The Group publish updates to their container safety guidance to ensure increased integrity in the global supply chain

Global trade requires goods to circumnavigate the globe through different climatic zones, predominantly involving sea carriage. The standard general purpose freight container, while effective at protecting the cargo within, is unable to prevent the effects of ambient temperature fluctuations and the resultant condensation that this might cause in connection with certain cargo types.

Read more about the progress in dangerous good regulations ten years on from the MSC Flaminia disaster.

TT Club looks at how advances could be made in the design of the standardised freight container

When containers are in short supply, supply chain actors may take a more lenient approach to container inspection

Packing a container at night under bright lights can attract unwanted insects that can then be transported across the globe.

TT Club calls for intrusive inspections of import and export freight to counter the risk of invasive pests

Read about the risks of transporting bulk grain in containers from bodily injury, to contamination, to damage to the container itself

Global transport and logistics insurer TT Club discusses safe packing practices and its work to promote the use of the CTU Code

International freight transport and logistics insurer TT Club wants cargo owners to be more aware of safety issues arising from poorly packed containers and misdeclared goods