Exis Technologies launches screening tool for misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods

Exis Technologies has launched Hazcheck Detect, a cargo screening tool to detect misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods in containerised shipments, with Maersk the first customer signed up to the solution.

Parent company, the New York-based National Cargo Bureau (NCB), published a white paper in July 2020, reporting that a recent Container Inspection Safety Initiative had found an alarming number of containers carried by sea include misdeclared dangerous cargoes that represent a serious safety risk to crew, vessel and the environment.

The inspection initiative showed that 55% of containers were non-compliant with 43% failing to secure dangerous goods correctly within the container itself. Approximately 6.5% of containers carrying dangerous cargoes had been misdeclared.