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January 2019

BIMCO has recently taken the opportunity to revise its most widely used War Risks clauses for time and voyage charter parties and an overview of the main changes compared with the 2013 clauses is set out...

Vessels calling at Singapore for bunkers often anchor “Outside Port Limits” (OPL) to avoid port charges and pilotage fees. This has been common practice for many years. However, in the past few weeks...

World Maritime Day is an official International Maritime Organization (IMO) day of recognition highlighting the vital work of the maritime sector and its key workers. International shipping transports...

Marine bunker fuel consistently grabs the headlines in industry media, whether it is publications concerning quality such as the bunker fuel contamination crisis in Singapore in 2022 or regulatory changes...

There are a few simple things that need to be done to prevent the majority of malware. We have to remember that the internet is a vast domain populated by a lot of people, and that like society as a whole,...

A recent bunker dispute involving an entered vessel highlighted a well-known ploy whereby a bunker supplier alleged that more fuel oil had been provided to the vessel than had actually been received.

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February 2015

Members will be aware that if a bunker supplier provides fuel or documentation that does not comply with MARPOL Annex VI requirements or fails to follow the sampling procedures set out in IMO Resolution...