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US marine casualty reporting From 1st July 2016 the US Coast Guard has an amended CG-2692 form for marine casualty reporting. The new form has been streamlined to ease the burden of reporting. What…

ECA Requirements in China China MSA has issued a Guidelines on supervising the implementation of ECA regulations. In accordance with the Guidelines, ships are required to correctly and accurately…

Circular 14/16- General Average - "York Antwerp Rules (YAR) 2016" Outline  YAR 2016 adopted by the CMI Assembly in May 2016 YAR 2016 addresses concerns of ICS and BIMCO, and is supported by…

Best Practice: Mooring Snap-back zones In recent years it became common practice to mark snap-back zones on ships decks in the vicinity of mooring machinery, rollers and fairleads. However, industry…

Tackling Cargo Liquefaction In recent years the shipping world has experienced a number of incidents which have been attributed to liquefaction of cargoes of iron ore fines and nickel ore, which are…

Circular 15/16: THE UK INSURANCE ACT 2015 OUTLINE The UK Insurance Act 2015 will enter into force on 12 August 2016. As an update, the eight Clubs in the International Group whose rules are…

Best Practice: The Application of Bulldog Clips The Club’s Risk Assessors often note that bulldog clips, on board the ships that they visit, are incorrectly applied. Bulldog Grips are commonly used…

Crew Health Advice: Mental Wellbeing The PEME team together with their accredited clinics provide advice and information on a range of illnesses affecting crew. The latest health focus…

COPC Fund: Updating the claims manual and claims settlement guidelines In October 2015, the UK Club briefed Members on the function and administration of the China Oil Pollution Compensation Fund…

Intricacies of the Philippine Legal System Intricacies of the Philippine Legal System The Philippines contributes around a third of the world's 1.2 million seafarers, so it is unsurprising that the…