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Articles for June 2016
Warnings to shipping interests
Carl Durow, of the London P&I Club, has new warnings for the maritime sector
Cargo claims, general average and traps for the unwary
Cargo interests claiming on their insurance for substantial sums – arising sometimes from common incidents such as theft from shipping containers, and piracy – can have their most confident expectations dashed, experts warned recently
Mergers, alliances and competition law
Anthony Woolich and Jeremy Kelly, of Holman Fenwick Willan, take a look at the legal considerations as competition hots up in the container shipping market
Technology alone will not ensure safety at sea
Reports of ship groundings and collisions continue to be received with depressing regularity, and are often attributed to fundamental errors in the navigation of the ships involved. The UK P&I Club’s David Nichol highlights some of the common contributory factors identified in casualty reports and suggests steps to ensure navigational safety.
Facilitating trading across borders
Nazery Khalid discusses trade across borders and the need to measure its efficiency to facilitate rising global trade volumes
Get ready now
Bjørn Flåm and Charles Anderson, of Skuld take a look at the impending Ballast Water Management Convention
Verified gross mass of packed containers – “he who waits is lost”
Now Peregrine Storrs-Fox, of the TT Club, looks at the changing SOLAS rules from a P&I Club perspective and warns cargo interests they are in danger of non-compliance with the forthcoming changes
Small change, big impact
The International Maritime Organization has amended the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention to require that a packed container’s gross weight be verified before the container can be loaded on board a ship The new rule will come into force on 1 July 2016 and will apply globally. In this article, Elizabeth Turnbull and Marcia Perucca, of Clyde & Co, look at how the industry is preparing for the change