Press Release: TT Club Sees Latin American Trade Growth Creating Infrastructure Challenges
25/10/2013
Speaking at the recent TOC Americas Conference in Miami TT Club's Senior Underwriter, Dan Negron outlined his views on future Latin American trade growth and the pressures that this will create on the region's transport infrastructure.
TT Club at the 2013 FIATA World Congress
25/10/2013
The FIATA World Congress is an opportunity for learning and sharing of industry practice amongst logisticians from all over the world.
In early October the UAE's National Association of Forwarding and Logistics (NAFL) hosted a workshop for its members as part of its AGM proceedings. The group invited freight transport insurance specialist TT Club to present an overview of the risk profile that freight forwarders and logistics operators in the region are experiencing and the insurance cover available to mitigate such risk.
The 2013 Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award has been presented to German forwarder Janna Van Burgeler at a ceremony during the FIATA Congress in Singapore. (17 October, 2013)
Concerns over the availability of good quality boards for container flooring are rising. As a result there is increasing need for rigorous compliance with test procedures. There has been much international focus on the accuracy of gross mass of cargo, as well as correct weight distribution in the draft CTU Packing Code. The capability of container floors is a necessary part of the equation.
ICHCA International, the NGO association for the global cargo handling industry, will be hosting a practical seminar, 'Understanding the new IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs)', in London on 22 October. Held aboard HQS Wellington on the River Thames, the one-day event will focus on the new Code's terms, their potential impact, and how they will be enforced globally. More broadly, the seminar will address how in practical terms the industry can tackle the endemic problems currently caused by poor packing and securing of cargoes in containers, trailers and other transport units.
The Container Owners Association (COA) has now launched its 'COA Reefer Service Facility Directory', a database of reefer service companies. Shipping lines would be prudent to ensure that suppliers are properly listed and use those who confirm that they are carrying out gas bottle testing.
The Majestic Maersk
11/10/2013
A tour aboard one of the new Triple E Class vessels
Robin Travis Scholar 2013 Announced
07/10/2013
Johann von Rantzau has been selected as this year's Robin Travis Scholar following interviews of final candidates in Hamburg.
One aspect of the container weighing debate has concerned the way in which the port and terminal industry will participate. IAPH supported the proposed amendment to SOLAS, while terminals have sometimes seemed less enthusiastic. As the law comes into focus, what are the possible impacts for container terminals?
TT Talk - Verification of container weight: the starting gun has been primed - on your marks!
24/09/2013
On 20 September 2013, the IMO Sub-committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) agreed a revision to the SOLAS convention to mandate the verification of gross mass of containers prior to loading on board a ship. The Sub-committee also agreed accompanying guidelines, which cover what have emerged as the difficulties in implementing throughout the industry and the way in which the change can be enforced. This decision marks an important milestone in a debate that has been going on within the industry for many years and at IMO for the last six.