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Almost 30% of incidents involving temperature-controlled freight were due to miscommunication of operational instructions while 23% were because of temperature setting errors, says freight transport insurer, TT Club.
Analysis of claims records over the past three years also showed that reefer equipment failure or damage accounted for a quarter of the claims.
TT continues in its attempts to minimise losses for both its Members and all those involved in the cool supply ...
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TT Club has appointed Abdul Fahl (pictured) as through transport management services (Gulf) director. An Arabic speaker and with a masters degree in maritime law, Fahl has been a claims executive and senior claims executive during his seven and a half year career at TT Club in London, and also ...
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Freight insurer TT Club has created a Motorway Buddy smartphone app that provides a range of information, including the location of over 300 recognised truck stop facilities across the UK.
Described as an established suite of products recognised by the UK government and trade organisations and a driver-friendly compliance and safety ...
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International freight insurer TT Club has set up a dedicated Coronavirus webpage, including risk briefings and alerts, as well as a set of frequently asked questions.
It says that the diverse governmental responses around the globe have created a variable demand for goods, complex regulatory structures, and significantly changed trade patterns.
The ...
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Insurance group the TT Club is warning of the risks from the accumulation of cargo in warehouses, port terminals and inland depots. These are primarily non-essential products, for which there is little demand as retail outlets are closed or supplies for production lines that are either static or at reduced ...
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Trucks continue to bear the brunt of cargo crime, says insurer the TT Club in its second annual report on worldwide cargo theft, published in conjunction with supply chain intelligence specialist, BSI.
Top commodities stolen were food and beverages representing 28% of all reported thefts in comparison with 19% in 2018.
TT ...
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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 TT Club has welcomed moves by a number of container lines to discourage shippers from mis-declaring hazardous cargoes, following a spate of container ship fires in recent months.
The international transport insurer says it has growing concerns about the lax cargo packing practices and erroneous, sometimes fraudulent, declaration of cargoes. ...
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The TT Club will be taking its safer shipping message to the Global Liner Shipping Conference in Hamburg on 14-15 May.
It will continue its mission to improve the poor safety conditions that afflict the shipping of hazardous materials with the Club’s risk management director, Peregrine Storrs-Fox joining with global law ...
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TT Club has appointed Andrew Peers as senior underwriter for its UK, Benelux and Nordic team. He joins the Club from RSA, where he spent 17 years and led a team of 12 marine liability and marine property insurance underwriters.
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