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Andrew Peers new senior underwriter for TT Club UK, Benelux and Nordic team

Transport and logistics insurer TT Club has appointed Andrew Peers as senior underwriter for its UK, Benelux and Nordic team.
Andrew joins from RSA, where he spent 17 years and led a team of 12 marine liability and marine property insurance underwriters, and has also held senior positions at GE Frankona and Willis.
He will report to TT EMEA regional director Mark Argentieri, who said: “Andrew is a highly respected, well experienced …

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General average ‘likely’ as another blaze breaks out on a containership  

Yet another container vessel has caught fire – the latest casualty is the 9,200 teu APL Vancouver, off the Vietnamese coast en route from China to Singapore.
The blaze started in the early hours of 31 January and with no injuries to the crew reported, The Loadstar understands the vessel has been partially evacuated. 
APL, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM group, has advised that response procedures were in place “to coordinate all necessary actions to ensure the fire is …

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Other carriers should copy Maersk and spot check containers, says TT Club

Global shipping insurer TT Club has commended Maersk’s decision to begin random spot checks on containers and wants more carriers to follow its example.
Risk management director Peregrine Storrs-Fox told The Loadstar: “We are lobbying the IMO to make changes to its inspection programme, which despite the low number of governments partaking has made compelling finds.
“It is unclear why so few governments are participating, but we believe if commercial entities were allowed …

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Maersk to begin random container inspections over safety fears

Maersk Line is set to begin physically inspecting container contents as part of its efforts to stem the increasing numbers of fires that break out inside boxes during transit, as well as boxes in which cargo moves or is damaged due to not being lashed correctly.
Initially, the project will focus on shipments into and out of the US, it said.
“We have recently implemented a Physical Container Inspection Pilot within North …

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Best Journalistic Newcomer Award Supported by TT Club

Peregrine Storrs-Fox, TT Club presenting Seahorse Newcomer of the Year to Joseph Stewart, The Naval Architect

London, 10th December, 2018 – Leading international transport and logistics insurer, TT Club has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Seahorse Club Journalist Awards for some years.  The Awards are specifically for media professionals active in the maritime, air cargo and logistics arena.  At the 2018 Awards presentation last week, TT Club again sponsored the category that encourages...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/10/best-journalistic-newcomer-award-supported-by-tt-club/

2018 FIATA award winner

The FIATA award programme, exclusively sponsored by freight insurance specialist TT Club, was completed with the 2018 Winner, Louis Perrin of Hemisphere Freight representing BIFA (UK), announced and presented with his award at the FIATA Annual Congress in New Delhi, India this week.

The future sustainability of professional standards of skill and knowledge in the global freight forwarding community depends on training and motivation of the young recruits to the industry. For twenty years FIATA...

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Maersk issues new rules for stowage of dangerous goods on its box ships

Maersk Line has announced it is deploying new guidelines for the stowage of containers on its vessels.
And it wants the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to review its guidelines for the handling and carriage of dangerous goods.
The move follows a wide-ranging review, carried out in conjunction with classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), following the fire on the Maersk Honam this year, which resulted in five crew members losing their lives.
While the results …

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