At the invitation of Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen (Head of Cargo Management at Maersk Line), Peregrine Storrs-Fox, TT Club's Risk Management Director and Andrew Kemp, TT Club's EMEA Regional Director travelled to Copenhagen on the 24th September to have a tour aboard one of the new Triple E Class vessels - "Majestic Maersk".
The Majestic Maersk was in Copenhagen to be formally named by The Crown Princess of Denmark and is the second of the 20 new Triple E Class vessels to be brought into service by Maersk.
Over the course of three days 42,000 visitors toured the vessel.
Entries for the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award are gathering pace. Now in its second year, TT Club welcomes an extension to the deadline for entries recently announced by the organisers, to 20th July and calls for more organisations to be acclaimed as safety innovators.
Efforts to secure accurate container gross mass data continue following the SOLAS revision mandating verified gross mass for every packed unit having taken effect, but international freight transport insurer, TT Club is now calling for a concerted industry campaign to ensure good practice in all aspects of cargo care.
The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) latest meeting of the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC) takes place in London this week and the international freight insurance specialist, TT Club is calling for more urgent action on issues pertaining to the safety of container transport.
European Shipping Week will take place in Brussels from 27 February to 2 March and there delegates will focus on the correct packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs) and the safety issues that result from poor work practices.
