Alert 28 Integrity, professionalism and transparency

Transport Canada recently announced an update to their Ballast Water Regulations (SOR/2021-120) which entered into immediate effect.

A webinar organised by the Thomas Miller managed insurance mutuals, container freight specialist TT Club and protection & indemnity insurer, UK P&I Club, revealed the diverse range of factors important to safe container ship operations and the security of the container stacks they carry.

In this report, the UK Club examines potential issues that can arise and even contribute to the cause of an accident when using ECDIS.

Members are often asked to accept letters of indemnity (LOIs) from their shippers or charterers in return for the delivery of cargo without presentation of original bills of lading, the delivery of cargo at a port other than that named in the bill of lading (or both) and in various other circumstances.