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Members will recall that due to the operation of the various sanctions regimes imposed on Russia as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, there are important documentary and reporting requirements that...

Strategic partnership between West and thriving maritime legal and claim consultancy C Solutions will deliver innovative products and services to support ship operators

Port State Control inspectors in Australia have detained a number of vessels after finding unofficial paper charts on board. In the most recent case the vessel had been using a scanned and printed copy...

The West Piracy Protection product is Kidnap and Ransom insurance for shipowners, a tailored solution protecting shipowners and operators and their crew against the outcomes of piracy attacks in high-risk...

Introduction On the 1 January 2011 the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) will implement European Union Directive 2009/16/EC throughout the EU by introducing a New Inspection...

The West of England’s Defence Cover insures legal costs and other expenses in pursuing or defending claims in respect of entered vessels across a wide range of disputes. It also provides a commercially...

Richard has extensive experience working in the Marine Insurance sector. He has recently joined West in the London office, having previously been employed at Victor Insurance and before that, the RSA Insurance...

On 4 December 2022, the UK Government issued General Licence INT/2022/2469656 (“GL”) to implement the EU/G7 price cap in respect of Russian origin crude oil, which was amended on 3 February 2023 to implement...