TT Talk - Keep it cool
06/06/2023
Technological advances in digitalisation of process, telematics and smart containers provide opportunities to mitigate risk for the temperature controlled supply chain. However, much still relies on human intervention – and that is the aspect that TT’s claims experience suggests continues to produce losses.
Good housekeeping extends beyond simple cleanliness, this article discusses how good housekeeping controls, reduces or eliminates workplace hazards.
TT Talk - What can we get out of a box?
10/01/2023
Read about how innovators seek to digitalise containers with geo-locator tools and the possible results that could be attained in reducing safety risks in the supply chain.
Read more about how transport and logistics insurer, TT Club, advises on container utilisation
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.
TT Talk - Storm preparedness
17/05/2022
TT Club offers risk guidance advice in relation to quay container crane maintenance and changing climatic risk.
TT Talk - Containers in a storm
17/05/2022
TT Club looks at recent storm events to draw risk guidance from ports and shipping container terminals
TT Talk - Lithium complexities
08/02/2022
Exploring the complexities of dangerous goods classification for the transport of lithium batteries
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.