TT Club White papers
Working extensively with partners in the Cargo Integrity Group (COA, GSF, ICHCA, TT Club & WSC), we have compiled ‘CTU Code – a quick guide’ as a route-map for the broad industry to engage more successfully with the CTU Code and to assist wider understanding of good packing practices. Using diagrams aimed to clarify the entire process and icons to emphasise key do’s and don’ts, the condensed text follows the end-to-end cargo packing process, in much the same way as the CTU Code itself, with appropriate references to the full Code.
Insurers TT Club and UK P&I Club have teamed up with scientific consultants, Brookes Bell, and issued a whitepaper highlighting the continuing safety threat created by the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. Recognising the various challenges presented by Li-ion batteries, the topics covered in this paper include background science on Li-ion batteries, the dangers associated with transporting them and why they arise, battery testing and correct declaration. The paper also provides a review of current dangerous goods (DG) regulatory provisions, focusing on the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, with recommendations for change or further work. The final section of the paper discusses the current state of the firefighting provision and changes that could be implemented.
This report highlights the cargo crime trends that characterized 2022 supply chains and simultaneously provides organizations with mitigation recommendations to combat these threats to better anticipate emerging threats in 2023. BSI and TT Club have identified themes to better capture the 2022 risk environment and define how they will likely manifest in 2023 – how crime patterns have shifted as criminals adapt to inflation, lessened port congestion, an evolving logistics landscape, and new fraudulent methods to tamper with and steal cargo.