20/08/2009
A Singapore based transport operator undertook to provide logistics services for a large German manufacturer. The agreement incorporated the German manufacturer's model contract, expressly excluded application of the operator's trading conditions and was subject to German law and jurisdiction.
02/08/2009
The TT Club's latest publication, a revised edition of its comprehensive risk mitigation guide for windstorms, offers marine and inland terminal operators valuable information and advice on how to minimise storm damage to their installations and customers' cargoes. This second edition has been developed and published jointly with ICHCA International.
27/07/2009
Readers of TT Talk and other TT publications will be familiar with the concerns expressed about the quality of declaration of cargo, particularly in the maritime part of the supply chain.
CBFCA, the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia Inc, has revised its 2006 conditions, creating the '2009 Terms and Conditions'.
According to Information Paper 40/2009 published by ICHCA International, security regulations for air and sea cargoes in the EU and US are being made increasingly strict.
'As highlighted in the article in TT Talk Edition 115, a key change in IMDG Code Amendment 34-08 is the new mandatory training requirements for shore side staff involved in the preparation, handling and transport of dangerous goods by sea. Accidents involving packaged dangerous goods continue to occur and this measure is seen as an important element in the wider programme of tackling this issue.
20/07/2009
The Club will help inform its Members on the implications of changes to international conventions at a series of seminars this autumn.
07/07/2009
Four regional finalists representing the future of the freight forwarding industry are preparing to travel to Geneva for the FIATA World Congress - 21st-25th September. The four, from South Africa, Mexico, Singapore and Germany, will each be hoping for selection as the overall Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year and a prize that includes hands-on training experience at one of TT Club's regional centres in London, Hong Kong or New Jersey.
02/07/2009
Transport & logistics insurer, TT Club, explains the process of "telex release' for freight forwarders in relation to bills of lading. Find out more.
On 11 June 2009 the 'Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network' came into force in Cambodia, China, India, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia and Tajikistan (another 15 countries are currently simply signatories).
15/06/2009
The other big issue in the Hong Kong case of Carewins v Bright Fortune Shipping was the carrier's attempt to exclude liability for misdelivery.
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