TT Club addresses key issues ahead of a key IMO safety sub-committee
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 explores the risks of contracting on full liability terms
TT Club endorses an important warehouse whitepaper on 'storage and handling of Dangerous Goods in preparation for, or after, sea-transport' issued by four industry organisations.
When containers are in short supply, supply chain actors may take a more lenient approach to container inspection
TT Talk - Keeping boxing clever
18/01/2022
TT Club looks at how advances could be made in the design of the standardised freight container
Advocating the use of simulators for training operators of cargo handling equipment as an essential tool in the container terminal training armoury.
TT Talk - Traffic management saves lives
07/12/2021
The marine container terminal is a critical transfer point of intermodal trade
TT Talk - Safety in abnormal conditions
02/11/2021
TT explore the the effect that delays caused by recent supply chain stress can have on particular cargoes and dangerous goods
TT Talk - Changing climatic risk
05/10/2021
Find out how changing climatic risks and extreme weather events can impact your insurance cover and validity of claims