On Tuesday 19th September our Loss Prevention team held a seminar and drinks reception at The Sherwood Hotel, Taipei which aimed to provide an insight into the departments global reach, commitment to safety, offsetting rising claims and maintaining membership quality.
The event included an in depth study into collisions with fishing boats, including advice on claims handling and associated local legal issues.
The seminar was well attended with delegates from the Taiwan shipping community and also featured a short Q&A session.
If you would like to find out more about the Club's commitment to Loss Prevention, you can contact the team via the dedicated webpage here
The UK P&I Club have received the following circular from correspondents Huatai, regarding potential collisions with fishing boats while sailing in Chinese waters as the fishing ban period in the region comes to an end.
Research has shown that two thirds of us experience a mental health problem in our lifetimes, and stress is a key factor in this. Monday 14th May marks the start of 'Mental Health Awareness' Week, which this year is focusing on stress and how to manage it in order to improve our mental health.
Sophia Bullard, Director of UK P&I Club’s Crew Health Programme chats to SAFETY4SEA about the Crew Health Programme for which the Club has been shortlisted for the ‘Initiative’ category.
After the fishing bans to the types of Truss-trawl for shrimp, cage and pot, gill net, light-seining(lift) net were firstly lifted on 1 August 2020, the fishing bans of the other primary fishing types in the Chinese waters 26° 30′ North, including the Taiwan Strait, Qiongzhou Strait, South China Sea, etc., will be lifted at 1200 hrs on 16 Aug 2020.
