Container Cargo Safety
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, ITF Dockers' Section, ITF Seafarers' Section and ITF Railway Workers' Section are coordinating their activites on this issue.
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21-22 February 2011: ILO Global Dialogue Forum on Safety in the Supply Chain in relation to Packing of Containers. Read more >>
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14-18 February 2011: ITF Container Cargo Safety Union Awareness Week. Read more >>
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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
Useful Links
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Road transport
The Road Transport Workers’ Section is one of the ITF’s eight industrial sections. Its membership includes 191 unions worldwide, representing 1,500,615 members.
Seafarers
The ITF has been helping seafarers since 1896 and today represents the interests of seafarers worldwide, of whom over 600,000 are members of ITF affiliated unions.
Railways
The ITF’s Railway Workers’ Section is one of ITF’s eight industrial sections. Its membership includes 137 unions worldwide, representing 1,245,315 members.
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