Traduction de «manifeste de cargaison dangereuse » (Français → Anglais) :

Vehicle transporting dangerous cargo other than explosive or water-polluting loads.

compliance with international instruments concerning transport safety of dangerous goods, particularly the SOLAS and the Chicago Conventions, to demonstrate that effective checks on maritime and air transports of dangerous goods are actually carried out.

Neither the international regime for the civil liability and compensation of oil pollution nor that relating to pollution by other hazardous or noxious substances provides sufficient dissuasive effects to discourage the parties involved in the transport of hazardous cargoes by sea from engaging in substandard practices; the required dissuasive effects can only be achieved through the introduction of penalties applying to any person who causes or contributes to marine pollution; penalties should be applicable not only to the shipowner or the master of the ship, but also the owner of the cargo, the classification society or any other per ...[+++]son involved.

At the end of August 2002, the US Customs Service announced a proposal for an amendment to US Customs regulations which would require carriers to provide US Customs with cargo manifest information 24 hours before the related cargo is loaded on board a vessel, destined for the United States, at the foreign port.

(a) the correct technical names of the dangerous or polluting goods, the United Nations (UN) numbers where they exist, the IMO hazard classes in accordance with the IMDG, IBC and IGC Codes and, where appropriate, the class of the ship needed for INF cargoes as defined in Regulation VII/14.2, the quantities of such goods and, if they are being carried in cargo transport units other than tanks, the identification number thereof.

I cannot say that the Americans do not ask for one or another of them, but the importer will now have to provide information on fumigation; on special handling, which could be for a particular type of product; on dangerous cargo, which seems reasonable—again, dangerous cargo can be soap or anything else; and finally information will have to be provided on the manufacture itself, which can be really difficult if you have a manufactured good that has all kinds of different elements to it.