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Cargo safely secured? Check

17 September 2020

An international push continues for the adoption of safe cargo-packing practices to avoid the loss of billions of dollars worth of goods and equipment annually in preventable accidents.

Five international freight transport and cargo-handling organizations collaborated on the newly released CTU Code: A Quick Guide, which condenses their advice on the packing of all types of cargo into 13 pages, and the Container Packing Checklist, which itemizes requirements for the packing of multimodal freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-safely-secured-check

CIG collaborate to promote safety and security in shipping

14 September 2020

In further evidence of how the maritime sector is working in unison to find solutions to long standing problems four industry associations and insurers TT Club are collaborating to produce simplified guidance for packing containers.

The Container Owners Association (COA), Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association, (ICHCA) International, insurers TT Club and the World Shipping Council representing vessel owners and operators, who together form the...

https://container-news.com/cig-collaborate-to-promote-safety-and-security-in-shipping/

GSF’s Top Ten Tips for Sulphur-Surcharged Shippers

9 January 2020

According to an article published in Global Shippers Forum, with the introduction of new global rules for limiting sulphur pollution from ships on 1 January 2020, the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has issued helpful advice for importers and exporters facing demands for surcharges from shipping lines seeking to cover their costs of compliance.

Top Ten Tips for Sulphur-Surcharged Shippers

GSF’s ‘Top Ten Tips for Sulphur-Surcharged Shippers’ highlights the fundamentals of the new rules that all...

http://mfame.guru/top-ten-tips-for-sulphur-surcharged-shippers/

GSF Waves Red Flag Around New Low Sulphur Fuel Surcharges

7 January 2020

The Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has issued a warning to ocean freight customers as they find themselves saddled with the extra cost of cleaner fuel, compliant with the new IMO low sulphur regulations that came into effect last week, reports the Loadstar.

Global sulphur cap

The new global legislation stipulates that a vessel either has to burn fuel with no more than 0.5% sulphur dioxide content, or use scrubber technology to clean fuel with a higher sulphur content.

Although shippers have largely...

http://mfame.guru/gsf-waves-red-flag-around-new-low-sulphur-fuel-surcharges/

Bugs – could be the biggest issue in container shipping since VGM

24 October 2018

The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has warned that the “biggest issue since VGM [container weighing]” is on the cards.
This week GSF met with the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) in Arizona. IPPC is investigating concerns that parasites and other invasive species are being spread globally on the outside of containers, contributing to the demise of local ecodiversity.
“It’s a big issue,” said James Hookham, secretary general of GSF. “There is heightened anxiety that …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/bugs-biggest-issue-container-shipping-since-vgm/