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As businesses continue to navigate geopolitical uncertainty, climate change and evolving supply chain challenges, another significant risk is emerging: the growing likelihood of a “super” El Niño event.

When ships face emergencies, places of refuge can be critical. This TT Talk examines the CMA CGM Verlaine case, exploring liability, indemnities and risk management considerations for ports.

Discover key insights from Safety Village 2026, where industry leaders explored collaboration, safety innovation, risk management and resilience, highlighting how collective action can help create safer supply chains.

Transport and logistics operators must communicate clearly during crises to maintain trust and manage risk. Effective, timely, and consistent updates reassure customers, while poor or inconsistent messaging increases uncertainty.

Ports must treat requests for refuge as complex, risk-based decisions rather than simple acceptance or refusal. Effective responses require planning for long durations, managing cargo-related hazards, ensuring space and coordination, and maintaining preparedness through structured frameworks and stakeholder collaboration.

TT Club’s 2025 claims data identifies copper as the single most commonly stolen cargo. The theft of copper has shifted over the past decade from an opportunistic crime to a persistent supply chain threat, driven by value, organised criminal involvement, and vulnerabilities in transport and storage controls.

Chair of the British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals (BADGP) - and Managing Director of LRT, Dangerous Goods Consultancy and Training, Les Richings talks to Josh Finch.

While General Average allows shared loss in maritime incidents, recent cases (notably The Happy Aras) show claims can fail where shipowners are at fault—particularly through unseaworthiness, poor passage planning, or incompetent crew. In essence, shipowners must prove due diligence, while forwarders are rarely directly liable but should notify insurers if involved.

China’s revised Maritime Code is not a minor amendment. It is the first comprehensive overhaul since the Code entered into force in the early 1990s, and it reshapes several rules that freight forwarders deal with every day. Listen to find out more.

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to be slightly below average, but still carries significant risk, as even a single storm can cause severe disruption and loss. Thus, ports, terminals and logistics operators must maintain rigorous preparedness, operational discipline, and insurance cover to ensure resilience against increasingly unpredictable extreme weather.

Now in its tenth year, the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award highlights how practical innovation across the cargo‑handling supply chain is improving safety through a combination of technology, frontline insight, and leadership commitment. The 2026 winners and highly commended entries demonstrate that meaningful progress comes from sharing ideas, challenging convention, and turning operational exp...

Digital site induction has become a critical safety and efficiency tool for ports and terminals, shaping behaviour, communicating risk controls, and ensuring individuals are prepared before entering complex operational environments. As demonstrated by PD Ports’ adoption of a digital induction platform, modern systems reduce congestion, improve compliance and safety understanding, support sustainab...

Load boards are now central to road freight brokerage, offering speed, visibility, and flexible access to capacity, but their openness has also increased exposure to fraud, cargo theft, and operational risk. Careful assessment of when they are used, strict control over shared information, and clear governance and training are essential to balance efficiency with security.

Josh Finch and Alison Wixley, Senior Claims Executive at TT Club discuss the importance of standard trading terms and conditions in the logistics industry, focusing on their incorporation into contracts and the implications of limitations of liability. They touch on: Role of standard terms Common incorporation issue Case example of ambiguity Legal status of email contracts  Updating terms Limitati...

New legal developments from updated industry STCs, to the freshly adopted UN Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents, bring opportunity.

Cases like Overseas Medical Supplies v Orient Transport remind us that when forwarders take on extra roles, such as arranging insurance, additional due diligence and care is required to avoid unexpected losses.

Standard terms and conditions must be properly agreed before a contract is struck, or else operators risk being cast adrift with uninsured liabilities when cargo is lost or damaged.

In our latest episode of TT Live, Josh Finch sat down with Jen Maddison, Health, Safety and Culture Lead at Port Skills and Safety (PSS). It was packed with golden nuggets on container handling safety and the newly revised SIP #3 guidance. Ports are complex: vast, ever changing, and brimming with hazards, making this update a timely one. As ship sizes grow and operations and technologies advance,...

Hot works such as welding, cutting and grinding continue to cause serious fires in ports, terminals and warehouses. This TT Talk article offers practical guidance on reducing potentially catastrophic risks.

The world’s supply chains are facing a growing threat of disruption from flooding. Climate change, together with instances of inadequate drainage or insufficient maintenance in some locations, means that ports, terminals and warehouses — many of which are situated in low‑lying areas — are increasingly exposed to extreme rainfall, flash floods, storm surges and “weather bombs. This article offers p...

Can artificial intelligence (AI), specifically machine-learning models, speed up the process and ensure greater accuracy?

A special episode today as host Josh Finch is joined by the rest of the loss prevention team: Mike Yarwood, Managing Director of Loss Prevention and Risk Assessment Managers Neil Dalus and Harry Palmer. The four discuss: the success of member to member collaboration; the Risk Maturity tool launch; common risks seen globally; the role of AI and technology; industry engagement and looking ahead for...

In this episode of TT Live, Josh Finch speaks with Abdul Fahl, TMS Director for the Gulf region, about the growing challenge of abandoned cargo in the global supply chain. Together, they break down why cargo is abandoned, the financial and safety risks it creates, and the real‑world consequences faced by logistics operators. Abdul shares insights from the Middle East—one of the world’s busiest hub...

Ports and shipping lines need to explore every option to decarbonise their operations to reduce emissions and meet climate targets. One solution gaining traction in the ports sector is onshore power supply (OPS), also known as shore-side electricity or ‘cold ironing’ - TT Club investigates.

This year, 2026 is the 70th anniversary of the invention of the shipping container. Today, shipping containers handle a significant percentage of world trade, helping to move around USD14 trillion worth of goods each year. But the container is no longer a box, but a platform for trade, innovation, sustainability and hope, which connects people, places and possibilities throughout the world. This m...