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Four fires aboard container ships, two in port and another two at sea within the last four months, has prompted the TT Club to reiterate its longstanding message for shippers and those facilitating the supply chain to be more diligent over how their cargoes are classified, packaged, packed, declared and handled.The list of explosions and fires extends from Northern Juvenile in the South China Sea in May, to Maersk Frankfurt ...
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Several container lines have recently announced measures to discourage shippers from mis-declaring hazardous cargoes, which is a practice strongly suspected as being either the cause of, or at least contributory to, the spate of container ship fires in recent months.
TT Club welcomes such initiatives by liner operators as the international ...
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