Visitors from Oman shipping Muna Al Balushi (Manager of their Claims department) and Abdul Wahab Al Rawahi (in house legal counsel) spent a week with the UK P&I Club in London.
While here, they attended talks on a number of topics including Tanker claims, Bunker disputes, oil major approvals, off hire disputes, unsafe ports, war risks, Pollution claims etc. along with several case studies.
A wide team of claims handlers from all Syndicates, Underwriting, Loss Prevention and Signum participated in making this a successful event.
Shipowners’ concerns at increasing piracy in West Africa and the kidnap for ransom threat were addressed by the Association at their seminar co-hosted with UK P&I in Athens on 7 March. Key themes of loss prevention and response were discussed with invited industry experts.
The UK P&I Club, a leading provider of P&I insurance and other services to the international shipping community, has appointed Tom Starr as a Senior Claims Executive, who will be based in the Thomas Miller London offices.
