Knowledge Store
Our knowledge store contains over 300 useful articles TT Club have published on risk management. You can search for information using the categories on the left such as 'Cargo' or 'Containers'. If you want more specific information you can use the Keywords or Document Type searches. The most recent publication will be displayed first. If you are looking for an earlier publication Date Posted will help locate it.
31/05/2011 -
It is important for carriers, forwarders and other intermediaries to understand the implications of the European Commission’s recent review of its Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Right when it comes to border procedures.
31/05/2011 -
New legislation: The UK’s new Bribery Act is tough on economic crime and it will impact any company with operations in the UK regardless of its country of domicile. In this article we consider these implications.
22/03/2011 -
Reefer containers are regularly found with a white powder on aluminium components. For many years there has been a debate: Is this caused by cleaning techniques and materials, or by the use of low quality alloys?
22/03/2011 -
A recent accident in which an empty freight container came away from a ship’s crane and came down ‘from a great height’ – fortunately without causing any injury – has re-ignited the whole issue of ships’ cranes.
04/03/2011 -
It can be difficult to have relevant perspective when developments inevitably take time to come to fruition, but the last six months has been quite remarkable in the maturing of safety awareness in the unit load industry. This is most welcome, since the Club has regularly, over the last decade and more, raised concerns from its claims experience relating to the correct stowage and securing within ‘cargo transport units’ (CTU), and declaration of weight and contents.
04/03/2011 -
Mike Compton, Technical Advisor to ICHCA International, provides the following commentary on the current IMO process.
04/03/2011 -
There is a separate initiative underway in the ILO to update the ‘IMO/ILO/UN ECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs)’ which were last reviewed in 1997. This further enhances safety and will assist in the process of ensuring that cargo is properly loaded and secured within CTUs.
17/02/2011 -
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) recently published its report into the loss of 31 20ft containers from the deck of ‘Pacific Adventurer’.
17/02/2011 -
Each year, the Federal Maritime Commission in the US receives a substantial number of complaints from individuals who have experienced various problems with their international household goods shipment.
