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The Club has recently undertaken an analysis of claims involving seafarers who have deserted their vessel over the previous ten years. Although these types of claims are not common and nor are they particularly...

April 2013

Starting from 1 January 2024, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has undergone changes to include maritime emissions. This system is a legislative scheme implemented by the European Union (EU) to...

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...

This Notice is an update on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) sanctions enforcement Notice to Members No.12 208/2019 published in January 2019. It has been updated following the recently...

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 across the world, one of the biggest challenges facing the shipping industry has been protecting the health and wellbeing of seafarers.

The significance of personal protective equipment (PPE) in guaranteeing the safety and well-being of seafarers cannot be emphasised enough.

The clause broadly follows the structure of the time charterparty clause and seeks to transfer the responsibilities from the “company” as defined by the Regulations to the shipmanagers.

Further to our Notice To Members No.1 2026/27 - Notice of Cancellation in respect of non-mutual War Risk Business, a War buy-back facility has been arranged which is now available to Chartering and Fixed...

As part of our enhanced ESG efforts, we are pleased to announce that West has been approved as the latest member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN).