Cargo safety
Cargo ‘‘safety’’ refers to incidents that result in damage to the goods transported.
As in the ease of cargo security, the cargo safety performance of a ship is
expressed through an index combining the results of safety incidents with relevant
preventive measures. The crew- and port state control-related aspects of the index
are identical to those of the cargo security index discussed above. Furthermore, the
safety index depends on fire and explosion, navigational, equipment failure, and
cargo incidents, in addition to fatalities, injuries, lost workdays and safety defi-
ciencies recorded during external inspections of the ship.