Insurance and risk management firm TT Club says “Book it right and pack it tight” provides guidance for preparing unitized consignments of dangerous goods for carriage by sea.
“The X-Press Pearl’s sad fate is the latest in a disappointing recent and persistent catalog of container ship fires,” says the TT Club.
Cheng Cheng-Mount was appointed to the Taiwanese carrier’s board in 2018.
Campaign to end cargo-related accidents continues with flow of information in multiple languages.
Litigious society wants someone to pay for coronavirus-related business losses
Global maritime insurer promotes international adoption of container packing and declaration practices to reduce losses.
Competiton regulations prevent container shipping lines discussing individual cargo owners between themselves, but this regulation may prevent the lines from warning each other about the potential dangers of a cargo. Its time for a change in the rules some say.
