Specialists from legal practitioners Norton Rose recently highlighted thatthe competent authorities of France, Japan and Australia are inconsistent in the way they determine the classification of some solid bulk cargoes under the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code. Dimity Maybury and Melissa Tang maintained that this is an important issue that needs to be resolved, because the difference in approach is resulting in the same cargo having to be carried on different types of ship, depending on where the cargo is loaded.This, in turn creates uncertainty and potential liability for both shippers and shipowners.
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