Congestion at box ports still plaguing Europe's inland waterways
Worsening weather can wreak havoc on inland container networks across northern Europe, leading to surcharges, ...
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The rise in major incidents involving hazardous ocean cargo and growing concerns about danger to aircraft and flight crews from dangerous goods – especially improperly declared shipments – is a major concern for operators and the transport industry overall.
Insurers might be worried, but structural changes to the insurance market mean they do not anticipate a rise in premiums in response, and they have called for training standards to be improved.
According to the UK P&I Club, 27% of incidents on cargo ships ...
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P Balasubramanian
November 30, 2016 at 3:15 pmThank you Ian for highlighting this since this topic needs repetition any number of times. As one closely associated with this subject, it is still amazing for me to note that Regulators are more keen on banning the ‘compliant’ ones rather than ‘primarily punishing the culprits’ at the beginning of supply chain in addition to ‘regular oversight’ and continuous outreach. This responsibility needs to be supported much more by all the regulators. The industry is already on this route. It takes two hands to clap!