TT Club has stressed the greater need for all players in the global supply chain to recognise their responsibility for accurate and effective communication for the transport of dangerous goods, considering the recent spate of container ship fires.
Over the past four months, explosions and fires have happened at sea twice with the Northern Juvenile in the South China Sea and Maersk Frankfurt in the Indian Ocean while another two incidents have occurred at ports, namely MSC Cape Town III in Colombo and YM Mobility in Ningbo.
The occurrence of four major incidents aboard container ships has prompted TT Club to reiterate its long-standing fervent message for shippers and those facilitating the supply chain to be more diligent over how cargoes are classified, packaged, packed, declared and handled.
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