CTU\u2019s that we\u2019re required to follow when it\u2019s specifically declared as such.\u00a0 It involves extra lashing\/blocking\/bracing, and in general, education, to ensure that the hazmat POV is properly \u201ccontained\u201d for safe transport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There\u2019s also the extra liability and added risk &#8211; if a line is agreeing to transport hazmat\/DG.\u00a0 While the IMDG code takes every precaution to instruct on how to handle\/pack\/load\/transport hazmat\/DG, at the end of the day, we\u2019re all still transporting a specific class of dangerous goods (there are a total of nine classes).\u00a0 Dangerous goods can be unpredictable and there\u2019s always a risk involved when transporting them \u2013 we all take on that risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29, 2023 Many thanks to Allyson Nordstrom-Geraghty at Arpin for passing on this explanation of how hazmat fees work. Question: 1)What extra precautions does the steamship line take when booking as a hazardous fee? And 2) If they charge a hazardous fee, is it a special vessel, just wondering what you get for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"news-category":[31],"class_list":["post-3881","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3881\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}