UK Club draws Members' attention to latest circular from Club correspondent Huatai advising of additional requirements for vessels entering & leaving Shanghai Port.
The Club would like to draw Members' attention to the latest circular from our correspondent in China, Oasis P&I Services Limited.
Until recently, it was not clear whether a party seeking to arrest a vessel in Malaysia had a duty to make full and frank disclosure in its affidavit leading to the warrant of arrest ("arrest affidavit").
IMPORTANT NOTE: The entry into force of the 2014 amendments to MLC on 18 January 2017 raised a number of complex and novel questions
On 22 June 2022, the European Parliament adopted a revised proposal for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).
Jacqueline Tan
01/07/2022
Jacqueline is a qualified barrister and solicitor handling FDD and P&I cases for many years. She is Legal Services Manager at Thomas Miller, editor of the Club’s legal publications and also a member of Thomas Miller’s Legal and Environmental Team. Jacqueline speaks Malay, French and Hokkien.
Mental Wellbeing
24/06/2022
Support, awareness & education is the key in recognising mental health issues & the first step in order to support crew on the journey to recovery.
Physical Health
24/06/2022
Our enhanced medical exam screens the major body organs in order to detect the most common physical health conditions and prevent crew falling ill.
Maritime Criminal Investigations
24/06/2022
Signum Services is the in-house investigative arm of UK P&I Club at Thomas Miller & Co
The IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) held its 78th session (MEPC 78) remotely from June 6-10, 2022. This article summarises the outcomes from MEPC 78.
Condition Surveys
23/06/2022
As well as ship visits the Club organises condition surveys to enable managers to determine whether entered ships conform to acceptable standards.
Safety Assessment
23/06/2022
The UK P&I Club retains 6 risk assessors, including ex masters and chief engineers
Proinde Guidelines: Shipboard sanitary inspection in Brazil / Mosquito-borne diseases in Brazil
23/06/2022
Diseases transmitted to humans by mosquitoes have been growing over the last decades and now affect about half of the world's population, particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In recent years, Brazil has recorded numerous outbreaks of mosquito-borne infectious diseases that are of significant concern to the health of seafarers and passengers with potential impact on the safe operation of vessels.
The Club's Correspondent, Vitsan, has issued a Circular to advise Members of amendments and new provisions in the Turkish Environmental Law for Marine Pollution Incidents, published in the Official Gazette on 15 June 2022.
Just two months after the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 was introduced into Congress (see our previous article here), the Federal Maritime Committee (FMC) Fact Finding Final Report #29, Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on the U.S
Great Lakes vessels trading is typically performed by dry bulk vessels that carry a variety of cargoes including ores, limestone, salt, cement, sand, grain, coal and gypsum. This article provides some insight into commercial shipping on the Great Lakes and some of what one might expect when transiting the area.
It is not always smooth sailing in the shipping industry
Gallstones are formed when substances, such as cholesterol, bile pigments and/or calcium salts, harden into a solid form
Americas bodily injury team
14/06/2022
Our Americas bodily injury team is drawn from experts in our New Jersey and San Francisco offices