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This is an update of our article dealing with fines imposed by the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) at Takadori in relation to alleged pollution from waste waters discharged from vessels or resultant from...

Introduction In view of recent events concerning a major Japanese carrier and the continuing uncertainties in the shipping markets, Members may wish to have some knowledge of the background to Japanese...

December 2012

As Members will be aware from Notice to Members Nos. 14 and 19 2014/2015, the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (“WRC”) enters into force on 14 April 2015.   Two more States have...

The Paris and Tokyo MOUs on Port State Control have announced that they will be running a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) from 1 September 2011 until 30 November 2011 covering compliance with...

Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the virus formerly known as monkeypox, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus. It typically lasts for 2 to 4 weeks and is similar to smallpox but generally less severe....

The Yangtze River Protection Law, ratified by Chinese authorities, was adopted on 26 December 2020. The law came into force as of 01 March 2021. It will prohibit the transportation of acutely toxic chemicals...

We are pleased to announce the expansion of our New York office. Senior Claims Manager Emily McCulloch transferred to New York from London at the beginning of the year and will be joined by Alton Peralta.

The OSRO have issued a new requirement for bunkering in Argentina.

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.