The small test that can prevent a nickel ore tragedy

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The can test cannot replace laboratory analysis, but it can give crews an early warning that a seemingly solid cargo is dangerously wet. Captain Simon Hodgkinson, global head of loss prevention at West P&I, explains. This year’s Day of the Seafarer focused on seafarers carrying world trade but also arrying the risks. One risk is …