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This year’s World Maritime Day, and its theme of “Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity”, underline the vital role oceans play in sustaining life, livelihoods, and the global economy. Our oceans provide...

Team West of England are proud to be supporting the Graig 100, a challenging cycle ride in support of The Mission to Seafarers.

On 11 August 2023, the United Nations announced the successful ship to ship transfer of more than 1.1 million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO Safer to a replacement vessel, YEMEN (ex NAUTICA).

West has a wealth of expertise in gas tankers providing us with an in-depth understanding of this trade, and the issues that gas tanker owners face in their day to day operations. In this article, we share...

The UK’s Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation or OTSI has recently published updated guidance to the freight and shipping sectors on how to avoid circumvention of sanctions against Russia.

Further to the Notice to Members No- 14 2024/25 notifying that a General Meeting of Class 1 and Class 2 Members of the Association will be held on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, notice is hereby given that...

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee has recently approved the “2011 Guidelines for the Carriage of Blends of Petroleum Oil and Bio-Fuels”. The new guidelines, contained in the Annex to MEPC....

The European Union (EU) has given some support on the obligations under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation to have the IHM on board by the 31st December 2020.

Any seafarer will tell you that it’s an incredibly demanding job at the best of times. The isolation of long periods at sea or at distant ports with little infrastructure hits home hard on #DayOfTheSeafarer.