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Ukraine Conflict - FAQs regarding reporting of vessel calls to Russia

15 Jun, 2022
In Notice to Members No.2 2022/2023 we explained that Members must now report to the Club all vessel calls to Russia and transits through Russian territorial waters, and the regulatory basis for this new...

Changes in the law affecting personal injury claims in China

12 Feb, 2013
The Managers are grateful to Messrs. Wang Jing & Co for their advice concerning a recent announcement by the PRC Supreme Court that the Rules for Trial of Cases over Compensation for Foreign-related Maritime...

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...

Belarus

01 Mar, 2022
European Union (EU) sanctions have been in place against prominent individuals in Belarus since 2004 by way of the EU Common Position 2004/661/CFSP evolving into EU Regulation 765/2006, which sanctioned...

West Reports Significantly Improved Operating Result

05 Oct, 2022
We are pleased to announce that the Club has returned an underwriting surplus for the first time in five years in its 20 August financial results, with a combined ratio of 97.9% at the mid-year point....

Soot Pollution from Inert Gas Systems and Open-Loop Scrubbers

17 Feb, 2026
An Escalating Environmental, Regulatory, and Financial Risk The maritime industry is confronting an increasingly serious environmental challenge—soot pollution arising from inert gas (IG) systems and...

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...

UK limits of liability

29 Nov, 2016
In our News Item of 4 June 2015 we reported that the increases to the limits of liability set out in the 1996 Protocol to the LLMC 1976 agreed at IMO would enter into force on 8 June 2015. The implementation...

Pollution incident during bunkering. Analysis, Findings, and Recommendations.

05 Mar, 2025
A container vessel was conducting a routine bunkering operation at a port. The operation involved the transfer of 117 metric tonnes of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) from a bunker barge to the vessel’s...

Event round-up

30 Nov, 2023
Catch up with West's recent events and trips from all around the world.