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ICHCA International, RightShip and Brookes Bell are holding a free webinar entitled: ‘Information sharing to enhance port safety resilience and managing lithium battery risk on vessels’. The availability of effective information and risk evaluation models is key to managing port vessel interface risks and the partners promise “an innovative approach to this challenge”.
It takes place at: Tuesday 12 March at 14:00 GMT.
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/ubbwz3vw
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Australia-based digital maritime platform RightShip has joined the International Cargo Handling Organisation (ICHCA). The company provides expertise in global safety, sustainability, and social responsibility practices with a mission to drive operational improvements in the global shipping industry. It offers clients due diligence, environmental and inspection services to help them manage ...
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A group of freight industry bodies including insurers the TT Club, the Cargo Incident Notification System Network (CINS) and cargo handling organisation ICHCA have produced a series of guidelines for safe transport of Lithium-ion batteries in containers. Lithium-ion Batteries in Containers Guidelines (101.A) is intended as the first of a ...
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Global cargo handling association ICHCA International (ICHCA) has produced a whitepaper, Ammonium Nitrate Fire Risk on Board Ships. It outlines best practice on management of risk on vessels of the chemical’s peculiar reactions to heat and subsequent conflagration, as well as the nature of its decomposition which require precise specifications ...
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The International Chemical Transport Association (ICTA) has joined other industry stakeholders in endorsing the guidelines contained in the White Paper, ‘Safety Guidance for Dangerous Goods Storage and Handling Facilities’ published by a number of industry bodies in December last year.
Richard Steele, CEO of ICHCA – which helped produce the paper ...
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The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) has appointed Richard Steele as its new head of ICHCA International, taking over from Richard Brough from 1 July. He is a safety and skills professional and has been involved in the ports industry for over 21 years. He is currently the Chief Executive ...
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ICHCA (International Cargo Handling Coordination Association) and HSE's Science and Research Centre are hosting a collaborative workshop to develop a new industry-wide strategy to improve safety across the port sector.
This one day facilitated workshop, which will take place on 7 April at HSE's Science and Research Centre in Buxton, will form part of a larger ICHCA health and safety convention that includes the biannual meeting of the organization's Technical Panel on 8 April.
Chairman of ICHCA International, John Beckett said that while there had been ...
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Insurers the TT Club, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEM)
and cargo handling organisation ICHCA have produced an information paper
on preventing collisions at ports and terminals. They say that there is
increasing amount of non-contact technology that can dramatically
improve equipment safety and reduce risk associated with container
handling. However, many of these are ...
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The International Transport Workers’ Federation dockers’ section has joined the International Cargo Handling and Coordinating Association (ICHCA) to advance the rights and safety of workers globally. An ITF delegation recently attended ICHCA’s International 20/20 Cargo Vision Conference and Exhibition led by Steve Biggs from Unite the Union and Bob Dhaliwhal ...
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Cargo handling group ICHCA International is to set up working groups on Dangerous Goods, Digital & Innovation and Straddle Carrier Safety. The new groups will form part of the recently-renamed ICHCA Technical Panel (ITP), which next meets for on 18 April in The Hague, Netherlands.
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