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Launching of a 90,000-dwt Bulk Carrier “LIN MIARAK”

November 23, 2021 by Julia Hiles

On this day, November 18^th, 2021, at the Tadotsu Shipyard Co., Ltd., which is part of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, the 90,000DWT bulk carrier “LIN MIARAK” has been completed and delivered.

The vessel will be regularly engaged in coal transportation for Kobe Steel, Ltd. under a long-term consecutive voyage charter contract (CVC).

The ship was designed and built to be TierⅢ compliance under Regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI. By reducing the amount of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emitted into the air as state-of-the-art environmentally friendly ship, she will be complying with the regulations published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and will be expected to greatly contribute to the conservation of the global environment.

As a member of the international community, “K” LINE offers its customers a unique range of transport services while striving to promote environmental conservation measures. “K” Line will remain committed to flexibly and actively responding to diversifying needs for shipments.

Vessel Particulars

LOA : 249.99M

Width : 43.00M

Depth : 18.70M

Deadweight : 90,991T

Gross Ton : 57,963T

Main Engine : MITSUI–MAN B&W 6S60ME-C10.5-EGRBP

Class : NK

Flag : Panama

Builder : Tadotsu Shipyard Co., Ltd.

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Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award 2021 announced at final online event

November 23, 2021 by Julia Hiles

Geneva/London, 17 November 2021– FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and TT Club, international freight transport insurer, revealed this year’s global winner of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA) during today’s final online event.

FIATA and TT Club are proud to announce that Justin Goedhart, the regional winner of Region Africa and Middle East, representing SAAFF, South Africa, has been awarded the title of Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year.

“With his dissertation, presentation and video today focused on the international shipment of rhinos and large ball mill, Justin has demonstrated exemplary understanding, knowledge and passion for his profession – showing how the next generation is truly resilient and adequately equipped to meet the current and future challenges of the supply chain”, said Michael Yarwood, TT Club’s Managing Director, Loss Prevention.

FIATA and TT Club extend their congratulations to the three other dedicated young professionals who made it to the final stage of the competition: Georgina Perez Perez, CIFFA, Canada; Glauc Fornés Gil, FETEIA, Spain; Muhammad Wasif Wiqar, PIFFA, Pakistan. All the finalists have invested impressive efforts into the competition, using their skills to provide high quality work. By their dedication, innovative minds, and enthusiasm, they are a true source of inspiration for the industry.

The final event was also the opportunity to launch next year’s competition – with a little twist. The award will be from now on called the Young Logistics Professional Award. “This change truly reflects FIATA’s reality – we want to encourage and nurture passion of the young talents representing all sectors of the industry, whatever their specialization – this is crucial for the future of our community. In line with this, FIATA is planning to organize other activities to promote young logistics professionals”, noted FIATA President, Basil Pietersen.

One of FIATA’s top priorities is to attract gifted young professionals to the field and meet the human resource challenge over the next years. The competition is a key tool towards this essential goal; it is a rewarding experience for the candidates, who can display their expertise, get new skills, enlarge their network, and gain exposure within the global freight forwarding community. It also shows to younger generations what a career in international freight forwarding and logistics is about – with its many opportunities to grow. FIATA and TT Club strongly encourage young logistics professionals, with the essential support of their FIATA national association, to join this exciting venture.

About TT Club

TT Club is the established market-leading independent provider of mutual insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry. TT Club’s primary objective is to help make the industry safer and more secure. Founded in 1968, the Club has more than 1,100 Members, spanning container owners and operators, ports and terminals, and logistics companies, working across maritime, road, rail, and air. TT Club is renowned for its high-quality service, in-depth industry knowledge and enduring Member loyalty. It retains more than 93% of its Members with a third of its entire membership having chosen to insure with the Club for 20 years or more. www.ttclub.com

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“K” LINE Group Companies Establish New Cold and Dry Warehouses in Thailand

November 23, 2021 by Julia Hiles

November 17, 2021

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that our group company in Thailand, BANGKOK COLD STORAGE SERVICE, LTD. (BCS) and K LINE CONTAINER SERVICE (THAILAND) LTD. (KCST), will establish new warehouses in Bang Na district near Bangkok.

Currently, BCS is operating 2 freezing and refrigerating warehouses in 2 locations where are Thepharak district and Bang Na district, and KCST is operating 10 dry warehouses in 3 locations where are Bang Na district, Amata City Chonburi district and Bangpra district.

“K” LINE has decided to build new warehouses for supporting the expanding distribution demand in Thailand and the diverse needs of our customers. Both of BCS and KCST have been operating warehouse businesses for more than 30 years in Thailand, “K” LINE continues to provide high-quality services to meet the customer’s sophisticated demands with new cold and dry warehouses.

In addition to above, new warehouses will be located near the city center of Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, and Laem Chabang Port. “K” LINE believes that they will enhance their function as storage and distribution base in Bangkok area.

New warehouses overview

1. BCS freezing and refrigerating warehouses

Name ： BANGKOK COLD STORAGE SERVICE LTD.（BCS）

Location ： 192 193 Moo 9, Bangna-Trad Km.19 Road, T.Bangchalong, A.Bangplee, Samutprakarn 10540

Starting date ： May, 2023

Main Business ： Freezing / refrigerated cargo storage, food processing, distribution processing, packaging, etc.

Equipment details：

	*Floor space(m2)*	*Cargo storage capacity(Ton)*
Freezing storage(-25℃)	2,080	4,800
Refrigerated storage (0～15℃)	1,400	1,600
Constant temperature storage(+25℃)	1,680	2,150
Handling place	2,080	0
Total	7,240	8,550

BCS aims to be one of the world leading energy-saving freezing and refrigerating warehouses by minimizing the amount of operating power and supplying 50% of the required power with solar power generation. The warehouse complies with HACCP (Note 1), GMP (Note 2), and GDP (Note 3), which are standards for food and drug storage.

2. KCST dry warehouse

Name ： K LINE CONTAINER SERVICE(THAILAND) LTD.　(KCST)

Location ： 192 193 Moo 9, Bangna-Trad Km.19 Road, T. Bangchalong, A.Bangplee, Samutprakarn 10540

Starting date ： Dec, 2022

Main Business ： General cargo storage, distribution processing, packaging, etc.

Equipment details：

	*Total floor area(m2)*	*Dock leveler*
Total floor area	12,000	6 units

KCST aims to be compatible with e-commerce products, by installing high storage racks to increase the number of storage locations, it will be a warehouse that can store small quantities of various types. We also have a cargo entrance / exit which is corresponding to all weather.

Planned construction site for new warehouse

Planned construction site is located with good access from each base, about 30km from downtown Bangkok, about 35km from Bangkok Port, about 100km from Laem Chabang Port, and about 23km from Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

In our management plan, we position the logistics business as a main business that contributes to stable profits. We will continue to promote the development of the logistics business, mainly in Southeast Asia, where economic growth is remarkable.

(Reference) Disclosed our Management plan on May 10th, 2021 as a Rolling planning.

https://www.kline.co.jp/en/ir/management/strategy.html

(Note 1) HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)

In order for food business operators themselves to understand the hazards such as food poisoning bacteria contamination and foreign matter contamination, and then eliminate or reduce those hazards in the entire process from the arrival of raw materials to the shipment of products.

It is a hygiene management method that aims to ensure product safety by controlling processes that are particularly important for food poisoning.

(Note 2) GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)

Standards for manufacturing control and quality control in pharmaceutical manufacturing plants.

(Note 3) GDP (Good Distribution Practice)

It is a standard (standard for proper logistics) aimed at ensuring the quality of pharmaceutical products in the transportation and storage process.

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GEODIS plans to double its Contract Logistics Footprint in the UK

November 16, 2021 by Julia Hiles

With a total of 110,000 sqm new warehousing space opened in October across two new sites in the UK, leading global transport and logistics services provider GEODIS significantly increases its Contract Logistics operation in Europe’s third biggest retail market*.

Driven by demand for contract logistics services as a consequence of the retail e-commerce boom that is no less apparent in the UK market than elsewhere in Europe, GEODIS has opened two new facilities: 40,000 sqm warehouse in the North of England in Doncaster and a 70,000 sqm logistics site at Lutterworth in the East Midlands region, providing employment for nearly 600 (1,200 during the peak season).

Caption: **GEODIS’ new 40,000 sqm warehouse in Doncaster, UK**
Copyright: **Ben Harrison Photography**

Established in response to the increase in sales volumes of a high-profile international online retailer, the facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art automated technology, 18-meter, high-density racking and provide a combined capacity for processing up to 1.5 million units per week.

GEODIS plans to double its contract logistics operations in the UK, in-line with its growth plans to become a top 15 operator in the market within the next 5 years.

Stéphanie Hervé is COO, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa for GEODIS. “Retailers are beefing up their ability to supply the burgeoning e-commerce sector via a nationally based distribution network”, she comments. “Our response is to help our established customers grow and to attract additional business with our skills and experience augmented by our innovative and specially designed IT/automated solutions for the online retail sector.”

Both locations are well-located in terms of access to national road networks and distribution to centers of population across the country will therefore be facilitated. Doncaster as well as Lutterworth are in areas of concentrated logistics and warehousing activity. Alketa Idrizi, GEODIS’ Human Resources Director in the UK, recognizes the current challenges in recruiting both locally and across the UK as a whole. “GEODIS has an enviable track record in caring for and training its staff,” she emphasizes. “Our image of a socially aware and inclusive employer, with a reputation for diversity in our human resource policies is well-founded and leads to a high level of staff retention. We are confident that these commitments to staff welfare will encourage a high caliber of applicant to join our new operations.”

*Source: Moody’s Analytics www.economy.com/indicators/retail-sales

GEODIS – www.geodis.com

GEODIS is a global leading transport and logistics services provider recognized for its commitment to helping clients overcome their logistical constraints. GEODIS’ growth-focused offerings (Supply Chain Optimization, Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Distribution & Express, and Road Transport) coupled with the company’s truly global reach thanks to a global network spanning nearly 170 countries, translates in top business rankings, #1 in France and #7 worldwide. In 2020, GEODIS accounted for over 41,000 employees globally and generated €8.4 billion in sales.

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“K” Line Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, a Leading Index for ESG Investing for 11 consecutive years

November 16, 2021 by Julia Hiles

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has been selected again as an Asia Pacific Index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the leading global indices for ESG investing, for the 11th consecutive year since 2011.

DJSI, the index provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices, measures the performance of companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria, through a corporate sustainability assessment, and only includes companies with remarkable performance. Among those indices, Asia Pacific Index selects 153 companies in the Asia-Pacific developed region (including 77 Japanese companies) as components, as a result of sustainability assessment of 609 largest companies in the region. Launched in 1999, DSJI is one of the first global sustainability benchmarks for investors which integrate sustainability consideration into their portfolios.

We have been addressing sustainability as a priority issue of our corporate management, and are making full-scale efforts to contribute to the resolution of social issues, including climate change. For example, we plan further expansion of the introduction of next-generation environmentally friendly car carriers fueled by LNG, the first one of which was launched in March this year. In addition, from FY2022 to 2023, we plan to introduce a capesize bulk carrier equipped with Seawing, an automated kite system using wind power, and a very large gas carrier (VLGC) mainly fueled by LPG. At the beginning of this month, we have revised our 2050 environmental target to “The Challenge of Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions”. With this new target, we will not only reinforce initiatives for reducing our in-house GHG emissions by introducing zero-emission vessels powered by new fuels, but also actively support projects aimed at a decarbonized society, including support vessels for projects related to the renewable energy field, such as offshore wind power, as well as transportation of new energy sources, such as hydrogen and ammonia.

Through our sustainability management, we will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, as well as strive to promote our own growth strategy and improve our corporate value.

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Congestion is not just for Christmas

November 15, 2021 by Julia Hiles

Shippers across the globe might have to battle the effects of supply chain congestion and record high ocean freight ratees for some time to come. The question remains – when will they get relief?

The wave of congestion that is sweeping through global supply chains delaying deliveries of seasonal goods and essential commodities, stranding many shippers between meeting impossible delivery deadlines while paying record shipping rates is not set to subside anytime soon

“This is proving to be the ‘Peak Season like no other’, just as we predicted” says the Global Shippers Forum, the voice of cargo owners in international trade.

Speaking at a High-Level Maritime Dialogue, hosted by FIATA last week, James Hookham, GSF’s Director, highlighted the challenges that importers and exporters face in getting their goods on shelves and in warehouses for the winter holiday season. They are struggling with historically poor levels of service from shipping lines, ports and terminals, and inland logistics providers, yet paying the highest shipping rates and surcharges seen for decades.

James Hookham said:

“Global shippers are riding a tidal wave of congestion this Peak Season that started in exporting countries and is now arriving on the shores of importers and sweeping inland. First, we had lockdowns in Chinese ports, then an inexplicable shortage of empty containers, then the ships suddenly all maxed out and slots were like gold dust (and costing as much). Now our goods are queuing to get into ports, waiting for a crane to unload the box and then for a driver to move it inland to where we need it. It’s been a tough ride and it’s not yet over, but most of us are still standing, although, sadly, there will be ‘wipe-outs’”.

The most vulnerable businesses are the importers and distributors fighting to meet delivery deadlines, set by their retailer customers. They simply cannot predict when the goods they have paid so much to have transported actually will be available. Not only have they blown their logistics budgets this year, but they are facing stiff penalty charges for late delivery, and possible loss of future contracts. These are the businesses that are the victims of the maritime industry’s collective struggle to manage the ‘Great Shipping Crisis of 2021’.

But with most deliveries expected to land in the next few weeks, and Thanksgiving and Christmas probably safe for this year, big questions remain — Will this congestion continue well into next year. Will tight market conditions persist through 2022?

Or will consumer demand slacken and will capacity and resilience improve service levels prices become more predictable?”

“To continue the surfing analogy, was 2021 a freak wave or a permanent rise in sea level?”

“Just about every shipping line is predicting the latter,” continued James Hookham. “And why wouldn’t they when they are collectively expecting to turn profits exceeding $150 billion this year? But there is good reason to query the hype of continued congestion.”

“The expectations for consumer inflation levels in most developed countries are hardening and most central banks are expected to increase interest rates next year. That won’t affect retail prices immediately, but it could trigger a rapid change in consumer sentiment that means the ‘click-fest’ of on-line shopping that has reportedly fuelled the surge in shipping demand for the past 18 months could be extinguished as quickly as it ignited”.

“Sure, maritime congestion will take some time to unwind, but if the ‘Great Shipping Crisis of 2021’ proves to be just that, then the speed at which shipping rates shadow the drop in demand will be a critical indicator of the responsiveness and competitiveness of this market”.

James Hookham concluded by reflecting on the fact that amongst its global membership, GSF now includes operators of container ships!

“There is, of course, that small heroic band of shippers out there who made the trip to the Dark Side during 2021 and hired their own vessels to move their own goods, because shipping line predictability had got so bad, and rates so out of kilter with actual operating costs. I don’t know what their charter terms are, or what their experiences have been, but I expect they will soon be needing to decide whether to ‘give up the hobby’ or make it a part of their routine operations. These endeavours have been dismissed as an aberration by most shipping industry observers, but it tells you something when a few guys in the audience think they can whistle a better tune than the full orchestra!

Notes to Editors

Global Shippers Forum (www.globalshippersforum.com) is the global business organisation speaking up for exporters and importers as cargo owners in international supply chains and trade procedures. Its members are national and regional shippers’ associations representing hundreds of manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing businesses in over 20 countries across five continents. GSF works for safe, competitively efficient, and environmentally sustainable global trade and logistics.

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Mr. Marine – NEW VISUAL IDENTITY

November 15, 2021 by Julia Hiles

On the 15th November 2021, MR Marine Group announced its new visual identity. The rebranding reflects the consistent business and global growth in recent years. Mr. Marine is stronger than ever to continue delivering value to customers in the maritime sector.

Through a new logo that reflects the beacon lights at sea, combined with the visionary feeling of an orange sunrise at the horizon, Mr. Marine continues to be your reliable and loyal partner. The firm is reinforcing its mission: to inspect, support and repair any on board electromechanical equipment that has an impact on a vessel being safe and compliant – anywhere in the world – delivering outstanding customer service.

“Welcome to the new and bright chapter of Mr. Marine, we’re pleased to have you on board!” – Karel Peters, CEO of Mr. Marine.

The considerable technical experience and expertise accumulated in time ensure Mr. Marine’s professional team provides its customers a prompt and optimal solution to meet their needs. Precision, agility, and dynamism define the new visual identity.

ABOUT Mr. Marine

Mr. Marine is the world’s leading specialist service company for the inspection, certification and maintenance of marine elevators and ballast water treatment systems.Founded in 2002 and currently operating from hubs in Rotterdam, Dubai, Kochi, Singapore, Shanghai, and Panama, the organisation manages a global network of 150 certified service engineers in over 130 ports. The company prides itself on the passion of its people and their drive to excel. Their collective ambition assures customers of instant service response. More information: www.mr-marinegroup.com

Although the company branding has changed, the legal full style and address remain unchanged:

MR Marine Group B.V.

Walenburgerplein 106

3039 AN Rotterdam

The Netherlands

For more information, contact us: https://www.mr-marinegroup.com/contact/offices

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GEODIS wins ‘Best Logistics Service Provider – Project Cargo’ at the 2021 AFLAS Awards

November 11, 2021 by Julia Hiles

Sustained innovation and high service quality place GEODIS at the very top of the Best Logistics Service Provider category

The Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) annual awards celebrate exemplary leadership and relationship management as well as top-notch solutions within the industry. The awards set the benchmark for service provider excellence amongst air and shipping lines, airports, and seaports, as well as third-party logistics and other associated industries.

With bottlenecks at major ports, container pileups, and shipment delays, project logistics providers—handling customers with complex and oversized transport requirements—have been pushed to quickly adapt and uncover new methods to meet the relentless demand of these large-scale projects. Despite this difficult climate, GEODIS has been recognized for tackling the constraints of these challenges with fresh, robust, and targeted solutions. This includes seamlessly navigating the complex technical requirements present in transporting high voltage transformers as well as delivering specialized solutions across surface, barge and ocean transportation.

*Chandler SO, GEODIS’ Airfreight Director North Asia sub-region, collecting the award.*

“Our Project Logistics services are centered around innovation and designing ways in which we can re-configure our customers’ needs and dilemmas into a seamless, cost-effective and reliable road map,” said Chris Cahill, Managing Director, North Asia Sub Region. “We are honored to have these ongoing efforts recognized and will continue to deliver quality solutions that can carry our customers’ businesses forward.”

“We have always been, and will continue to be, a pioneer in the Project Logistics sector, rising up to new challenges with dynamic and reliable services, incorporating cutting-edge engineering logistics, tailored specifically to meet the unique requirements of every project,” added Frederic de Prat, Regional Director, Asia Pacific. “We aim to keep growing and innovating, especially amidst such uncertain times, in order to stay ahead of the curve.”

GEODIS’ dedicated network of more than 550 specialists located in 30 countries provides expert Project Logistics services across all major industries, including oil & gas, rail, nuclear, mining, power, infrastructure, renewables, as well as petrochemical production and refining. In recent years, the company has also been expanding its services to sectors such as aid and relief, government and military.

GEODIS – www.geodis.com

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THE AMERICAN CLUB’S LOSS PREVENTION INITIATIVE ‘GOOD CATCH’ GATHERS MOMENTUM

November 10, 2021 by Julia Hiles

Robust culture supports seafarers’ situational awareness and personal responsibility in campaign to improve safety at sea for all

NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 2, 2021: The American Club has recently launched an important new loss prevention initiative entitled Good Catch. As it gains increasing momentum, five safety advisories having been issued in the two months since the campaign was launched, Good Catch is aimed directly at seafarers themselves. It combines alerts and animations on safety-related issues in a focused format. Good Catch is currently available for download in English and in both new and traditional Mandarin.

Good Catch recognizes that, although there may be differences in detail between individual safety management systems, they all have a common purpose in ensuring seafarers’ situational awareness and their personal responsibility for their own safety, that of their shipmates, the marine environment, and the many other interests involved in their service at sea. The initiative emphasizes the importance of a strong safety culture which identifies, assesses and reports unsafe conditions, unsafe acts and near misses using case study examples.

Elements of the campaign already released include: reduction of CO2 emissions; dangers of over reliance on ECDIS²; engine room egress in case of fire and questionable risk assessments of various situations. A number more are planned over the coming months.

Dr. William Moore, Head of Global Loss Prevention, Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., the Club’s Managers, said:

“We have over the recent past issued animations on bunkering and the handling of steel and rice cargoes; a library of safety, environmental and cargo handling e-Learning modules; safety comics and posters, but the focus of Good Catch is on informing seafarers themselves. We look to help them to become more situationally aware of their surroundings as well as make them aware that they are most responsible for their own safety and the safety of those who work beside them, in conjunction with the company and safety management system procedures under which they operate.

“As Managers of the Club, we meet with the Club Board’s Safety and Environmental Protection Committee, comprised of Club Directors, every quarter to discuss loss prevention and survey related activities. Earlier this year, the Committee requested the Managers to maintain an undiminished focus on seafarer and ship safety in parallel with initiatives to inhibit environmental exposure, given the Club’s especially valuable insights to both areas of concern to the safe and environmentally friendly operation of ships.”

Joe Hughes, Chairman & CEO of Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., the Club’s Managers, said:

“It was a combination of events that brought Good Catch to fruition, but the initiative was primarily a result of reaching out to our members for their feedback on the loss prevention products and services the Club provides. The response was very positive. There was a clear message that the Club should promote safety related guidance directed at seafarers which was short, simple and focused. I am very pleased that this important initiative has now been launched.”

New alerts and animations will be posted periodically at the Club’s website at:

¹https://www.american-club.com/page/good_catch

²Electronic Chart Display and Information System

The American Club

American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc. (the American Club) was established in New York in 1917. It is the only mutual Protection and Indemnity Club domiciled in the entire Americas and its headquarters are in New York, USA.

The American Club has been successful in recent years in building on its US heritage to create a truly international insurer with a global reach second-to-none in the industry. Day to day management of the American Club is provided by Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. also headquartered in New York.

The Club is able to provide local service for its members across all time zones, communicating in eleven languages, and has subsidiary offices located in London, Piraeus, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Houston, plus a worldwide network of correspondents.

The Club is a member of the International Group of P&I Clubs, a collective of thirteen mutuals which together provide Protection and Indemnity insurance for some 90% of all world shipping.

The American Club also operates a fixed premium facility, Eagle Ocean Marine (EOM), aimed at the operators of smaller vessels in local and regional trades. Since it commenced underwriting in 2011 with its coventurers at Lloyd’s, EOM has enjoyed considerable success in building a growing footprint in this specialist market and generating strong profitability for both the Club and its co-insuring partners.

American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company, Ltd. (AHHIC) is a wholly-owned, Solvency-II accredited hull and war risk subsidiary of the Club, based in Cyprus. Since it began operating in mid-2016, AHHIC has enjoyed an increasing market presence throughout the world. For more information, please visit the Club’s website http://www.american-club.com/

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TT Club appoints its first Chief Technology Officer

November 10, 2021 by Julia Hiles

The leading global freight and logistics insurer underlines the future importance of technology in fulfilling its primary mission of a safer and more secure container industry with the appointment of an experienced CTO in Kevin Blunsum, working alongside Thomas Miller Group CIO Lisa Gibbard.

Kevin Blunsum, Chief Technology Officer, TT Club

Digitalisation of the transport and logistics industry is quite well advanced, and the TT Club is committed to meeting the digital needs of the industry now and in the future. The Club’s appointment of its first Chief Technology Officer is a major step in ensuring its ability to service its Members’ developing digital needs.

Kevin Blunsum is a highly experienced and well-respected member of the London-market insurance community. Over his thirty-year career he has held a variety of positions engaged in insurance technology development and change management with Deloitte, EY, Accenture, and more recently with Aspen Insurance as Director of Business Transformation.

Blunsum will be working closely with Lisa Gibbard, the recently appointed CIO of TT Club’s management company, Thomas Miller to ensure alignment with other businesses in the group. Gibbard herself has career-long expertise in global IT and operations of global financial services organisations, in particular focussing on defining and implementing business lead technology strategies, driving innovation and operational risk management.

In welcoming Blunsum, Kevin King TT Club’s COO said, “The timing of this appointment, the first CTO TT has ever had, and indeed a first for any Thomas Miller managed business, reflects our belief in the centrality of technology to the services offered to our Members and the industry. Thomas Miller businesses have long been able to leverage the knowledge of our Group Chief Information Officer, but the digital transformation underway in both the transport and insurance industries demands we have a technology heavyweight focused only on our Memberships current and future needs 24/7. Kevin’s unmistakable calibre and track record in technological advancement affirms this commitment.”

Commenting on the appointment of a CTO in the context of TT’s corporate strategy, CEO Charles Fenton said, “In recent years, with the help of management consultants McKinsey, we embarked on wide-ranging, qualitative research into the opinion of industry leaders on what the future holds for the container industry over the next twenty years or so. A key finding was that digitalisation and data analytics, in addition to the automation of processes would cause a fundamental shift in the sources of value creation. Recent global events have indicated an acceleration in these forces for change and Kevin’s appointment is an integral part of the business strategies we are employing in response.”

About TT Club:

TT Club is the established market-leading independent provider of mutual insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry. TT Club’s primary objective is to help make the industry safer and more secure. Founded in 1968, the Club has more than 1100 Members, spanning container owners and operators, ports and terminals, and logistics companies, working across maritime, road, rail, and air. TT Club is renowned for its high-quality service, in-depth industry knowledge and enduring Member loyalty. It retains more than 93% of its Members with a third of its entire membership having chosen to insure with the Club for 20 years or more.

www.ttclub.com

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Launching of a 90,000-dwt Bulk Carrier “LIN MIARAK”

Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award 2021 announced at final online event

“K” LINE Group Companies Establish New Cold and Dry Warehouses in Thailand

GEODIS plans to double its Contract Logistics Footprint in the UK

“K” Line Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, a Leading Index for ESG Investing for 11 consecutive years

Congestion is not just for Christmas

Mr. Marine – NEW VISUAL IDENTITY

GEODIS wins ‘Best Logistics Service Provider – Project Cargo’ at the 2021 AFLAS Awards

THE AMERICAN CLUB’S LOSS PREVENTION INITIATIVE ‘GOOD CATCH’ GATHERS MOMENTUM

TT Club appoints its first Chief Technology Officer

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