The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a Marine Notice concerning the carriage, compliance and usage of ECDIS onboard ships calling in Australian ports.
This circular provides crucial guidance on the safe handling and carriage of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) cargoes, particularly those containing iron ore fines.
Bodily Injury News - December 2012 edition
13/12/2012
Bodily Injury News December edition out now
13/12/2012
UKDC Counterparty Risk - Claims for Damages
12/12/2012
Development of the Law; Causation; Remoteness; Remoteness and Shipping - The "Achilleas"; Accepting repudiatory breaches; Mitigation; Date that damages are assessed; Assessment of damages; Wasted expenditure as basis for damages; "Cost of Cure" basis of assessment; Summary
MLC 2006 Pocket Checklist
07/12/2012
Updated for 2017, The ILO MLC Pocket Checklist (Revision 3) aims to help owners, operators and crew comply with the Marine Labour Convention which comes into force in August 2013. Non compliance with the requirements of the convention will result in port state control (PSC) detentions, so to help reduce the risk of your ship being detained, as a minimum, we strongly recommend that you include the items in this checklist as part of your final checks before the voyage and port entry.
The 27 member States of the Paris MOU will focus their attention on passenger ship safety in 2013. The HAVEP will last for twelve months, commencing on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2013.
On the 9th November the Supreme Court in Bermuda also sanctioned the transfer of UK Club (Bermuda)'s business to UK Club (Europe). UK Club (Bermuda) will become the reinsurer of UK Europe and continue to be the holding company controlled by its members. The new structure will take effect from February 2013 and does not impact members in the 2012 policy year.