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20 Mar, 2013
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Do your container fleets meet the latest safety standards?
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Opening doors - when things are not so easy
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Do your container fleets meet the latest safety standards?
The safety of containers was initially addressed when there were tens of thousands of units. Now, some 45 years later, there are tens of millions in circulation. The International
Maritime Organization (IMO) has been reviewing the processes associated with the Convention for Safe Containers – are you ready for the changes?
Read on for more
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Opening doors - when things are not so easy
On a particularly frosty morning when ice has seized a car door shut we would never consider using a crow bar. Conditions may be more extreme in container operations, but
is it reasonable to use mechanical force to open or close container doors? Experience suggests that it is not – and often ends with someone being hurt.
Read on for more
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Peregrine Storrs-Fox
Risk Management Director, TT Club
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