The UK Club has announced today at London International Shipping Week (LISW) that it had worked with CAE, the global leader in civil aviation training, on a human element safety training initiative based on aviation standards. The initiative will make available CAE's comprehensive Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) learning materials and Train the Trainer support to all UK P&I Club Members.

Recently, the reference routes for common navigational methods in Haizhou Bay was jointly published by Lianyungang and Shandong MSA in order to smooth the traffic lanes between different port areas in Haizhou Bay and reduce the risk of collision between merchant and fishing vessels.

The UK P&I Club received the following update from Harpaz P&I, a local Israeli correspondent, regarding the port situation in Israel. 

The Port of Singapore has reminded all operators of the potential consequences of minor bunker spills, which they state are generally caused by operational lapses.