INTERNATIONAL freight transport and logistics
insurer TT Club has urged owners to step up their awareness of
safety issues arising from poorly packed containers and misdeclared goods.
It also called on owners to make good practice in the
supply chain part of their environmental, social and governance (ESG)
policies, noting that two thirds of incidents related to cargo damage are
caused or exacerbated by poor practices at the time of packing goods into a
freight container.
"Such supply chain malpractice results in
multi-million dollar losses, including tragic containership fires with loss of
seafarers lives and significant delays. Extrapolating known figures, all such
incidents are estimated to result in economic losses exceeding US$6 billion per
year," TT Club said in a statement.
The insurer said stakeholders who rely so heavily on the
global supply chains that transit thousands of miles of ocean and land
transport need to take responsibility to ensure the risks are mitigated.
Michael Yarwood, managing director, loss
prevention at TT Club said the dangers were not just restricted to chemical
cargoes. "A wide variety of consumer goods, as well as components used in
the manufacture of industrial products, domestics white goods and automobiles,
if incorrectly handled in transit can cause major disasters."
Some of the consumer products include BBQ charcoal,
battery powered electronic devices, fireworks, hand sanitizer, wool, cotton,
vegetable fibres, marble, granite and other building materials, fishmeal, seed
cake and many more.
"Those involved in sourcing, importing, storing,
supplying or selling such commodities should ensure their procurement and
logistics standards are of the highest level," Mr Yarwood added.
Source : HKSG.
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