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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...

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...

Members are reminded that self-heating of coal is more likely when the coal is low rank, geologically immature material sourced from open cast mines such as that commonly shipped from Kalimantan in Indonesia.

Marine consultants Brookes Bell have advised the Club of cargoes being offered for loading at the Indonesian port of Sampit which are described as being either “crude iron ore” or “iron ore” and declared...

Earlier this month the US Coast Guard in New Orleans reported a significant rise in the number of casualties in the Mississippi River during 2006, over one hundred of which were the result of main engine...

The revised Environmental Crime Directive (ECD) has now been published in the Official Journal of the EU, and comes into force on 20 May 2024, replacing Directive 2008/99/EC and Directive 2009/123/EC....

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...

Members trading to the United States are reminded of the particular mandatory fuel oil usage requirements when operating off the Californian coast.

Contributed by Nicholas Woo of Birketts LLP.