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Articles for February 2009
2009 P&I renewals
Stephen Hawke, of Aon Marine, reviews the latest round of P&I renewals
New security scheme launches
Kjetil Eivindstad, of Gard, outlines a new financial security scheme, which could provide an industry-wide solution for the issuers of bunker blue cards
Back to safety school
Les Chapman, of RTI, outlines plans to examine marine casualty investigation training standards
A question of convention
And now Peter Stockli, of the TT Club, looks at those Rotterdam Rules
A question of timing
William Leung, of William Leung and Co, considers the one-year time bar in the Hague/ Hague-Visby Rules and whether or not it is applicable to misdelivery of goods
South African surge in ship arrests
Graham Charnock, of Bowman Gilfillan Findlay & Tait, considers whether there is a genuine and reasonable need for some of the recent security arrests in South Africa
Surviving the stress test
Nazery Khalid, of the Maritime Institute of Malaysia, assesses the potential impact of the financial crisis on ship financing and tries to sustain positive thinking
Of increasing concern
Ian Barr, of the London P&I Club, summarises some of the recent concerns to Club members
Knock-for-knock clause
George Woods, of 4 Pump Court, asks how comprehensive is the TOWCON ‘knock-for-knock’ exclusion?
Lessons learned?
Christopher Norton and Seán Ó hIarnáin, of Lovells LLP, look at shipping emissions and the International Maritime Organization, warning that the industry could be in the last-chance saloon