SOLAS VI FAQs

The UK P&I Club was recently invited by Thome Ship management to take part in their “Bulk carrier advancement Workshop” held in Delhi from the 23rd to 25th August. Captain Anuj Velankar represented the UK P&I Club at the workshop.

Further to the UK P&I Club's recent update on the BWMC 2004, the IMO confirmed on the 18th January 2016 that forty-seven countries have now ratified the convention, substantially more than the 30 required, but their combined fleets comprise, at most, 34.56 per cent of global tonnage, the 35% global tonnage required for the Convention to enter into force has yet to be attained.

4 months to go until the SOLAS convention, requiring as a condition of loading a packed container onto a ship for export, that the container has a verified gross mass enters into force. From 1st July 2016, the requirement will become mandatory and will apply globally.

Every year Thomas Miller holds a charity golf day in New Jersey to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. We are very proud to announce that, like the past three events, this year’s golfing day was a big success.