TT Club and the other members of CINS have released joint guidelines around the safe transport of lithium-ion batteries.

TT Club, UK P&I Club and Brookes Bell have issued a whitepaper highlighting the continuing safety threat created by transportation of lithium-ion batteries.

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.

Advice for maintaining control How to completely remove invasive pests from the prior load that might be contaminated.

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