TT Club, the specialist transport insurer, has called for the training of those handling dangerous goods on land prior to shipment by sea to be mandated under the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Name Change
08/07/2007
Following the recent TT Board meeting in Copenhagen
The TT Club is strongly urging container terminal operators to fit electronic sensor devices to quay crane booms to prevent them accidentally colliding with vessels during loading and unloading operations in port.
Customer Satisfaction Survey, next phase begins
The inability of ports in Europe, the US and elsewhere to keep pace with the relentless growth in Asian, especially China's, shipping facilities and overseas trade is already leading to increased personal injury and handling equipment incidents, the TT Club has warned.
Releasing its 2006 annual results at the end of March, transport insurance specialist TT Club revealed that its biggest single loss during the year had been a man-made one - the explosions and huge fire on board the Hyundai Fortune, in the Gulf of Aden on passage from the Far East to Europe.
TT Club names Huxley as EMEA sales director
03/04/2007
TT Club, the specialist transport insurance provider, has confirmed Andrew Huxley to the new position of Regional Sales Director based in London, where he will be responsible for developing business within Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Another positive year for TT Club in 2006
28/03/2007
TT Club today announced a third consecutive year of rising premium income and a fifth consecutive year of increasing net worth for its 2006 financial year, marking another year of solid performance.
The saga of the MSC Napoli, the 53,409 gross tons container ship that started taking in water in a January storm and now lies, deliberately beached, in Lyme Bay in Devon, has provoked a stream of unsettling images, emotionally-charged headlines and thousands of column inches of reporting and comment.
TT Club, the specialist transport insurance provider, has further strengthened its loss prevention team through the appointment of Laurence Jones to the new position of Manager Risk Assessment.
TT Club, the specialist transport insurance provider, has announced it will offer nuclear and bio-chemical terrorism cover, starting from 1st January 07, in an industry-leading initiative that recognises and responds to demands from the industry that it insures.