TT Talk Edition 92 - 24/11/2006
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Understand UNCITRAL’s efforts to digitise negotiable cargo documents, aiming to enhance security and efficiency in international trade.
TT Club’s celebrated advocate to the cause of risk mitigation and safety in the freight industry, Peregrine Storrs-Fox has stepped down as the mutual’s Risk Management Director and now takes on a consultancy role to further offer his expertise to TT’s membership and the industry at large.
The ecological harm caused by the transportation and discharge of contaminated ballast water is an important risk to consider for those responsible for port environments
The phenomenon of defendants facing the prospect of excessively high awards – known as ‘nuclear verdicts’ – against them in litigation, particularly in state courts in the US, appears to be happening with increasing frequency