TT Club looks at recent storm events to draw risk guidance from ports and shipping container terminals

An update, following appeal, concerning the ancient principles of general average (GA).

TT Club offers risk guidance advice in relation to quay container crane maintenance and changing climatic risk.

Joint report of 2021 global cargo theft trends finds shift in emphasis from risk of in-transit, vehicle- based attacks to losses while cargo is at-rest -- storage locations are critical at risk areas. Widespread congestion at ports and inland facilities lead to increased opportunity for thieves during the period

BSI, TT Club and TAPA EMEA co-author this report to educate the transportation and manufacturing sectors about the dynamic cargo theft risks present across the globe.

The associated losses of such incidents can be far reaching; water is unforgiving and has the ability to penetrate and damage just about any area or commodity. Flood water is inevitably dirty, which increases the likelihood of damage. Additionally, in many cases where local sewers have been flooded the water can be unsanitary which further elevates the seriousness of the damage and the risk to health.

Shipping Australia is pleased to announce that it will be convening a webinar on the wreck removal convention (known as the The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (2007) or "the Nairobi Convention").