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West upgraded to A- rating with Standard and Poor’s
21 Jul, 2026
West P&I has been assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- by Standard and Poor’s. The outlook assigned to the rating is stable.
Mental Health
15 May, 2023
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded that seafaring as a profession has the second highest rate of suicides, with a significant increase in recent years.
Libya - Port of Benghazi Closed
11 Aug, 2014
Club correspondents Shtewi Legal and Pandi Services, Tripoli have advised that the port of Benghazi has been closed by the Libyan army in an effort to prevent shipments of arms and ammunition arriving...
New Loss Prevention Video Series Launched
16 Sep, 2021
As training onboard holds a positive and important role in the development and promotion of shipboard safety culture and to further bolster the Club’s hard and soft copy loss prevention publications, we...
Important U.S. Supreme Court decision on safe berth clauses
02 Apr, 2020
Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court reached a landmark decision on safe berth clauses in a case dating back to 2004.
China - Fish Farm Incidents
06 Aug, 2020
China is one of the world’s largest consumers and producers of fish and over the last 25 years the number of fish farms has increased exponentially. As a result of the increased number and density in Chinese...
Russia - new sanctions imposed in response to Ukraine crisis
23 Feb, 2022
In reaction to reports of Russian armed forces moving into the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, there has been widespread and coordinated international action to impose sanctions on Russia.
Sanctions Against Venezuela - Designation of PDVSA
30 Jan, 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...
Cyber Resilience - IACS Recommendation 2020
06 Jul, 2020
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published its Recommendation on Cyber Resilience (No.166).