In May 2007, dockers and truckers joined forces at an ITF meeting on container cargo safety held in Oakland (US) to establish an agenda for action following numerous reports of accidents involving unsafe container cargo.

Discussion at the meeting led to a decision to:

• share information on the issue;
• lobby international organisations for a cross-sectoral safety regulation;
• carry out awareness raising programmes during the ITF International Road Transport Action Week in October 2007.

The ITF Road Transport Workers' Section and ITF Dockers' Section are coordinating their activites on this issue.

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By using this area of the ITF webpage, visitors will be able to access and share information from affiliates and other sources on issues related to container cargo safety.

Information that is available is as follows:

History of ITF activities
Chronology of activities organised by the ITF on this topic since 1994

Resources
Information from the ITF, unions and other organisations relating to container cargo safety

Image Library
Images of problems concerning transportation of containers

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