Alert! 12 - It makes sense...
30/06/2006
Highlights Issue 14: June 2006
01/06/2006
The 2000 OPRC- HNS PROTOCOL
31/05/2006
Like the OPRC Convention, the HNS Protocol aims to provide a global framework for co-operation in combating major incidents or threats of marine pollution.
465 - 05/06 - Visa Requirements - Brazil
30/04/2006
The association would like to alert Members to two recent incidents involving Member ships registered in the Bahamas and visiting Brazilian ports. The ships received substantial fines by Brazilian immigration authorities for invalid crew documents because crewmembers had Bahamian Seaman's Record Books.
467 - 05/06 - Drugs - Petrozuata - Venezuela
30/04/2006
The Association has recently been made aware of an arrest on board a vessel in Petrozuata, Venezuela arising from drug smuggling.
The Association wishes to draw Members' attention to two recent decisions of the Supreme Court in the Philippines, the impact of which, if not overturned, increase the compensation payable to ill or injured Filipino crew.