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Important! New MSDS regulations for shipping companies, customers are responsible for classifying dangerous goods, and all consequences are borne by the customer.
Mar 07,2025
The shipping circle has recently been "blown up" by a heavy new regulation of Maersk - the introduction of new regulations for MSDS audit, It suddenly became the focus of the industry. This is not just a simple adjustment, but behind it is a major shift in the responsibility of dangerous goods identification, which directly affects the vital interests of shippers and shippers, and every detail cannot be underestimated.
In the past, the owner and the forwarder sent the MSDS to the Maersk customer service or query team, waiting for the shipping company to help verify whether the goods were dangerous or dangerous, which was a worry, but there were many hidden dangers.
Now Maersk's new rules are a resounding affirmation: according to international maritime dangerous goods rules, the "heavy burden" of properly classifying goods rests firmly on the shoulder of the shipper (that is, the owner). In order to ship, dangerous goods must be transported in a manner that includes such items as correct shipping name, category, United Nations number, packing group, and special handling points.
Over the years, underreporting of dangerous goods has been like a "time bomb," which from time to time "exploded" on maritime shipping routes, and ship companies have been tormented to death, and penalties have been increased. As a maritime giant and industry leader, Maersk has established the new regulations, the wind-indicator effect has become apparent, and other shipping companies are likely to follow the wind, and a storm of reshaping industry standards is brewing.
The new regulations are implemented to provide "multiple insurance" for the safety of maritime transport, which completely assigns the responsibility of declaring dangerous goods to the shipper's territory, and declares a new chapter in the international rules for the carriage of dangerous good products.
In this change, both the supply chain and the downstream must be "moved": shippers must improve their knowledge of hazardous chemicals identification and learn to "eye for fire." Shipping agents cannot remain idle, but professional consulting services must be upgraded, third-party inspection agencies must be introduced, and the safety of goods must be further enhanced. Looking at it from a broader perspective, the entire industry will become a "test field" for scientific and technological innovation. AI intelligent classification will accurately "take the pulse" of cargo risks, blockchain tracing will track the whole process, and the transportation of hazardous goods will change from "filling holes" to "preventing risks" in advance.
Maersk's new rules are like a key to ushering in a new era of global maritime safety regulation: the division of responsibilities is clear, and the technology enables stability.
Here, I solemnly remind all cargo owners and friends that dangerous goods declaration is no joke. We must be very careful, check more than once, and don't let the goods "go into distress" at sea and make the business "overboard" due to a momentary negligence. Keeping up with the new regulations and shipping in accordance with the regulations is the right way to sail.
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