Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

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

Article 1(1) of the Convention

1. The Committee notes from the Government's latest report that under section 59 of the General Rules and Schedules for working of the Chittagong Port, "packages, weighing one ton or over, tendered for shipment at the Chittagong Jetties on seagoing vessels will not be accepted unless the gross weight of such packages is legibly and durably marked on them by the shipper or sender beforehand", and that the Government has directed the authority in Mongla Port to incorporate similar provisions in the Port Regulations, which are under revision. The Committee hopes that copies of the revised provisions of Chittagong and Mongla Port authority will be sent to the ILO as soon as they are published.

2. Recalling the Government's earlier indications that no package exceeding 1,000 kg was transported through the port of Chalna and the other ports of inland navigation, and that it was therefore not necessary to adopt special regulations under the Convention for packages transported by inland waterways, the Committee hopes that the Government, in its future reports, will indicate any new developments in this regard.