TT Club, the insurance specialist serving the global freight industry, continues to support innovation in the logistics sector.
TT Club, the insurance specialist serving the global freight industry, continues to support innovation in the logistics sector.<s></s>
In a speech to be given at the TOC Container Supply Chain: Middle East Conference on 9th December, Andrew Kemp, Regional Director EMEA of the freight transport insurance specialist TT Club will warn of the additional liability that freight forwarders and other logistics operators are open to as a consequence of dynamic changes in global trade.
82% of insurance claims related to cargo handling at ports are the result of operational shortcomings or poor equipment maintenance. This revealing statistic was presented by TT Club's Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, Phillip Emmanuel as he addressed representatives of South Asian ports at an industry conference in Mumbai last week.
Press Release: Success of CINS Initiative Recognised with Corporate Social Responsibility Award
28/10/2013
The TT Club is delighted to congratulate the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) on being presented with this year's Containerisation International Award for Corporate Social Responsibility at a ceremony in London yesterday.
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.
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)
Speaking this week at the industry forum, ASEAN Ports and Shipping in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, TT Club's Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Phillip Emmanuel, showed evidence that a very high percentage of the insurer's claims were due to some kind of operational error. The vast majority could have been avoided through good management practice. Emmanuel highlighted the main areas of concentrated risk and presented effective recommendations to minimise these incidents.