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The United States has long maintained sanctions against Cuba and which included a ban on vessels calling in US waters for 180 days after having traded to Cuba. It was recently announced that this prohibition...

In June 2010 Members were advised of New York State’s stringent new ballast water management requirements which would affect the majority of vessels falling within the ambit of the Vessel General Permit...

August 2013

 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (“OSPR”) has recently announced that they will begin conducting random unannounced oil spill response drills on...

The West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association (Luxembourg) is a firm registered with the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom (firm reference number 202613) and is required...

Two tankers were attacked in the morning hours of 13 June 2019, in international waters just east of the Strait of Hormuz.

A further four posters have been added to the Club’s popular THINK series of Loss Prevention safety posters, raising awareness of some of the common causes of shipboard accidents. The second set of posters...

Translations:  Chinese  Vietnamese    The Chinese Ministry of Transport has recently announced the introduction of measures to reduce harmful emissions from shipping on the Chinese coast. Three emission...

Draught surveys by their very nature are not an exact science, and the accuracy of the calculated cargo figure may vary typically by between 0. 5 and 1. 0%. However, there are occasions when considerable...

The Gulf of Aden, Somalia, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean have recently witnessed a surge in maritime security concerns, particularly in the form of piracy and hijacking incidents. In a stark turn of events,...