Check a dangerous goods shipment’s declarations and documents against the carriage rules
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the dangerous goods declaration, packing certificate, booking and stowage information, extract each consignment’s UN number, proper shipping name, class, packing group, quantity and marine pollutant status into a table and flag mismatches between the documents and any missing particulars.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer, with the client’s dangerous goods specialist, confirms each classification against the current IMDG Code edition, decides how to correct any mismatch before loading or after an incident, and advises on reporting where an incident has occurred.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the dangerous goods declaration, packing certificate, booking and stowage information, extract each consignment’s UN number, proper shipping name, class, packing group, quantity and marine pollutant status into a table and flag mismatches between the documents and any missing particulars. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm which IMDG Code edition and Marine Order version apply on the shipment date.
- Check each particular against the declaration and the packing certificate.
- Confirm incident reporting obligations if goods have been involved in an incident.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dangerous goods documents before loading | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist of the notices and documents in Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) 2017 for a shipment, from the document of compliance through to the special list and an incident report. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- AMSA, Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.