Safety is a key factor of sustainability.

No port can grow sustainably with costly accidents creating claims and driving up insurance premiums. Recent events suggest that windstorms and extreme weather events are becoming less predictable, more severe and affecting areas previously considered low risk. 

Ensuring your port operations are safe and secure should be top priority. Here we aim to cover all aspects of port and terminal safety including quay crane risks, climatic risks, due diligence and contractual challenges, cargo theft and damage, misdeclaration, fire safety and much more.

However, if you have any concerns that are not covered here, you can always submit an enquiry on the right or email us at riskmanagement@ttclub.com.

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WEBINAR | Port and terminal risks: quay container cranes

Quay container crane accidents are the biggest cause of insurance claims for TT Club's port and terminal Members. As the impacts of climate change become more prominent, extreme weather events are occurring more frequently, increasing the risk of quay crane collapses. Such incidents can be extremely costly with damage to equipment, disruption or reduction in operations and, at worst, loss of life.

Port-safety news & insights

TT Club looks at recent storm events to draw risk guidance from ports and shipping container terminals

TT Club offers risk guidance advice in relation to quay container crane maintenance and changing climatic risk.

Climate change is already exposing ports to more extreme weather occurrences, and these can cause millions in damage, repairs and downtime. Today, ports are taking note of climate change, but many are still deciding what to do about it.

Freight transport and logistics insurance specialist TT Club's analysis of weather-related risk highlights water damage to cargoes in particular.

Advocating the use of simulators for training operators of cargo handling equipment as an essential tool in the container terminal training armoury.

The marine container terminal is a critical transfer point of intermodal trade

Industry experts discuss the risk and safety issues affecting bulk terminal operators

Find out how changing climatic risks and extreme weather events can impact your insurance cover and validity of claims

Port safety publications

This bulletin considers all aspects of supply chain security, highlighting TT Club claims statistics along with a range of other industry data.

This bulletin considers all aspects of supply chain security, highlighting TT Club claims statistics along with a range of other industry data.

Guidance on packing dangerous goods for carriage by sea - IMDG code amendment 40-20

Guidance for port and terminal operators, freight forwarders and logistics operators dealing with issues of abandoned cargo and the associated risks around dangerous goods

Whatever the event, everyone involved wants it to be a success and that the public will enjoy it in safety and comfort.

PEMA, TT Club, and ICHCA International have pooled resources to make available information to promote collision prevention.

This paper covers the main recommended safety features for quay container cranes that are not specifically described in national or international standards.

These 'Supplementary Industry FAQS' have been compiled in response to questions that have been raised by the industry in relation to the revised SOLAS regulation requiring 'verified gross mass of packed containers'.

Ports & terminals cover

No two ports or terminals are the same, which is why we tailor-make policies to reflect the risks you face.

As well as port liability risks, TT Club cover can be tailored to address the combination of commercial and environmental risks faced by port authorities and terminal operators.