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World Shipping Council urges IMO to close lithium battery cargo loophole

freight_commodity_indices UTC: 2026-09-11 08:27:41

The World Shipping Council (WSC), liner shipping’s lobby group, is pressing governments to close what it describes as a dangerous loophole that allows containers packed with thousands of lithium batteries to move as ordinary cargo without carriers being told of the risk. The i...

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