16/11/2005
US President Harry S Truman famously had a sign on his desk that proclaimed "The Buck stops here". Iain Sharples of the Club's Sydney office reports that the Australian government is following that example and introducing legislation to make sure that responsibility for container overloading ends with the company that did it.
08/11/2005
The annual Asia Logistics Awards took place in Shanghai last week, with the leading transport insurance provider TT Club once again playing a central role.
31/10/2005
We are indebted to the Hazardous Technical Information Services (HTIS) bulletin issued by the Department of Defense in Washington DC for the news that convicted spies, traitors and murderers are no longer allowed to drive vehicles carrying hazardous materials in the USA. While it is unlikely that many people in these categories will be enjoying much freedom at all in the foreseeable future, let alone the freedom to drive vehicles, there is a serious point behind the new rules.
18/10/2005
Peter Jones reports a recent South African case on his Forwarderlaw website, where the issue was whether a company could rely on its trading conditions to limit or exclude liability for consignments stolen by its staff.
With only nine weeks left before Christmas stores in high streets and shopping malls are now well into the process of stocking up for the expected sales rush. Warehouses are beginning to fill up and greater amounts of consumer goods are on the move. While consumers are urged to start their shopping early to avoid the last-minute rush, so criminal gangs are also getting ready for their seasonal attacks on goods in transit.
We are grateful to Peter Quinter of the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff for drawing our attention to the decision of the US court of international trade in the case of United States v Pan Pacific Textile Group Inc.
02/10/2005
Ms Alicia Chin from Canada has been judged the 2005 winner of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year at this year's FIATA World Congress in Moscow. The prize, sponsored by TT Club together with FIATA and IATA, is worth in excess of US$35,000 to the winner.
30/09/2005
With effect from 1st October 2005, the Club's Network Partner in Taiwan is Taiwan Transport Insurance Services Ltd. (TTIS).
28/07/2005
We are indebted to our good friend Peter Jones, editor of the Forwarderlaw website, for the
05/07/2005
Speaking at the Terminal Operators' Conference TOC 2005 held recently in Antwerp, Belgium, Alan Wilkins - the Club's Business Development Director - highlighted the risks that transport companies are being increasingly asked to accept in the name of logistics and supply chain management.
28/06/2005
TT Club, the leading mutual insurance provider for the transport industry, has expressed renewed concern over continuing breaches of the International Maritime Organization's IMDG Code covering the carriage of dangerous goods. In an effort to improve the compliance ratio the Club has released the latest in its series of Stop Loss bulletins, focusing on the transport of packaged dangerous goods.
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