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Maritime Labour Convention 2006 - Financial Security Requirements (April 2019 version) IMPORTANT NOTE: The entry into force of the 2014 amendments to MLC on 18 January 2017 raised a number of…

BIMCO: ETSA Clause for Time Charter Parties 2022 On 22 June 2022, the European Parliament adopted a revised proposal for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Shipping was added to this system…

Proinde Guidelines: Shipboard sanitary inspection in Brazil / Mosquito-borne diseases in Brazil

Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) 78 – A Summary The IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) held its 78th session (MEPC 78) remotely from June 6-10, 2022. This article…

Turkey: Amendment to Environmental Law for Marine Pollution Incidents The Club's Correspondent, Vitsan, has issued a Circular to advise Members of amendments and new provisions in the Turkish…

Update: White House focus on Shipping Reform Act 2022 moves to the next phase Just two months after the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 was introduced into Congress (see our previous article…

Massive Casualties: How to Salvage the Situation It is not always smooth sailing in the shipping industry. As any seafarer worth their weight in salt will tell you – casualties will happen.…

Lakes Like No Other: An Overview of Commercial Shipping on the Great Lakes “A normal lake is knowable. A Great Lake can hold all of the mysteries of an ocean, and then some.”[i] Quite…

Crew Health Advice: Gallstone and Gallbladder Disease Introduction The gallbladder is a small, pouch-like organ found underneath the liver. Its main purpose within the body is to store and…

Ask an Expert: LNG Quality Sampling In the latest series of 'Ask an Expert' Ansuman Ghosh spoke with Sven Lataire of SGS about the specific purposes, methods, challenges, advantages and…