The World Shipping Council (WSC) has restarted the reporting of global cargo inspection deficiencies, a data series that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) had stopped publishing in 2023.
The revived report shows that more than one in ten shipments inspected were found to have safety issues, raising concerns for crews, ships, cargo, and the environment.
The latest 2024 report revealed that 11.39% of inspected cargo shipments contained deficiencies. This is a slight increase from the IMO’s last published figure of 11% in 2023.
The most common problems were undeclared or mis-declared dangerous goods, errors in documentation, and unsafe packing practices. These issues are known to cause serious incidents, including fires on board ships.
The new report continues a data record that began in 2011 and is based on cargo inspections carried out by port States. International rules allow port States to check containers to ensure that goods are properly declared and packed in
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