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Translations: Chinese  Vietnamese   Club correspondents Thynne & Macartney, Brisbane have advised of a recent case where a magistrates court in Brisbane imposed a sizeable fine on a shipowner due to the...

Like many other littoral states within the United States, Washington has exercised the right to legislate its own oil pollution prevention and response requirements. Vessels must comply with both state...

Fixed Premium Primary Delay Insurance provided by West’s strategic partner Nordic Marine delivers a tailor-made solution to this problem.

Following consultation with ReedSmith the following advice has been received from the International Group Secretariat with regard to shipowner liability for fines, the cost of cleaning fouled hulls and...

The United States Coast Guard have recently announced that the limits of liability under OPA ’90 will be increased with effect from 31 July, 2009. The revised limits are as follows: Type Previous Limit New...

S&P have today advised that the West's outlook has been improved to positive with immediate effect.

In our News Item of 8 February 2019 we noted that "it appears unlikely that the current sanctions [against PDVSA] will impact on non-U. S. persons". As a new Client Alert from the Club's U. S. attorneys...

The Managers are grateful to Messrs. Wang Jing & Co for their advice concerning a recent announcement by the PRC Supreme Court that the Rules for Trial of Cases over Compensation for Foreign-related Maritime...

Following the failure of a number of crane blocks on vessels loading logs in New Zealand in recent years, Maritime New Zealand has published a Safety Bulletin addressing the issue. The incidents have...

December 2010