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27 August 2026

Container shipping urged to move fire prevention upstream

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Container shipping urged to move fire prevention upstream

The container shipping industry needs to move fire prevention much further upstream, identifying dangerous cargo risks at booking rather than discovering them after a box has been loaded onboard. That is the central argument of a new report from Thetius and Tigris Systems examining why dangerous goods incidents remain stubbornly difficult to prevent despite established …

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