The perils of packing

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Now that the debate on verification of declared container weights appears to have run its course with the recent vote in the International Maritime Organization, attention is turning to the issue of how the goods in containers are packed, an issue that specialist freight insurer TT Club, writing in Hazardous Cargo Bulletin, believes could be more significant. Around 65% of its claims relate to damaged cargo, and of these, over 33% are the result of poor packing, a figure backed ...