TT Talk - Ship it, bill it and forget it?
17/12/2004
An increasingly regular occurrence in the Club's mail bag is the arrival of tales of woe from members who have found themselves faced with enormous bills for container detention or demurrage charges, quay rent and other similar costs.
Following the item in TT Talk No. 53 about vertical tandem lifting, Andrew Kemp in the Club's Singapore office draws our attention to the imminent arrival of a crane that can lift two 40' units simultaneously.
TT Club Customer Satisfaction Survey
15/12/2004
The December issue of House to House (h2h) includes a summary of the results of this ongoing project. For more details
TT Talk Edition 57 - 23/11/2004
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.
TT Talk - Don't hit bridges!
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.
TT Talk Edition 56 - 10/11/2004
10/11/2004
1. Mind the bridge!
TT Talk - Consumer goods moving too fast
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.
TT Talk Edition 55 - 20/10/2004
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.