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15/12/2004
The December issue of House to House (h2h) includes a summary of the results of this ongoing project. For more details
23/11/2004
1. ISPS enforcement leaves bitter taste
TT Club, the transport insurance mutual association, has expressed concern at an apparently widespread lack of awareness of changes in the legal status of the International Maritime Organization's International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) and its implications.
At its recent biennial conference in Bangkok, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decided to place ramin (a south-east Asian tree that produces high-value timber) and agar wood (which produces "agar" oil) in Appendix II.
10/11/2004
One of the regular occurrences in the Club's claims-handling departments is the arrival of a bundle of documents, including photographs of a formerly rectangular container converted into a trapezoid shape.
10/11/2004
1. Mind the bridge!
19/10/2004
In the high pressure world of FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) consignments are often switched to new delivery points at the last minute, as the sales organisation tries to take advantage of sudden fluctuations in demand.
19/10/2004
1. Vertical tandem lifting: a clarification
In TT Talk No. 53 we wrote that vertical tandem lifting should only be used for handling empty containers, as the connecting locks were not designed to carry the weight of loaded containers.
21/09/2004
1. What is a package?
Iain Sharples from the Clubs office in Sydney reports on a recent case in which the Australian Federal Court had to consider the perennially contentious issue of what constitutes a package under the Hague-Visby rules. The case arose under the Australian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991, which broadly incorporates the Hague-Visby rules into Australian law.
07/09/2004
Our friends at Hazworld remind us of the dangers to workers that can arise from spillages and leakages of chemicals and point out that some of the nastiest chemicals have a lethal effect on humans at concentrations below levels at which they can be smelt.