STS Clauses – Practice vs Principle – A Case Study
It is with much sadness that we must report the death of Ken Norman after a short illness. Ken joined the West of England in September 1950 at the age of 15 and went on to undertake many roles across a forty seven year...
Further to our News Item of 11 April 2019 the United States has designated a further nine vessels and four owning companies for involvement in the carriage of petroleum cargoes from Venezuela to Cuba. A list of these...
The Club continues to receive frequent shortage claims involving bagged food cargoes (rice and sugar are those most commonly affected) being discharged in West African ports. Food is attractive to pilferers as it can...
The Club has recently undertaken an analysis of claims involving seafarers who have deserted their vessel over the previous ten years. Although these types of claims are not common and nor are they particularly...
In our News Item of 8 February 2019 we noted that "it appears unlikely that the current sanctions [against PDVSA] will impact on non-U.S. persons". As a new Client Alert from the Club's U.S. attorneys Freehill Hogan...
The Club continues to receive claims in respect of cargo shifting due to inadequate securing where roll trailers have been used. This can either be inadequate securing of the load to the trailer or inadequate securing...
The International Group has recently published some further revised FAQs on the Maritime Labour Convention (2006), reflecting the experiences that Clubs have encountered in dealing with MLC matters.
A copy of the...
Further to our News Item of 6 December 2018, OFAC has released two further advisory notices concerning sanctions against Syria and North Korea (DPRK).
The Syria advisory once again warns in the strongest possible terms...
Being domiciled in Luxembourg, the Club will not be affected by Brexit in its operations with Members and brokers in the European Union.
With regard to the UK, the Club, whose branch in London is registered under...
In recent months the Club has seen several cases where fines have been imposed by the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) is respect of alleged pollution from waste waters discharged. In all cases such discharges were from...
Club Correspondents, P&I Associates, Durban, South Africa have provided information obtained from the managers / operators of Beira port on the situation in Beira Port as of 20th March 2019, as follows:
“On the 14th...
Dear Sirs,
Working through the International Group, and with specialised legal support, the Clubs continue to monitor the developing situation in Germany as regards Insurance Premium Tax on Clubs’ business.
With...
California’s ballast water management regulations are codified in the Marine Invasive Species Act (“MISA”) which can be found within the California Public Resources Code (“PRC”) and title 2 California Code of...
Further to previous notifications in April 2012 and April 2014, the Club continues to regularly receive notifications of customs fines being imposed. Most recently:
A Chief Engineer erroneously...
The West of England has announced a positive renewal period with continued support being seen from new and existing Members and a modest increase in renewing premium.
Owned mutual tonnage has grown over the year to 90m...
In order to strengthen the Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination (PEME) Programme, two new measures have been put in place with effect from 20th February 2019:
Holograms – All medical certificates for service at...
We have been advised by Spica Services of a recent change of enforcement policy by the Indonesian Navy. The agreed delimitation of the territorial seas in the eastern part of the Strait of Singapore was signed in 2014...
In light of recent developments in sanctions against Venezuela - especially by the United States - the Club now has a dedicated webpage providing a comprehensive overview of the sanctions and how they might affect...
In a recent case, The Amity [2017], charterers successfully set aside an arbitration award on the basis that owners had not effectively served their notice of arbitration upon charterers since the person to whom...
Further to our News Item of 30 January 2019, there has been some clarification from OFAC on the recently-implemented General Licences and Executive Orders by way of FAQs which can be found by clicking here.
It is now...
February 2019
On 25 January 2019 President Trump issued an Executive Order to the effect that Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) is included in the definition of “Government of Venezuela” as referred to in several Executive Orders...
We are pleased to announce that this year's Member Training Week will take place from 16 - 20 September 2019. Further details including how to apply will be provided in due course.
Further to our News Item of 4 January 2019, as expected United Company Rusal, EN+ Group and JSC Eurosibenergo have all been removed from the U.S. SDN list. Both U.S. and non-U.S. persons are therefore now free to...
The partial shutdown of the United States Government caused by conflicts over budgetary appropriations is continuing to impact the operations of federal institutions relevant to shipping, such as the United States Coast...
Further to our recent News Item of 16 January 2019 regarding a significant increase in pollution fines in Turkey, correspondents Metropole Maritime have advised that the level of fines has been increased yet again by 23....
The Club places great importance on the function of Loss Prevention both working within the Club, and most importantly in assisting Members. In order to bolster and enhance the Club’s Loss Prevention offering, we are...
January 2019
Pollution fines in Turkey have been subject to a regular annual increase for a number of years, but in the latest round which entered into force in December 2018 very significant increases have been levied. In addition,...