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ICHCA Cargo Safety Coffee Break Webinar 12 March 2024 – Video Available!

    We are excited to release the video of our March 2024 webinar featuring two world class speakers Yucel Yildiz from RightShip and Adrian Scales from Brookes Bell. The video runs for approximately and hour and ten minutes and features presentations by Yucel and Adrian and a Q&A session.   WATCH VIDEO!   Session 1: Enhancing resilience and safety in ports and terminals via information sharing Yucel Yildiz, RightShip Incident and detention statistics indicate that Ports and Terminals face risks associated with vessels docking at their quays.  The availability of effective information and risk evaluation models, capable of providing operational risk foresight in advance of the port call, is key to manging these risks.  Currently, there is no common platform for recording and sharing information on operational events, unfavourable conditions, or items requiring heightened awareness among stakeholders.  Yucel Yildiz will explore how digital tools designed for safety, sustainability, [...]

Discover the Safety Village at TOC Europe 2024!

    ICHCA has once again teamed up with TT Club and TOC Worldwide to bring you the Safety Village at TOC Europe on 11-13 June 2024. If you are a safety innovator in the cargo handling industry, this is your opportunity to showcase your supply chain safety solution!   ICHCA will again be at the Safety Village exploring and spotlighting opportunities for safety innovation in our industry with a programme of speakers and the chance to share ideas and learning. We will provide more information as the programme shakes down and we would be delighted to meet with members and other safety innovators in person at the Safety Village. If you are planning to attend TOC Europe as a visitor or exhibitor please get in touch about speaking or just saying hello by emailing secretariat@ichca.com .   CLICK HERE FOR A SHORT VIDEO ON THE SAFETY VILLAGE WATCH VIDEO! [...]

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER – ICHCA FREE CARGO SAFETY WEBINAR – Information sharing to enhance port safety resilience and Managing Lithium battery risk on vessels

  12 March 2024 at 14:00 GMT   Presented by ICHCA International in partnership with RightShip and Brookes Bell We are delighted to invite you to join us for a FREE webinar where you will hear from experts in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practices, casualty investigation and forensic analysis. The availability of effective information and risk evaluation models, capable of providing operational risk foresight in advance of the port call, is key to managing port vessel interface risks. Hear about an innovative approach to this challenge. Cargo transportation is on the front line of lithium battery fire risk, with significant potential exposure, including to fires aboard vessels. Learn about examples of Lithium battery failures and specific outcomes from a recent fire on a Pure Car/Truck Carrier. Explore with us how information sharing and understanding battery fire risk can make your organisation more sustainable through safety and help [...]

Member Event: Container Terminal Automation Conference, Europe, 17 & 18 April 2024

  Our member Port Technology International (PTI) is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated Container Terminal Automation Conference 2024, coming to the 5-star Hotel Balneario Las Arenas in Valencia, Spain.   CTAC is the premier content-first conference for container terminal operators in Europe, attracting 250+ delegates each year for 2 full days of knowledge-sharing and collaboration, to help the industry to become more efficient, sustainable and profitable. This year’s event will feature our essential CTAC themes, along with the exciting projects, technologies and business practices that have emerged since our previous edition. PTI are pleased to announce their first trip to Valencia, home to one of the most advanced ports on the continent and the 5-star Hotel Balneario Las Arenas in Valencia, Spain, excellent conference venue with a view of the Mediterranean Sea and the port. The venue provides a high-spec conference area and a charming setting for out-of-hours networking [...]

1 WEEK TO GO – ICHCA FREE CARGO SAFETY WEBINAR – Information sharing to enhance port safety resilience and Managing Lithium battery risk on vessels

  12 March 2024 at 14:00 GMT   Presented by ICHCA International in partnership with RightShip and Brookes Bell We are delighted to invite you to join us for a FREE webinar where you will hear from experts in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practices, casualty investigation and forensic analysis. The availability of effective information and risk evaluation models, capable of providing operational risk foresight in advance of the port call, is key to managing port vessel interface risks. Hear about an innovative approach to this challenge. Cargo transportation is on the front line of lithium battery fire risk, with significant potential exposure, including to fires aboard vessels. Learn about examples of Lithium battery failures and specific outcomes from a recent fire on a Pure Car/Truck Carrier. Explore with us how information sharing and understanding battery fire risk can make your organisation more sustainable through safety and help [...]

UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°99 and 100

  The UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter is a quarterly digital bulletin on current topics and projects in trade facilitation and international transport. We provide a link for members' convenience. Click here for the newsletter   If you wish to register for your own copy, you can find the link at: https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/transport-newsletter      

ICHCA FREE CARGO SAFETY WEBINAR – Information sharing to enhance port safety resilience and Managing Lithium battery risk on vessels

  12 March 2024 at 14:00 GMT   Presented by ICHCA International in partnership with RightShip and Brookes Bell We are delighted to invite you to join us for a FREE webinar where you will hear from experts in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practices, casualty investigation and forensic analysis. The availability of effective information and risk evaluation models, capable of providing operational risk foresight in advance of the port call, is key to managing port vessel interface risks. Hear about an innovative approach to this challenge. Cargo transportation is on the front line of lithium battery fire risk, with significant potential exposure, including to fires aboard vessels. Learn about examples of Lithium battery failures and specific outcomes from a recent fire on a Pure Car/Truck Carrier. Explore with us how information sharing and understanding battery fire risk can make your organisation more sustainable through safety and help [...]

SHORTLISTED for The TT Club Innovation in Safety Award: Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore – Next Generation Lashing System

  Supports that reduce container motion and control the dynamics of container stacks.   For the full details, Click Here   A Digest of all the award entries is available HERE. In the months between awards cycles, entrants are invited to various discussion forums, conference and exhibition appearances, including the TT/ICHCA Safety Village at TOC Europe in June (details HERE).

Safe Mooring Seminar – Thursday 28 March – 08:45, 90 Fenchurch Street, London

  TT Club and Port Strategy invite you to join them on Thursday 28 March at TT's London office, for a series of insightful sessions on safe mooring practices.   TT Club and Port Strategy invite you to join them on Thursday 28 March at TT's London office, for a series of insightful sessions on safe mooring practices. The day will comprise of two sections considering safe berthing, the challenges, solutions and innovations, as well as opportunity for Q&A with the guest speakers. There will also be coffee and a light lunch provided throughout the day.   Welcome Registration and introduction (08:45)   Session 1 Optimising safe berthing (09:45- 13:00) Key lessons in enhancing berthing efficiency and vessel turnaround: Port Strategy How vessel arrival time can impact port procedures: RightShip Sector perspectives: Harbour Master - Capt. Paul Brooks, PD Ports and UK Harbour Masters' Association Terminal - Capt. Ashley Parker, [...]

SHORTLISTED for the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award: Royal HaskoningDHV – Smart Mooring

  Addresses the safety of moored vessel operations in sheltered and exposed ports by predicting excessive vessel motions and mooring line forces.   For the full details, Click Here   A Digest of all the award entries is available HERE. In the months between awards cycles, entrants are invited to various discussion forums, conference and exhibition appearances, including the TT/ICHCA Safety Village at TOC Europe in June (details HERE).

WINNER of the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award: Cross Currents 88 / G2 Ocean AS – “Spyder Netting”

    Richard Steele (ICHCA International), David Robinson MBE, Jan Andreassen (G2 Ocean),Thomas Keenan (Cross Currents 88), Mike Yarwood (TT Club)   "Spyder netting" - a thin layer of plastic film netting, which can be rolled out and secured between layers of cargo to prevent risk of fall between gaps in the stow.   For the full details, Click Here   A Digest of all the award entries is available HERE. In the months between awards cycles, entrants are invited to various discussion forums, conference and exhibition appearances, including the TT/ICHCA Safety Village at TOC Europe in June (details HERE).

Safety Innovators Acclaimed at Annual Award Ceremony

    Richard Steele (ICHCA International), David Robinson MBE, Jan Andreassen (G2 Ocean),Thomas Keenan (Cross Currents 88), Mike Yarwood (TT Club)   From a shortlist of three chosen by judges from a total of twenty-eight outstanding entries for this year’s competition, the partnership between Cross Currents 88 and G2 Ocean AS was announced as the winner of the TT Innovation in Safety Award, at a presentation ceremony in London today. The two highly commended innovations came from Royal Haskoning DHV and Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore. Independently organised by ICHCA, the TT Club Innovation in Safety Awards are dedicated to both organisations’ mission to promote and improve safety in all operational aspects of the supply chain. In encouraging innovation, the Awards are aimed at showcasing products, processes and services that address safety issues, to as wide an audience as possible, in an increasingly complex and challenging industry. The successful shortlisted entries offered [...]

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore – Next Generation Lashing System

  Supports that reduce container motion and control the dynamics of container stacks.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

ICHCA Member G2 Ocean, latest Safety Bulletin – Small tweak, big difference

    The latest edition of G2 Ocean's Safety Bulletins can be found on the link below:   Click Here for the full Safety Bulletin   Message from G2 Ocean: "This edition of our Safety Bulletin is about an incident where heavy objects were dropped during crane ops. Kudos to the stevedore company, for sharing key findings from their investigation report." We are grateful to G2 Ocean for providing details and for raising awareness. We acknowledge their commitment to sharing learning to benefit others.  

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore – Janus Monitoring System

  Detect and predict risk of a vessel entering parametric or resonant roll instability that could result in capsize or container loss..   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

MEET OUR SPEAKERS, SESSION 2 : ADRIAN SCALES, BROOKES BELL

Li-Ion Batteries and the Challenge for Seafarers, Adrian Scales, Brookes Bell Captain Adrian Scales is a Chartered Master Mariner (CMMar) and Fellow of the Nautical Institute (FNI). He joined Brookes Bell in January 2007 from a position as Master with P&O Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd., and became Director of Europe for Brookes Bell in 2024. During his 18 years at sea, he served on various ship types including reefer/container, general cargo, freight ferries, Ro-Pax ferries and High-Speed Passenger Craft (HSC). In November 2015, Adrian was appointed to the Lloyd's Salvage Arbitration Branch SCR Panel as Special Casualty Representative (SCR). Adrian is passionate about the topic of crew safety on Ro-Pax, Ro-Ro and Container ships. He has presented on the topic of Li-Ion safety at various international conferences in the hope of raising the profile of the challenges that could be faced by seafarers. Join us for a FREE webinar where [...]

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: TEGnology Aps – SensEver HSI hot surface indicator

  Autonomous self-powered temperature indicator alerting its surrounding by a blinking light when the surface exceeds a threshold of 60°C.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Synervention – solid state trailer curtain

  Curtain sided trailer curtain replaced with a solid state system fixed, top and bottom, to the trailer at all times.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Shipmove – Shipmove Mooring Analysis

  A method of determining the required number of moorings for commercial ships.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Samson Pallet Stability (Samuel Grant Group/Samuel Grant Packaging) – Samson Nano Slingshot

  Horizontal pallet load security testing system.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Royal HaskoningDHV – Smart Mooring

  Addresses the safety of moored vessel operations in sheltered and exposed ports by predicting excessive vessel motions and mooring line forces.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

MEET OUR SPEAKERS, SESSION 1 : YUCEL YILDIZ, RIGHTSHIP

Enhancing resilience and safety in ports and terminals via information sharing Yucel Yildiz, RightShip Yucel Yildiz is RightShip’s Ports and Terminals Manager. He joined the company in 2018 as a Vetting Superintendent and carried out a secondment role as Customer Engagement Officer (EMEA) in 2020 and 2021. Yucel is part of the RightPORT task force and represents RightShip in various Port and Terminal Associations, including Dry Bulk Terminals Group (DBTG), the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA), International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), UK Port Skills and Safety, Baltic Ports Organisation (BPO). Yucel has extensive experience on ocean-going vessels, rising to the rank of master mariner on board crude oil, product, and chemical tankers. Before joining RightShip, he worked at a refinery terminal as a loading master and then as a vetting inspector, along with Maritime Pilots. Yucel has an MSc in Maritime Security, [...]

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: RoboK – SiteLens

  Employing AI for real-time analysis of CCTV to pre-emptively detect and alert on hazards.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: Road Sense Kenya – Road Safety Campaign

  Twitter campaign to reduce road traffic accidents.   FOR THE FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE   In the countdown to this year's Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony we are sharing each of the entries that we received in their own words. Whilst there can only be one winner of the award itself, the wide range of entries means that there are ideas that will appeal to different readers directly or may be the inspiration for your own next step change for safety. We will introduce you all to all of the entries before the Award Ceremony on 22 February 2024  

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