Safety

Customs Support Safety and Sedna Containers have recently cemented their long-term commitment. In this article, the Managing Director of Sedna, Henk Rademaker and Rick Kramer, head of Customs Support Safety, talk about the successful cooperation in which the container specialist uses our container depot and the facilities available there.

Welcome to our exclusive series of “Meet Our People” where we provide you with an exclusive look behind the scenes to introduce you to the dedicated individuals who drive the Customs Support team. These passionate professionals play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our mission: empowering your global trade.

Safety, welfare, and the environment are all concerns in logistics. So, how can we mitigate the harmful effects we have in supply chains? Head of Safety Rinus de Bruijn discusses in this article.

About a year ago we added GOC Rotterdam to the Customs Support family. Until recently they operated under the GOC name, but now that they have successfully integrated they will continue as Customs Support Safety as of January 1st, 2022.

Safety is of the utmost importance in any work environment. That is why companies should be careful about exposure to harmful substances and gases: CMR chemicals. CMR stands for Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic.

Shipping containers and other closed, or poorly ventilated spaces, like storage facilities can develop dangerous levels of gases. Higher concentrations of dangerous gases can develop because they can be emitted from packaging materials, for example.

90 Percent of the world’s cargo is transported by shipping container. The number of containers keeps increasing. In 2019 the total throughput was 800 million TEU. TEU stands for Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit, the length of a standard shipping container. COVID caused a small dip in the increase for 2020, but the forecast for 2021 is 827 million and the total throughput is forecasted to rise to 924 million in 2024. 

The Customs Support Group does much more than being a customs partner for companies that wish to export goods or import goods and participate in global trade.

We are very proud to announce that we have welcomed PX Safety to the Customs Support family as of October 1st 2020.