08/07/2007
Following the recent TT Board meeting in Copenhagen
05/07/2007
A remarkable aspect in MSC v Trafigura Beheer (discussed in item 2, just above) was, in the words of Aikens J, the 'international conspiracy' to steal the 18 containers.
As TT Talk goes to press, there are reports of another container, allegedly laden with pesticides, exploding. The Club has frequently highlighted the risks arising from errors throughout the supply chain from manufacture through packing and labelling to documentation.
The TT Club is strongly urging container terminal operators to fit electronic sensor devices to quay crane booms to prevent them accidentally colliding with vessels during loading and unloading operations in port.
02/07/2007
19/06/2007
Customer Satisfaction Survey, next phase begins
25/04/2007
Releasing its 2006 annual results at the end of March, transport insurance specialist TT Club revealed that its biggest single loss during the year had been a man-made one - the explosions and huge fire on board the Hyundai Fortune, in the Gulf of Aden on passage from the Far East to Europe.
The April 9 Edition of ForwarderLaw E-News carried an interesting article by Steve W. Block, entitled "Misleading Monikers of the Middleman". Steve Block is an attorney with the US firm of Betts Patterson and Mines, P.S based in Seattle. Extracts from the article are set out below. (For those not familiar with the slang word "Monickers", it means 'name' or 'title').
With effect from 6 April 2007, significant changes have been made to the Civil Procedure Rules in England. As a result, it is no longer necessary for a Defendant party to litigation, who wishes to protect his position in regard to costs, to make a payment into court under Part 36 - the relevant Rule.
03/04/2007
TT Club, the specialist transport insurance provider, has confirmed Andrew Huxley to the new position of Regional Sales Director based in London, where he will be responsible for developing business within Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
02/04/2007
Readers may be interested in the following article on this well-advertised casualty. The article appeared in the March 2007 edition of BIFALink, the monthly magazine published by the British International Freight Association.
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