Quality code welcomed

The proposed open industry standard, the 360 Quality Code, recently put forward by reefer carriers LauritzenCool, Seatrade and NYK Reefer, is wholly supported by Simon Bird and the port of Bristol. While he acknowledges this will inevitably add some degree of cost both to the port and to the shipping lines involved, this will not be especially onerous, he believes. ” Pushing and raising quality throughout the system is what those involved in the handling of chilled products should all be aspiring to,” he insists.