Dr Marcus Brauer, a General Practitioner from one of the Club's PEME approved clinics in South Africa, provides valuable medical insight into one of the industry's most concerning medical issues: diabetes.
UK Club Senior Claims Director, Tony Fielder looks at a case where early interaction with authorities paid long term dividends in defeating class actions brought by tourism and fishing Lobby Groups.
Circular 10/16:New IG/CINS Guidelines for the Carriage of Calcium Hypochlorite in Containers
10/05/2016
The International Group and the shipping line members of the Cargo Incident Notification System have collaborated to produce a new set of guidelines for the carriage of Calcium Hypochlorite in containers
Circular 9/16: Syria Sanctions
10/05/2016
The European Union and the United States continue to apply trade sanctions against the Government of Syria
The International Group recommends that the 2011 Inter-Club Agreement should be applied to all NYPE/Asbatime charterparties. The Group has therefore drafted a charterparty clause to promote the application and incorporation of the 2011 Agreement into all NYPE/Asbatime charterparties.
Soundings UK Defence- May 2016
02/05/2016
UK Club's Loss Prevention department provides practical guidance to Members in relation to piracy in West Africa.
Risk Focus Consolidated 2016
31/03/2016
With its team of risk assessors, the UK Club is in a unique position to gather data and target areas of risk onboard ship.
PEME advice: Hypertension
31/03/2016
Hypertension is currently the second most frequent reason for PEME failure and the illness alone represents 8% of all unfit decisions. Hypertension is a constant cause of crew illness incidents and can lead to heart disease, stroke, vascular dementia and chronic kidney disease. In 2014 it was estimated that Hypertension cost the NHS in the UK over £2 Billion in health care services and medications.
Huatai Circular PNI 1604
18/03/2016
Members are referred to our Circular 3/16 concerning Iran sanctions.This Circular is intended to update members on the latest developments in relation to the interim and longer-term solutions to the reinsurance recovery shortfall risk under the Group General Excess Loss reinsurance programme and Hydra retrocession programme.