TT Talk - Container safety at sea
Our colleagues at the UK P&I Club have recently published edition No. 7 in their loss-prevention series "Carefully to Carry". It looks at the problems encountered in shipping containers - particularly the stresses caused to stacks in heavy seas - and contains much useful advice on lashing and securing systems. It also considers the difficulties that arise when the careful vessel planning is disrupted because a heavily loaded container - planned for a lower tier - arrives late and therefore has to be stowed higher up than is really advisable.
Non-vessel-operators will also find items of interest: the problems of shipping thiourea dioxide and the risks associated with the carriage of apparently innocuous expandable polymeric beads are discussed; and the editors also provide useful information about the carriage of pharmaceuticals in temperaturecontrolled conditions.
Tags
You may also be interested in:
Upcoming conference: Lithium-ion Batteries in the Logistics Supply Chain
TT Club and TAPA EMEA launch their 'Young Supply Chain Resilience Professional of the Year' award.
This article looks at freight crime in its simplest form
We have announced two new appointments to senior positions as part of our planned succession programme.