Alert 28 Integrity, professionalism and transparency

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

This is advice to Members concerns measures that might be considered in order to prevent the trafficking of illicit narcotics on their vessels.

The Sea Cargo Charter (“the Charter”) provides a global transparent framework and baseline for assessing and disclosing the climate alignment of chartering activities against the IMO’s absolute target as set out in its Initial Strategy which is to reduce the shipping industry’s total annual greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions by at least 50% of 2008 levels by 2050.

The UK Club’s Correspondents in China, Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Ltd, would like to alert Members to recent cases where crewmembers onboard ships were required to perform antibody testing in addition to NAT (swab) tests prior to entering shipyards in Shanghai and Zhoushan.