August 2002

• England: a “Happy Day” for shipowners
• Panama: on deck carriage
• Philippines: new Overseas Employment Administration Contract
• Tanzania: problems with weighing cargoes on discharge
• SOLAS: Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) Transponders
• Australia: new protocol for ships assisting people in distress
• Spain: jurisdiction clauses
• Cargo: stowage of hot rolled and cold rolled steel products
• Panama: new notices required for radioactive cargoes
• Norway: direct action against P&I Clubs allowed
• Panama: new tariff for vessel re-inspection
• China: port state control crackdown on ISM deficiencies
• Chile: evidence of financial responsibility for wreck removal
• Chile: problems with mis-delivery of cargo
• Hong Kong: requirements for the repatriation of stowaways
• England: House of Lords ruling on asbestos claim
• Bimco: new standard bunker contract
• United States: new rules for passenger and crew manifests
• Turkey: package limitation
• United States: Fifth Circuit upholds jurisdiction clause in Philippine Overseas Employment Contract (POEA)
• Nigeria: new Cabotage bill