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SOLAS - Amendments to the IMDG Code (Amendment 36-12) - Reminder
22 Nov, 2013
In May 2012 the IMO Maritime Safety Committee at its ninetieth session adopted the amendments to the IMDG Code contained in Resolution MSC. 328(90). Contracting governments have been able to apply the...
Testing of Refrigerant Gas to Detect Chlorine Contamination
08 Dec, 2011
Following the Club’s news article Explosions involving Refrigerated Containers Serviced in Vietnam advising that a number of refrigerated containers have exploded due to the use of contaminated refrigerant...
Piracy - Updated Gulf of Guinea Piracy Guidelines Published
03 Oct, 2014
Translations: Vietnamese
In January 2013 a number of key industry organisations including the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, Intertanko and Intercargo produced “Interim Guidelines for...
Coal from Kalimantan, Indonesia – Revision of Surveyor Requirement
11 Dec, 2013
Translations: Chinese Vietnamese
According to recent statistical information, the number of self-heating incidents arising while loading coal from ports in Kalimantan province, Indonesia appears to...
Australia - Fines for Late Submission of Crew Reports
24 May, 2013
Translations: Chinese Vietnamese
Club correspondents Thynne & Macartney, Brisbane have advised of a recent case where a magistrates court in Brisbane imposed a sizeable fine on a shipowner due to the...
An Introduction to Pollution Laws and Regulations in Washington State, USA
04 Sep, 2023
Like many other littoral states within the United States, Washington has exercised the right to legislate its own oil pollution prevention and response requirements. Vessels must comply with both state...
USA: Background on BP liability for Deepwater Horizon Claims and Advice on the Decontamination of H
25 May, 2010
Following consultation with ReedSmith the following advice has been received from the International Group Secretariat with regard to shipowner liability for fines, the cost of cleaning fouled hulls and...
Increases in limits of liability under OPA 90
17 Jul, 2009
The United States Coast Guard have recently announced that the limits of liability under OPA ’90 will be increased with effect from 31 July, 2009. The revised limits are as follows:
Type
Previous Limit
New...
Standard & Poor's (S&P) Interactive Rating – Outlook Revised to Positive on Improved Capital
11 Sep, 2025
S&P have today advised that the West's outlook has been improved to positive with immediate effect.
Sanctions Against Venezuela - Designation of PDVSA - Further Developments
11 Apr, 2019
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...