Maritime Risk International
Stacking up the risks
Sudhir Malhotra, at the Standard Club, looks at container securing and stack collapses, analysing the causes and solutions
In a highly commoditised and competitive container freight market, the shipping of containers has increased exponentially
through the decades – in 2019 the international liner shipping industry transported 226 million containers around the world
with a cargo value of more than US$4 trillion.