The BIMCO secretariat understands from a recent UK P&I report that there are risks of liquefaction involved with the loading of iron ore fines coming from Sierra Leone and ships arriving at port of Pepel are to be cautioned.
Hence, members intending to fix shipments of iron ore fines at Sierra Leone should be put on an alert due to the following increasing concerns raised by the said report :
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