The courses are sponsored by transport and logistics insurer, TT Club, and comply with the Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code) and SOLAS Verification of Gross Mass regulation.<\/p>\n
Peregrine Storrs-Fox, risk management director, TT Club, commented: \u201cTT Club has long been concerned over the safety implications of badly packed cargoes in containers and other cargo transport units.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTraining is clearly the number one loss prevention measure and, if adopted as a core feature of the operator’s culture, can greatly reduce the number of incidents incurred globally each year throughout the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese e-learning courses offer high quality and easily accessible training for all those involved in freight transport, each of whom materially impact safety,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
According to TT Club and the Cargo Incident Notification System organisation, poor CTU packing is responsible for an alarmingly high number of incidents leading to damage, loss, injuries and fatalities. Additionally, the declaration of incorrect container weight also contributes to adverse safety conditions.<\/p>\n
The CTU Code, formulated jointly by three United Nations bodies, IMO, ILO and UNECE, and approved as non-mandatory international law and the amendment to SOLAS to require verified gross mass for packed containers both seek to address these issues.<\/p>\n
The courses are available for the web or as SCORM (learning management system) compliant content packages and are supported by the International Cargo Handling Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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