LONDON marine insurers TT Club together with the London-based Container Owners Association (COA) have published a "Stop Loss" handbook that focuses on bulk liquid flexitanks.

The publication defines safe operations and identifies risks, highlights good practice and provides practical risk mitigation guidance for those in the supply chain who procure, fit, pack, unpack and handle cargoes being shipped in flexitanks.

It is intended to be consulted and used in conjunction with the IMO/ILO/ UNECE Code of Practice for Packing Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code) and the Container Owners Association's (COA) Flexitank Code of Practice.

In recommending the Stop Loss document, Mike Yarwood TT's loss prevention chief, said: "An increasing number of shippers recognize the benefits of shipping their bulk liquid cargoes in flexitanks.

"The demand continues to grow globally and both TT and the COA consider our publishing of these guidelines timely in order to maintain the safety of the process."