24/11/2006
The following article is taken from ForwarderLaw, the website edited by Peter Jones of Toronto, Canada.
26/09/2006
On 14 July 2006, the People's Republic of China ("PRC") and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR") signed an arrangement on reciprocal recognition and enforcement of each other's judgments in civil and commercial matters ("the Arrangement").
On Thursday 14 September, the US Senate voted without dissent to tighten security at American seaports by scanning nearly all incoming cargo for "dirty bombs" and other nuclear weapons.
From the end of this year, China's doors are fully opened to foreign investment in freight forwarding business, subject to satisfying capital requirements and other conditions.
14/09/2006
Dutch police sources have stated that poor document control, lax information security and failure to carry out proper procedures is contributing to the theft of whole trailer loads in the Netherlands.
Find out what you should do if the consignment you receive is in irregular or doubtful condition. Advice from transport and logistics insurer, TT Club.
11/07/2006
In a new service to the global transport & logistics, ports and marine industries, the TT Club has developed an "industry events" function on its website www.ttclub.com in order to provide a single point of reference for all major transport industry and marine insurance events, trade shows, exhibitions and conferences.
10/07/2006
In a speech to the Logistics Law seminar in London, Mike Foster Claims Director based in the Club's London office, has warned that logistics operators should make sure that their insurance cover is adequate. The reason for this, he explained, was that insurance providers are finding it difficult to keep up with the pace of change in terms of complexity of risk in the logistics and transport industry, and many are still basing their principal insurance product for this sector on a model of the freight forwarding industry that is up to thirty years old.
27/06/2006
Writing in Inbound Logistics magazine, our colleague Dan Negron in New Jersey reports on a recent appeal for help from a member in the United States. He was handling an importation of roof tiles for a client, but it had been held up by the Customs & Border Protection service. There was nothing wrong with the tiles themselves, but the wood used in the crates did not bear a "permanent and legible mark" that it had undergone appropriate treatment against infestation.
25/06/2006
TT Club, the leading transport insurance provider, has announced a number of management changes in its Asia-Pacific and Europe regions.
22/06/2006
THROUGH Transport Club, the international transport mutual, is aiming to increase the volume of insurance business with logistics and transport operators under its new four-year business plan.
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