Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

AusIntermodal 2015 Conference

“Container Safety”

Neil Chambers, Director

Container Transport Alliance Australia

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Container Safety

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Overview

Transport Industry Injury Rates

– Improvement Needed

Accurate Container Weights:

Verified Export Weights

Import Container Weight

Declarations (CWD)

Container Packing / Unpacking

– Safety Focus

Bridge & Tunnel Strikes – Ouch!

Reachstacker Licencing

Need for Container CoR Code?

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Transport Injury Claims

Serious claims: Incidence rates by year (Safe Work Australia 2013)

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Injury Claims - Victoria

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Container Weight Declarations

SOLAS Amendments –

Verifying Export Container

Weights – 1 July 2016

Amendments to Navigation

Act Marine Orders 42 & 44

Heavy Vehicle National Law

(HVNL) – Container Weight

Declarations (CWD)

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Verified Export Container Weights

MSC Napoli floundering &

salvage – 2007

Caused in part by structural

damage to the hull contributed

to by the weight of containers

Up to 20% of the containers

weighed when recovered from

the ship were mis-declared &

many mis-stowed

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Verified Export Container Weights

Shipper responsible for verifying gross weight

and accurate weighing method:

Method 1 – Weighing full container

Method 2 – Weighing all cargo / packing material /

Tare of container

Calibrated & Certified Equipment – National

Measurement Standards

How report to ship’s Master - PRA?

Who is the “Shipper”? – Legal entity on the BL /

LCL consolidation? / “Contract out”

responsibility? / Use of others’ measurement

device? / Who makes the declaration?

Consistency with HVNL CWD obligation

Consultation continues!

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Verified Export Container Weights

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Weighing Methods

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

On Site Weighing

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Import Weight Declarations

How accurate are current

CWDs?

Weigh in Motion – Port Botany:

Before: 25% Axle Group Offences /

15% Gross Mass Offences

After: 12% Axle Group Offences /

2% Gross Mass Offences

Added costs of handling

How effective will SOLAS

amendments be in changing

export country behaviour?

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Unpacking / Packing Safety

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Unpacking / Packing Safety

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Safe Work NSW

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Bridge / Tunnel Strikes: Ouch!

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Tunnel Strike – Double Ouch!

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Reach Stacker Licencing

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

Container Safety (CoR) Code?

Is there a desire for a formal Container

Safety (CoR) Code?

Sit under the National Logistics Safety

Code – ALC?

Container Logistics Chain – Complex /

More Players / No Market Dominance

Port of Brisbane Code of Conduct

Would it help to meet regulatory

obligations & improve safety?

Audit Regime / Cost

Would it be recognised formally by

Authorities / Courts?

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

What About the Twist Locks!

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA)

What About the Twist Locks!