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New* Cargo Insurance

Insurance is a necessary part of commercial life and has been identified as the second oldest profession in the world but you need to remember that insurance is a business and, as is the way of all businesses including yours, the ultimate objective is profit. It is also true, as with all businesses, that you know yours, with all its pitfalls and points of advantage, better than you know the other man's....

New* Duty of Care

A carrier must operate under 'Conditions' and, amongst these, there will be established a level of 'Duty of Care'.....

New* Container and Terminal Security

Cargo moves around the globe in enormous quantities and with ever-increasing speed. It is the very life-blood of survival. To a great extent, this explosion in commerce has been facilitated by the advent of the sea-borne cargo container. From hesitant beginnings during World War Two and with a degree of co-operation and standardisation the speed of which was probably unique in the international arena, we now have around 90% of non-bulk cargoes moved in this way. With this fundamental revolution has come an equally radical change in security attitude and techniques brought about partly by the nature of the container itself and partly by the shift in commercial...

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New* Cargo Insurance

New* Duty of Care

New* Container and Terminal Security

Risk and Loss Control

International Commercial Crime

Raw Plastic from Italy to Iran

Risk and Loss Control

As the claims handler progresses in his career, it is clear that he will gradually acquire much knowledge about how losses are caused: he is very likely to develop definite views about how those losses can best be avoided.
He will realise that Risk and Loss are two sides of the same coin: the risk is a ‘before’ concept, and the loss an ‘after’ concept....

International Commercial Crime

International trade is the lifeblood of society. The well-being and economic progress of a
country depends on efficient and successful international trade. Criminal elements worldwide, some local, some national and some international turn the process to their own ends and for their own gain and for the loss of the society in which they operate....

Raw Plastic from Italy to Iran

High Density Polyethylene is a plastic raw material which is moved in the form of 50kg bags of hard white balls about the size of peas. An order was received from five importers into Iran who, together, wanted 720 tonnes of this material. The order was placed with a small company in Switzerland called Unicom....