Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report including information regarding relevant legislation giving effect to the Convention as requested in the Committee’s previous comments.

2. Article 1 of the Convention. Marking of weight. The Committee notes that in the context of the application of this Article, the Government refers, inter alia, to the provisions in article 106.2 of the Code of Commercial Shipping adopted on 22 June 2001 which provide that “the obligation for having the loads marked shall fall on the consignor who shall submit to the carrier the detailed information about it” without further specification as to the scope of the obligation to have loads marked. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the obligation to mark loads consigned for shipping includes the marking of any package or object of 1,000 kilograms (one metric ton) or more gross weight as provided for in Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

3. With regard to the question of possible difficulties encountered in the application of the Convention in relation to modern methods of cargo handling, with particular reference to containers, the Committee requests the Government to refer to the general observation that it is making on the Convention at the present session.