Enhancing the safety of dangerous goods shipments

TT Club’s MD loss prevention, Mike Yarwood, outlines crucial changes to IMDG Code regulations coming into force. In particular, he highlights the ongoing conundrum of how to safely declare various ...

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News / The rising role of organised crime as cargo thefts and losses rocket

The number of cargo thefts in North America rose by 27% last year. Data from freight ...

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Safety & Security / Cargo theft: beware the threats from within

In today’s interconnected world, the threat landscape for businesses has evolved significantly. One of the ...

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Jan 14, 2025• Comments•

Comment / Are UK businesses ready for safety and security declarations for EU imports?

Alex Pienaar, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) director of customs policy & strategy, explains what ...

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Jan 10, 2025• Comments•

People / Peregrine Storrs-Fox moves to consultancy role after 40 years with TT Club

One of the supply chain industry’s most celebrated advocates of safety issues, the TT Club’s ...

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News / Hyundai deploys fire-fighting tech to combat risk from lithium batteries

Hyundai Glovis has designed a device for its car-carrier fleet to suppress fires that break ...

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Nov 7, 2024• Comments•

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Electronic negotiable cargo documents – the UN’s solution

In 2019, the UNCITRAL secretariat began to work on an international instrument on negotiable cargo ...

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News / As 'gift' season looms, airlines must know exactly what cargo they are carrying

It’s not just the loss of taxes or the import of illegal substances that is ...

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News / Container explodes on Yang Ming box ship in Chinese port

This post was edited at 10am BST on 12 August to include comment from Yang ...

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Aug 9, 2024• Comments•

Safety & Security / The threat of fuel theft and how to combat it

Freight crime continues to present a major challenge to the supply chain industry. Perhaps the ...

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Aug 6, 2024• Comments•

News / Truck driver safety 'the prime objective' as cargo crime hits new heights

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has outlined security measures to increase truck driver safety ...

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Jul 11, 2024• Comments•

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Safety & Security / Strategies to prevent your containers 'going missing'

TT Club typically focuses on cargo theft when it considers supply chain security, but there ...

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Jul 2, 2024• Comments•

News / Risk from longer freight trains highlighted as NTSB sums up Ohio derailment

As US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) members gather in East Palestine, Ohio, today to ...

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News / Cargo Integrity Group reveals the most dangerous cargo found in containers

A list of 15 of the most dangerous cargo types commonly carried in containers has ...

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