U.S Sanctions against Venezuela stepped up- international shipping largely unaffected.
In July and August of 2017 the U.S issued another Executive Order expanding on the sanctions against Venezuela. Although to date none of the U.S. sanctions appear to have had a direct effect on international shipping, attached above is further information on the topic provided by our local correspondents.
The UK P&I Club recently held a webinar on the maintenance and proper use of mooring ropes; the webinar received an overwhelming response with attendees from more than 50 countries worldwide.
In this short article, the Club takes a look back one of the most notorious historical incident in maritime history, the sinking of Titanic; this casualty gives us the opportunity to examine the reported facts, to reflect and understand human error and avoid those mistakes from being repeated that others have made.
The UK P&I Club has launched a new app ‘Correspondent Connect’, available on Google Play store and Apple App store*, allowing users to easily access correspondent information from their mobile device.
