Air Niugini offers dangerous goods training

Air Niugini is now offering training on international maritime dangerous goods to clients in the maritime industry.
The training is recognised by the National Maritime Safety Authority (NMSA) as the national regulator, under the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) requirements.
Marine dangerous goods are hazardous materials which endanger marine life.
Air Niugini non-technical training instructor Martin Tugano said the training was vital because it assisted shore-based personnel (freight forwarders, shippers, packers), stevedores and deck officers in knowing the types of dangerous goods being shipped and how they were packed, marked, labelled, segregated and loaded onto the ship.
Seven officers from Express Freight Management, Origin Energy, Hombinmbo Investment Ltd and NMSA took part in the training.
“The training also provides precautions that apply to dangerous goods or chemicals being carried by sea,” Tugno said. “These precautions are necessary so that any risk to the ship and its crew, posed by dangerous goods are eliminated or minimised.”