In a public statement of 8th November, the US Coast Guard Sector Anchorage announced increased enforcement of tank vessel response plan (VRP) requirements including monetary penalties for operators in violation of those federal regulations.
I have just reached the halfway point of my voyage and with just over two weeks of the Grand Asia Voyage to go, I am sailing my way to PagoPago at a steady thirteen knots.
Insurance market daily Insurance Day has announced the UK Club's iPandi app as one of the shortlisted entrants for their Technological Initiative of the Year award.
Ahead of the 2014 renewal season we have been working on updating the Club's iPANDI app to bring you new features and improved usability. It takes advantages of some of the changes in iOS 7. We've called it iPandi 1.1 and you can download it for free from the Apple App Store right now.
Thomas Miller Americas were the hosts for the UK Club's seminar on Bills of Lading and Sanctions which took place on October 17 at the TMA offices in New Jersey.
Bulk carriers entered in the UK Club have the lowest number of Port State Control deficiencies when inspected according to the latest edition of "Benchmarking Bulk Carriers" published by Intercargo.
The UK Club is one of the
Day of the Seafarer - 25th June 2013
25/06/2013
Our correspondents in the port of Liepaja, the Balva Insurance Company, have advised they have ceased trading. All Club matters in the port can be referred to the Liepaja office of Pandi Balt.
The UK Club is hosting a specialist forum on the oil and shipping markets for Members, their brokers and other business leaders in Geneva on the 18th June.
Risk Management - The Future: Café-style
07/06/2013
The UK Club's Asia team set out to answer the question "What is the Club doing to help Members reduce claims and premium?"
The first call date of the UK Club's hybrid capital bond falls on the 22nd August 2013. Instead of calling the UK Club's hybrid capital on that date, the UK Club is seeking consent to the amendment of some of its terms, including a revised coupon and extending the first-call date to August 2018.
The Club has produced a pamphlet entitled 'How to Comply with MARPOL Annex V', in partnership with ITOPF in response to the recent amendments to section Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
Member Survey Update
28/03/2013
All our Members and brokers were emailed this week inviting them to participate in the Member Survey this year. If you have not received a personal email from either Hugo Wynn-Williams or Christopher Brown inviting you to take part, please email us at
MLC 2006 deadline approaching
15/03/2013
As the 20th August 2013 deadline for Maritime Labour Convention compliance is less than six months away the Club continues to build its resources for Members. Our website section 'Maritime Labour Convention (MLC2006)' is collating the notices and advices from ratifying states on the impending effects of their national laws on shipowners and operators in this area. Circular 8/13 was added to the collection which includes an updated set of Club FAQs explaining potential developments on cover in relation to repatriation of seafarers. The Legal Briefing "Comprehensive rights and protection at work" reviews the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and explains the implications for Members of its adoption into national labour laws.
Important Circulars this week
07/03/2013
Significant developments in environmental and labour regulation together with a change to cargo liability cover under P&I have generated four separate, and important, circulars this week.
Documentation check
28/02/2013
All Member documentation, both Certificates of Entry and Blue Cards, was completed and issued by 20th February this year. Electronic copies will have been emailed individually to Members, but the documentation can also be quickly referenced by logging on to the Members Area of this website.
The Club is mailing a package of the International Shipping Federation's (ISF) guide publication "Guidelines on the Application of the ILO Maritime Labour Conventions (2nd edition)" and the Lloyds Register/UK Club "ILO MLC pocket checklist" free to all its members. UK Club Loss Prevention Director, Karl Lumbers, explained: "The vast majority of our members should not find it difficult to comply with MLC standards. But the system of enforcement is new and it would be frustrating for our owners to face detention due to simple teething problems with documentation or other proofs of compliance."
Alert to Members passing Egypt & Congo
01/02/2013
Two loss prevention bulletins issued this week highlight potential problems for Members whose ships may be in the vicinity of the Suez Canal or the Congolese port of Pointe Noire.