The UK P&I Club recently held a Webinar on the subject of confined navigation, particularly in rivers such as the Mississippi and Paraná; more information and a recording of the Webinar is now available.

Following a recent UK Club webinar on Biofuels there were many questions raised answered, these have been conflated for the easy use of Members and the wider Shipping Industry.

The International Group has approved an updated version of essDOCS’s electronic trading system.

In this lessons learnt video the crew were instructed to clean the vessel’s cargo holds in preparation for the next cargo, during the procedure a seaman on top of the staging fell down suffering serious injuries.

A new initiative from the UK Club loss prevention team and CAE, the world’s largest aviation training company. Featuring 12 aviation incidents that cross-refer to the maritime sector, highlighting important and transferable ‘lessons from the flight deck’.

We have been working with over 200 members of our correspondents network to produce a comprehensive document that outlines challenges and changes for crew changes in ports.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has recently published Coronavirus (COVID-19): Roadmap for Vaccination of International Seafarers setting out procedures for all stakeholders to facilitate crew inoculation during the pandemic.

The International Group has approved an updated version of essDOCS’s electronic trading system.

The Directors approved the Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 20th February 2021.

This circular informs Members of the approval by the International Group of P&I Clubs (the Group) of the TradeLens eBL system.

This Circular provides information on the recent designation by the Government of the United States on Venezuela’s Maritime Authority (Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuaticos – “INEA”).