According to a report by the Yangtze River Administration, the Hua An Ji<\/i> barge was reportedly boarded at Wuhan Yangluo terminal in April for a routine inspection. But safety officials found fake documents \u2013 permits for shipping dangerous goods and special qualifications for crew members \u2013 during the exercise. Another fake document gave permission for the barge to carry more containers that it was designed for.<\/p>\n
The barge\u2019s logbook showed that the fake documentation was used three times on the Wuhan-Shanghai route this year.<\/p>\n
David Lammie, director, Yangtze Business Services Ltd, said to Port Strategy<\/i>: \u201cWe don\u2019t have a feel for how common this might be since we haven\u2019t done any studies on the matter, though we might in future.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, many experts believe that shipping dangerous cargo is currently the most profitable business on the Yangtze because price wars among barge operators have squeezed profits.<\/p>\n
Mr Lammie added: \u201cThe price wars have impacted containerised rates for non-DG cargo, making DG cargo relatively profitable. That is just a supply and demand thing and presumably market forces should in theory at least lead to a correction, if not in the short term.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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