# EV Shipping Risks

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ev-shipping-risks/71406>\
**Category:** Marine Safety\
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ev-shipping-risks/71406 "2024-12-19T14:36:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Boebert1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/earl_boebert1/32/116_2.png) [@Earl\_Boebert1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Earl_Boebert1)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ev-shipping-risks/71406/1 "2024-12-19T14:36:37Z")

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Some unknown containership crew dodged a bullet on this one:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/8/5/8509b6aadd756273340d7bf8633f00fcb6c41170.jpeg "Port of Miami Explosion Update: New Details!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIc_XUPkVLs)

The guy’s pushing his product, but no reason to disbelieve what he is saying.

Earl

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**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ev-shipping-risks/71406/2 "2024-12-19T18:21:49Z")

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It sounds like the container would have been loaded on a ship without a DG declaration.  
It would have caused some head scratching if it had combusted in a hold with the subsequent destruction of what caused the explosion.

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**Author:** ![Hornblower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Hornblower](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hornblower)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ev-shipping-risks/71406/3 "2024-12-19T21:24:40Z")

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Oh Lordy, mis-declared DG on a box boat; when has that ever happened before?

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**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ev-shipping-risks/71406/4 "2024-12-20T00:07:42Z")

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It’s an outcome I have come to expect when loading containers out of 3rd world ports. I would of thought that the litigious nature of doing business in the US would have put the brakes on stuff like this.