Cargo Incident Notification System
CINS · HQ Belgium · founded 2011 · ~40 members
Summary
Industry-wide cargo-incident data-sharing platform + expert panel. Not a certification body per se but the coordinating framework for container-cargo-incident investigation + response. Substantially expanded following the 2021 X-Press Pearl + 2020 Wakashio + 2019 Grande America fires.
Certification pathway
Membership is company-level (container-shipping operators). Surveyors work under member-company mandate.
Specialisations
- Container cargo incidents
- DG cargo misdeclaration
- Reefer failure
- Fire investigation
Typical client base
Container shipping lines, IUMI, terminals