美国和加拿大当局在之前几周内拦截了多艘商船，原因是在船舶上层建筑或货物中发现活的亚洲舞毒蛾卵块。面对过去几周的拦截情况，美国和加拿大检验机构不得不提高警惕。
据悉，今年船舶在某些港口进行离港检验时，有大量成年亚洲舞毒蛾在港口区域飞行。检验证书表明大量卵块已被清除，另据船员报告，检验之后又有成百上千的卵块被清除。某些情况下，证书于船舶离港多日前签发，这可能会导致虫害再次蔓延。
目前北美正面临虫害传播的巨大风险，美国和加拿大要求被感染的船舶到公海进行清洗，或改航到美国或者加拿大以外的港口。由此，货物装卸作业和常规清除作业可能导致船舶产生严重的迟延，并导致航运公司及相关方收入的损失，船舶不能进行货物作业，错失货运合同，或遭遇严重的计划延迟。
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Asian Gypsy Moth – Urgent
In the past several weeks United States and Canadian authorities have intercepted a large number of commercial marine vessels with live Asian gypsy moth (AGM) egg masses on the superstructures of ships and cargo. The pace of these interceptions during the past few weeks is alarming to US and Canadian inspection agencies.
We are receiving information that this year high numbers of AGM adults are flying in some port areas at time of pre-departure inspections. Inspection certificates indicate large numbers of egg masses have been removed and crews report removing hundreds of egg masses post certification. In some cases, certification is issued many days prior to ship departure allowing for reinfestation.
These events pose high risks for spreading this pest in North American and require that infested vessels be ordered into international waters for cleaning or to be rerouted to ports outside the United States and Canada. In all cases, delays in cargo loading or discharging activities and in routine clearance have been significant and result in the loss of revenue to the shipping line and associated parties. The vessels are unable to conduct cargo operations, miss cargo charters, and experience significant schedule delays.
See attached file : Asian Gypsy Moth Update.pdf
