TT Talk Edition 102 - 15/10/2007

When containers are in short supply, supply chain actors may take a more lenient approach to container inspection

TT Club looks at how advances could be made in the design of the standardised freight container

TT Club has previously reported on incident experience whereby containers have dropped from lifting equipment during handling operations. Recurrence appears, as previously, to have nothing to do with the intrinsic quality of the corner castings. The reliability of the lifting process is critical.

Read more about how current container supply imbalance could impact the cargo-worthiness of shipping containers in the international supply chain