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Cargo Integrity the need for a


BY PEREGRINE STORRS-FOX


The physical integrity of the shipping container is, of course the primary reason why it has such a dominant position in transporting general cargo around the world. What many called a revolution in global trade was initiated in the late 1950s and 60s when the introduction of metal containers, later standardised to twenty and forty feet in length, challenged the


traditional ‘break bulk’ methods of cargo handling. At once these relatively simple metal boxes improved security, speeded-up port operations and ship turn- around times, and crucially, allowed the integrity of the load to be maintained intact from the shipper’s premises to those of the consignee, utilising modes of land transport as well as ships.


70 | The Report • December 2018 • Issue 86


Some sixty years on we face a lack of a quite different sort of integrity – the integrity of knowledge, information flow and data transfer, as well as the correct care for the cargo inside the container. The speed of cargo transport around the world and the complexity of supply chains, both in terms for geographical diversity and the myriad of ‘hands’ through which cargo may pass, is the container’s achievement but also a cause of considerable risk.


UNIFIED APPROACH


Peregrine Storrs-Fox is the Risk Management Director of the leading international freight and logistics insurer, TT Club. Along with others in the cargo handling and container transport industry, he is spearheading a campaign to bring awareness to issues that undermine safety in the intermodal supply chain and to improve the safety for people, ships and the environment.


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