International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA)

PEMA and ICHCA pen cooperation agreement

Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) and International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) have signed a collaboration Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Through this agreement, the two associations aim to enable each organisation to better achieve their objectives through a programme of cooperation.

This will include agreed actions and initiatives, meetings, sharing and exchange of information and also ad hoc task forces to enhance their respective impact on issues and...

https://container-news.com/pema-and-ichca-pen-cooperation-agreement/

Open hatch ship operator joins ICHCA

International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) welcomed a new member from the ship-owning sector. G2 Ocean, a joint venture between Gearbulk and Grieg Maritime, intends to share and learn from ICHCA’s wide network in order to improve safety for both shore-side and sea-going workers.

ICHCA International invites all infrastructure owners and operators to join in constructive dialogue as it pursues its core purpose of improving the safe working environment of all those handling cargo...

https://container-news.com/open-hatch-ship-operator-joins-ichca/

Shipping industry groups reach agreement on critical safety concerns

Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP), Container Owners Association (COA), International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) and Ship Message Design Group (SMDG) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 16 March for cooperation on the safety and security of global trade.

The shipping industry bodies share a common goal to build a framework for collaboration that allows each group to profit from the actions of...

https://container-news.com/shipping-industry-groups-reach-agreement-on-critical-safety-concerns/

Husky Terminal joins ICHCA

The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), a global association representing cargo handling companies, welcomes Husky Terminal and Stevedoring as a new corporate member.

Husky provides stevedoring services, container yard and railhead transfer operations as part of the Northwest Seaport Alliance at the port of Tacoma in the United States, while its international ocean transportation terminal services ocean carriers, like Hapag Lloyd, Yang Ming, Ocean Network Express (ONE)...

https://container-news.com/husky-terminal-joins-ichca/

ICHCA becomes part of the Container Cleanliness Industry Advisory Group

Global food security and biodiversity are threatened by infectious plant pests, which together with plant diseases are responsible for the loss of up to 40% of the world’s food crops.

In fact, trade losses, for this reason, exceed US$22 billion per year.

In view of the above, the United Nations body, the Committee on Phytosanitary Measures, launched a focus group of experts of phytosanitary interest to examine possible contamination by harmful organisms in sea containers.

Recognising the need for...

https://container-news.com/ichca-becomes-part-of-the-container-cleanliness-industry-advisory-group/

ICHCA lead changes hands

The International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA) has appointed Richard Steele as the new head of ICHCA International. Steele will take over the role from 1 July 2021, on the retirement of the current postholder Richard Brough O.B.E.

Richard Steele, who has also worked in the nuclear industry on safety and skills provision, will be the new head of ICHCA International.

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ICHCA International appoints Richard Steele as its new Head

ICHCA International appoints Richard Steele as its new Head              

Richard Steele

The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Steele as the new Head of ICHCA International.  He will take over the role with effect from 1 July 2021, on the retirement of the current postholder Richard Brough O.B.E.  

Reporting directly to the Board, Richard Steele will lead the organisation.  ICHCA provides a focal point to help improve...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/30/ichca-international-appoints-richard-steele-as-its-new-head/

Digitalisation given fresh impetus by Covid, but the logic was pre-pandemic

Shipping’s main challenge is to use the massive introduction of the digital tools, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, to accelerate the development of safety solutions.

Digitalisation has probably become one of the most frequently used words in the container shipping lexicon. It includes all the new technologies that aim to increase the efficiency of the shipping processes.

But it remains unclear...

https://container-news.com/digitalisation-given-fresh-impetus-by-covid-but-the-logic-was-pre-pandemic/

Leading maritime bodies set industry’s digitalisation priorities

A clutch of major maritime associations have called on maritime industry stakeholders, governments and inter-governemental organisations to collaborate in order to accelerate the digitalisation of maritime trade and logistics.

Ten leading industry organisations have launched a call to action for the maritime sector laying out the priorities with which to drive the digitalisation process forward, which they believe will bring greater visibility to the industry and substantially reduce costs,...

https://container-news.com/leading-maritime-bodies-set-industrys-digitalisation-priorities/

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