Industry Developments

BIMCO has published the GUARDCON contract for the employment of security guards on vessels.  Although not endorsing the use of security guards on board vessels, it addresses key issues including adequate insurance, lawful...

Attached are the latest lists of Agents, Consortia and SPROs as of 3rd May 2012.

China SPROs Update - Friday 16th December Overnight, a number of shipowners have reported being contacted by a consortium, or 'umbrella organisation', purporting to represent SPROs...

The HM Treasury has released details on the financial sanctions in respect of restrictions directed by the Council of the European Union. The document also contains a list of named individuals and entities against whom sanctions are imposed.

On the 18th August 2011, the US Government issued an Executive Order that blocks property of the Syrian government, including all entities controlled by the Syrian government.  The Executive Order prohibits...

In July 2009, the United States, Canada and France jointly proposed to the IMO to create an Emissions Control Area (ECA) off the coast of the North American continent. The aim of...

The last eighteen months has seen numerous new sanctions regimes introduced by the EU, UN and the U.S. Amongst the shipping community, there has naturally been a heavy focus on Iranian and Libyan sanctions. It is important to understand, however, that there are now a whole host of countries facing sanctions from the EU, UN and U.S.

Japanese Container ports located south of the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami are undamaged but questions remain surrounding future power supplies. The Club would recommend that where carriers accept refrigerated...

The amended Migrant Workers Act (AMWA) in the main seeks to label a number of existing liabilities / obligations that employers have previously faced, whether arising under the terms of the POEA Standard Employment Contract (SEC) and/or a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), but now requires that an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) has insurance for those liabilities. There are some subtle differences as to how those liabilities have previously arisen, notably under sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (h) and (i), whilst there are two (2) new liabilities, both of which will be incorporated into the new POEA SEC, which will come into force on 12th November.

 A special information and resources page for Philippine employment regulations has been established on the UK Club website this week as further developments on the employment of Filipino seafarers have arisen. A series of amendments and additions to the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration Standard Employment Contract (POEA SEC) have recently been circulated by the Filipino Association for Mariners’ Employment (FAME).