FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Plastic pellet pollution continues to raise concerns within the maritime sector, with incidents involving the loss of plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, highlighting the environmental risks associated with their transport. In response, India has introduced DGS Circular No. 19 of 2026, establishing specific requirements for the carriage of plastic pellets in freight containers. The move reflects growing recognition of nurdles as a distinct pollution risk requiring targeted measures to improve containment and reduce the likelihood of marine contamination. RelatedNews India mandates eNAVIK Portal for marine casualty reporting IMO revises guidelines on safety during abandon ship drills using lifeboats var jnews_module_21378280_0_6a58b1946d5ea = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378280","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"163,2553,1641,2339,115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image