Members will be aware of the Association’s previous cautions and advices in respect of iron ore cargoes and the risk of liquefaction, and in particular the previous incidents arising from shipments out of India. While Indian shipments dropped off significantly following the incidents, in part due to Government export restrictions, recently there has been renewed activity in India which may see a renewed increased level of shipments of this cargo. The Association would therefore repeat its previous advices and cautions. It is, however, not just in India where cargoes have been laden which came with the potential risk of liquefaction. With thanks to Messrs. SEAsia P&I Services, the Association would like to alert Members to the risk of liquefaction of iron ore cargoes originating from the Philippines. This follows a recent serious matter that SEAsia P&I attended to, and which merits further attention. Iron ore cargo from the Philippines tendered as category “C” under IMSBC Miss-declaration of cargoes prone to liquefaction is a common and very serious risk for vessels In this particular case the master was able to take pictures of the stockpiles of cargo that were due to be loaded on to his vessel, and which the shippers had declared as a category “C” cargo under the IMSBC. The photos showed the cargo to be seriously waterlogged, but the shipper provided a certificate said to originate from a laboratory in a 3 rd  party country (where there is suitable testing infrastructure) showing a moisture content that was improbably low compared to the actual cargo state. Furthermore no FMP (Flow Moisture Point) or TML (Transportable Moisture Limit) details were provided, which cast further doubt on the veracity of the certificate. The categorisation of the cargo by the shipper as “C”, in this case, of course meant that they believed that they did not have to provide FMP or TML information, which of course is required in case of category “A” cargoes. Such further inf