Recently, the reference routes for common navigational methods in Haizhou Bay was jointly published by Lianyungang and Shandong MSA in order to smooth the traffic lanes between different port areas in Haizhou Bay and reduce the risk of collision between merchant and fishing vessels.

The Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait, and Oman Sea continue to remain one of the most challenging regions in terms of maritime security, with a wide variety of threats to vessels operating in the area.

This notice confirms approval by the International Group of the ICE Access Agreement (2023.01) ('the ICE Access Agreement'). 

The UK P&I Club, one of the world’s leading mutual insurers of third-party liabilities for ocean-going merchant ships, elected Mr Jan Valkier as Chair at its recent board meeting in Tokyo.