BULK MATTERS accompanies the Club DVD 'Bulk Matters' and highlights some of the most frequent causes of Bulk Carrier claims that the Club sees. This insightful booklet covers such topics hold cleaning; The Silver Nitrate test and Moisture Migration. This booklet also points to many other valuable Club publications which will assist Members prevent claims and limit liability.
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.
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.
The preparation of cargo holds for the next intended carriage is a critical operation which requires careful planning and execution; this article considers a number of legal issues which may arise, including terms commonly used in charterparties to describe the cleanliness of cargo holds, the consequences of failing to comply with such terms, potentially resulting in off-hire claims and damages, and the role of the independent surveyor.
