To ensure the highest level of security measures in handling Battery Electric Vehicles in maritime transport, ECG publishes recommendations based on the good practices from individual carriers.
The manual is the result of a sub-group of the ECG Quality Group, where shipping lines cooperated to bring together knowledge for the improvement of safety in maritime transport regarding the handling of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) on board vessels.
“On the internet, a wide range of recommendations circulate regarding the management of alternatively powered vehicles, which are often difficult to apply in specific work environments such as ship decks or routes requiring multiple loading/unloading ports with separately managed flows,” says Girolamo Carignani, Head of the Quality & Damage Prevention department of the Grimaldi Group who was behind the creation of the dedicated group. “Given the lack of detailed regulations issued by internationally recognized bodies concerning the handling of electric vehicles throughout the entire logistics chain, it was considered useful to compare the ‘best practices’ independently implemented by individual ocean carriers, with the aim of summarizing them in a single document for the benefit of ECG members and authorities.” (....)