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According to TT Club, warehouse fires are devastating when they occur, with the primary causes being electrical failures or malfunction, hot works, maintenance related issues and poor enforcement of no smoking policies. 

According to TT Club, the associated losses of flood risk can be far reaching; water is unforgiving and has the ability to penetrate and damage just about any area or commodity.

TT Club published guidelines for operators to ensure safe warehouse operations highlighting primary areas of concern and recommended actions.

TT Club has turned its attention to the safety risks at cargo storage facilities, and published guidelines for operators to safely operate a warehouse.

Considering a number of recent fire incidents affecting container transport, ro-ro ships and air cargo movements allegedly involving lithium batteries, TT Club is calling for increased vigilance to ensure a secure safety environment for the supply chain of this increasingly common component. 

Crime report from TT Club and BSI finds over three-quarters of cargo theft takes place at logistics hubs and warehouses, with Free Trade Zone (FTZ) particularly vulnerable locations.

TT Club and BSI inform that third quarter cargo theft data in the US shows storage facilities targeted in 45% of reported cases, up from 20% of recorded cases in the same quarter in 2020.

TT Club informed that it has recently been made aware that shipper interests have been seeking to transport Divinylbenzene (DVB) from China to Europe and the US, while misdeclaring the commodity as Class 9, UN 3082 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S. (Divinylbenzene). 

Crime report from TT Club and BSI finds over three-quarters of cargo theft takes place at logistics hubs and warehouses, with Free Trade Zone (FTZ) particularly vulnerable locations.

Market forces have resulted in container shipping costs reaching unprecedented highs in recent months; the outlook suggests that this trend is set to continue into 2022, notes Mr. Mike Yarwood, Managing Director Loss Prevention at TT Club.