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In recent weeks the Club has experienced two cases where cargo interests in China have alleged that cargoes of Distillers Dried Grains and Solubles (DDGS) loaded in ports in Louisiana, USA, are off-specification...

Our news article of 25 January 2011 referred to the suspension of immigration fines in the case of seafarers who do not possess a seaman’s book issued by a country which has ratified ILO conventions No....

Our local correspondents Dias Marine Consulting have kindly advised us that whilst the situation in many parts of the country remains grave, ports appear to functioning normally at present. They say...

The Club has recently been made aware of an issue regarding the Qianhe Group, which provides pollution response - or “SPRO” - services as well as sludge removal in a number of ports throughout China.   Investigations...

Members are reminded that from 1 May 2011 the Wider Caribbean Region will become a special area under the requirements of MARPOL Annex V “Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships”....

January 2017

Further to the Club’s news article of 16 December 2015 concerning the introduction of emission control areas in China, the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration has announced that the use of low sulphur...

Further to the ongoing piracy problems in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin, Members are advised that naval forces from various countries are continuing to organise convoys in the Gulf of Aden in order...

June 2005

At its ninetieth session in May 2012, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee prepared draft amendments to Sections 4 and 8 of the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code. If the amendments are...