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 UK P&I Club received the following update from Harpaz P&I, a local Israeli correspondent, regarding the port situation in Israel. 

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.

The UK P&I Club have been made aware of a series of unrelated recent cases of shingles in crew members, resulting in ship deviation, medical repatriation, and treatment aboard.