Safety and the Environment

ICL has a strong commitment to the preservation of the environment and the handling of our customer's products in a safe, responsible manner. Since inception, we have never received a citation for the violation of any international, federal, or local regulation relating to safety, navigational law or the ocean transportation of hazardous materials.

Our ships crew, port operations personnel, sales, and customer service staffs have been trained, tested and certified under the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 33 and Title 49, and the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

ICL has established risk management standards that ensure the safe transport of our customers' goods. Therefore, we recognize that certain dangerous goods offered for ocean transport create potential hazards. Hence, ICL will not accept for carriage aboard our ships any hazardous materials falling under the classifications of explosives, poison gasses, radioactive materials, infectious substances, hazardous wastes, and other selected UN numbers within the other IMDG classes that ICL deems to pose a greater risk to safety.

Independent Container Line Ltd. (ICL) has developed a security plan that has been reviewed by US Customs C-TPAT. This plan includes:

  • Procedures for providing security training for hazmat employees and other relevant employees
    that focuses on the security issues associated with hazardous materials transportation.
  • An assessment of possible transportation security risks and appropriate measures to address the assessed risks.
  • Procedures to ensure personnel security, including measures to confirm the information provided by job applicants for positions involving access to and handling of hazardous materials.
  • Security measures implemented to address the risks associated with unauthorized persons gaining access to hazardous materials.
  • Procedures to assess the security risks that may occur in route from origin to destination.

ISO 9001:2008 certified

ICL is ISO 9001:2008 certified by Lloyd's Registry Quality Assurance. Included in the scope of our certification are the procedures governing all aspects of safety. Quality management is a driving force throughout our organization and ICL rigorously monitors the effectiveness of our safety procedures through a comprehensive set of metrics that are updated and reviewed monthly. In addition, shippers of hazardous commodities have conducted on-site reviews of our safety procedures to ensure that we meet the requirements of the Chemical Manufacturers Association. Click here to view the certificate.

 
Security Initiatives
To learn more about our security initiatives and industry specific concerns, please follow any of the links below to view our section of the website under Industry Information.

ICL Pandemic Attack Plans

AES Export Documentation
CBP Import Security Filing 10+2 Rule
HM-232
24 Hour Advance Manifest Rules
Bioterrorism Act

C-TPAT 

We at ICL take a serious approach to security. We will conform to any regulations that arise and will monitor on-going legislation. ICL received its certification in January 2003. Our SVI# is 'indSea00962'.  To obtain more information on this regulation, click on the link above.

To view our C-TPAT certificate, please click Here


High Security Bolt Seals

All containers stuffed by ICL must have a unique and verifiable high security bolt seal, meeting the criteria of ISO PAS 17712, affixed to it at all times during transport.

In compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) and C-TPAT regulations, ICL will recommend the use of high security bolt seals meeting the criteria of ISO PAS 17712

The security seal should be properly placed on the left locking bar on the right door or on a secure cam located on the bottom of the right door. The seal should be applied immediately after loading by a responsible party and the numbers should be recorded. The seal record should be maintained in a secure area for verification purposes. The intent is to keep the cargo secure throughout the supply chain. Seals numbers should be recorded when broken and any evidence of tampering should be reported.

If you have any questions or require more information please contact John Gillies, (804) 222-2220.

More information can be found: U.S. Customs & Border Protection's C-TPAT Importer Security Criteria
or www.ismasecurity.com/ISO+17712.

  

 

VOHMA

ICL is a charter member of the Vessel Operators Hazardous Materials Association (VOHMA) and uses VOHMA's Hazardous Materials training materials/ course to train our hazmat employees. The seminars and materials are among the best available in the industry. More information about the training offered by VOHMA is at their website:  http://www.vohma.com/

 
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