Chinese New Year 2021

新年快乐!

Thomas Miller staff would like to wish all Club Members and friends a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year. As always our best wishes and thoughts are particularly with those crews whose duties at sea separate them from their families and friends during these festive times.

Our offices in the region follow the local convention on holidays at this time. They will of course maintain the usual duty executive coverage throughout this period.

Hong Kong Office:

Will be closed from 12th February, re-opening on 16th February 2021.

In case of emergency, please contact:

UK P&I Club Duty Mobile +852 9195 5459

Shanghai Office:

Will be closed from 11th Febraury for the Spring Festival, re-opening on 18th February 2021.

In case of emergency, please contact:

UK P&I Club Duty Mobile +852 9195 5459

2021 is the Chinese Year of the Ox

The order of the zodiac, according to myth, was determined by the order in which the animals arrived to the Jade Emperor’s party. The Rat entered the party first after tricking the Ox into giving him a lift to the finish line; when there, he jumped down and finished in first place just before the Ox.

The Ox is also associated with the Earthly Branch (地支 / dì zhī) Chǒu (丑) and the hours 1–3 in the morning. In the terms of yin and yang (阴阳 / yīn yáng), the Ox is Yang.

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UK P&I

Date12/02/2021

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新年快乐!

Thomas Miller staff would like to wish all Club Members and friends a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year.

The region comprising Latin America and the Caribbean is a busy one for the UK P&I Club. Some prominent Members have a large number of tons entered with the Club and have this region as their principal place of business. Moreover, many of the Club’s entered ships frequently call at Latin American and Caribbean ports regardless of where the Member is based, which can undoubtedly be anywhere in the world.  

Founded in 1543, Santos has been long known as a port city – first through the export of coffee and then other commodities. Santos was significantly modernised and expanded in the 1990s to incorporate new technologies, operating with specialised terminals for containers, general cargo, and dry and liquid bulk, and it is responsible for almost 27% of the country’s trade. Santos is considered the largest port in Latin America, with its docks being 25 km long and able to accommodate about 50 ships at a time.