The UK Club hosted a Seminar on the latest Pollution issues that are affecting shipping in the Park Hyatt Hotel, Shanghai on Thursday 25th October.
Andrew Jones, Asia Pacific Regional Director, gave a welcome and introduction speech to the 80 guests before handing over to each of the three speakers. Firstly Ms Yang Zhihui from the Chinese Ship-source Oil Pollution Compensation Settlement Centre (COPC Fund) provided an overview of the operation of her organisation and the future developments and enhancements that are envisaged. Next, Mr David Barry of Gallagher Marine Systems Inc spoke about the Current Issues Impacting Ships calling to US Ports from a pollution perspective, and finally the UK Club’s Legal Director, Dr Chao Wu spoke on Local and International Pollution Developments and Challenges.
Also in attendance from the Club were Peter Jones and Dinjing Huang from the Asia Pacific Underwriting Team, Sean Geraghty from the Hong Kong Claims Team, and James Zhang and Edgar Wong from the Shanghai office. Afterwards, conversation continued over drinks and a light buffet set against the spectacular backdrop of Shanghai at night.
The Club held a golf day in Korea for members and brokers on Friday 13th April. The day was hosted on the Jack Nicklaus designed Ocean Course at the Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon by Andrew Jones, Asia Pacific Regional Director, and James Petrie Underwriting Director for Korea.
As part of the Club’s 150th Anniversary celebrations, a Golf Day was held for the Korean shipping community on Thursday 13th June 2019 at Sky72 Golf Course in Incheon, South Korea.
The 30th UK Club Korean Mountain Climb took place on Saturday 16th April, 2016 on the Yumyeong Mountain which is situated about an hour and a half outside of Seoul. The mountain was originally known as Mayusan Mountain until 1973, when the Empor Alpine reached the mountain during a hike across the nation. The Yumyeong Mountain was chosen for the 30th Anniversary as it was also the site of the first UK Club Mountain Climb in 1986.
