Batteries: Shipping unplugged
22 Jun 2023“Lithium-ion battery fires are not an everyday occurrence. But when thermal...
“Lithium-ion battery fires are not an everyday occurrence. But when thermal...
OCIMF, the Oil Companies International Maritime Forum, has begun a phased...
National Cargo Bureau and its wholly owned subsidiary Exis Technologies have...
A persistent fire aboard a barge in Delaware Bay in May 2022 has raised...
The UK P&I Club has published a revised edition of its book Carefully to...
The Cargo Incident Notification System Network (CINS), together with partner...
Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) provided 186 services to...
There is a lot of information out there about safety, not least in the maritime...
Pressure relief valves (PRVs) are a vital element in many processes in the oil,...
The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), with the support of...
The Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI) has published three best practice...
Data from ITOPF shows that seven oil spills of more than seven tonnes were...
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), the European Chemical Industry...
Since the devastating explosions in the ports of Tianjin and Beirut in recent...
Word is spreading that ships – most especially car carriers and ro-ro ferries...
The freight transport and logistics insurance specialist insurer TT Club is...
The hazards posed by lithium batteries during transport were first identified...
The work that salvors do is not only dangerous to life and limb – and the...
There have, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI),...
A lot has happened in the past year since HCB last spoke to James Douglas, CEO...
Eight years ago, and after a great deal of hard work, the International...