Members' attention is drawn to the attached update on the 2019 tariffs for pollution fines in Turkish waters
2019 Reinsurance Rates Announced
18/12/2018
The arrangements for the renewal of the International Group General Excess of Loss (GXL) reinsurance contract for 2019/20 have now been confirmed.
The Club has recently been notified drawing manifold samples is not allowed in Sabtank terminal in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
New pollution fine tariff for Turkey in 2019
17/12/2018
The Club have received a Circular from our local correspondents on the new pollution fines coming into place in Turkey from 2019.
The third edition of "Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships" has recently been published to provide the maritime industry with updated and enhanced guidance on managing cyber related risks. The new version 3 addresses the requirement to incorporate cyber risks in the ship's Safety Management System and reflects a deeper experience with risk assessments of operational technology (OT) - such as navigational systems and engine controls. Additional guidance for dealing with the cyber risks to the ship arising from parties in the supply chain is also included.
A Special General Meeting of 'UK(E)' - The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Europe) Limited - will be held on 17th January 2019 in London.
Vinmar Overseas (Singapore) Pte Ltd v PTT International Trading Pte Ltd [2018] SGCA 65
London Arbitration 18/18 (2018) 1010 LMLN 2: Whether ICA 2011 had been incorporated in full into charterparty so as to require charterers to provide counter-security
China ECAs - Members are reminded that from 1 January, 2019, all seagoing ships sailing in Chinese territorial waters will need to use fuel with a sulphur content of no higher than 0.5% m/m
QCR Autumn 2018: Carriage of Goods by Sea
13/12/2018
Fehn Schiffahrts Gmbh & Co Kg v Romani spa (The "Fehn Heaven") - [2018] EWHC 1606 (Comm)
Bosphorus Queen Shipping Ltd Corp v Rajavartiolaitos (The "Bosphorus Queen") - Case C-15/17, Court of Justice of the European Union, 11 July 2018
Glencore Agriculture BV v Navig8 Chemicals Pool Inc [2018] EWCA Civ 1901 on August 21st, 2018
Bou Simon v BGC Brokers LLP [2018] EWCA 1525 (Civ): The Court of Appeal provides more guidance on implied terms, hindsight not to be applied to imply a term
QCR Autumn 2018: Hague Rules time bar may be inapplicable where there has been a deviatio
12/12/2018
DERA COMMERCIAL ESTATE V DERYA INC [2018] EWHC 1673 (Comm)
DEEP SEA MARITIME LTD V MONJASA A/S (THE "ALHANI") [2018] EWHC 1495 (Comm)
QCR Autumn 2018: Contractually agreed time bars in a charterparty chain will be strictly enforced
12/12/2018
P V Q; Q V R; R V S [2018] EWHC 1399 (Comm)
Zurich Insurance Plc And Another V Abnormal Load Services (International) Ltd - Case C-88/17, Court of Justice of the European Union, 11 July 2018
Force majeure - Need for causal link between the force majeure event and the cancellation of the contract - Reasonable endeavours obligation
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