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The true cost of COVID: We assess the impact which the coronavirus pandemic has had upon seafarers and shipping over the past year.

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...

In 1989, the oil tanker EXXON VALDEZ ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling around 37,000 tonnes of Alaska North Slope crude oil that spread over an estimated 1,800km, coating rocky shorelines...

On 23 January the West of England’s London office was pleased to host a seminar about the low sulphur bunker regulations that come into effect on 1 January 2020 under Marpol Annex VI.

A new Loss Prevention Bulletin has just been published: The Risk of Tugs Capsizing due to Girting

ESG is playing an increasing role in the handling of both P&I and Defence matters. It impacts in a number of different ways, writes Tim Davies.

This Notice should be read in conjunction with Notice to Members No.7 2021/2022 - Sierra Leone - Carriage of Iron Ore Fines Cargoes - Liquefaction Risk relating to the dangers arising from the carriage...

A Member’s vessel recently called at a port in China to load a cargo of barytes. Barytes (which may also be described as barites or barium sulphate) is a principal source of barium and is commonly used...