Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) - Bangladesh (Ratification: 1972)

1. For a number of years the Committee has been drawing the attention of the Government to the absence of national legislative provisions to ensure the application of the Convention in the port of Chalna and the inland ports. Article 59 of the law of 1890 contains the only provision likely to give effect to the Convention, but it applies only to the port of Chittagong and to seagoing vessels.

The Committee notes with interest the statement of the Government in its last report that the necessary measures have been taken to extend the regulations on the marking of heavy packages to all ports, Chalna included. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would communicate a copy of the provisions adopted to this effect.

2. The Committee refers once again to the general observation which was formulated in 1987 with a view to obtaining detailed information on the manner in which the Convention is applied to containers in national legislation and in practice, and on all difficulties encountered in this respect. It would be grateful if the Government would supply this information in its next report. [The Government is requested to send a detailed report for the period ending 30 June 1990.]