Article of interest – 2006 – worse year for accident claims
The full text of the following can be found here The People Problem - 06 September 2007 P&I clubs are counting the cost of the worst group claims year on record in 2006, and naturally much of the...
View ArticleP&I Runs For Cover As A Gloomy 2008 Hovers
Steve Harris, a Lloyds marine broker who trains P&I Club personnel and administers the Maritime Web Award gave a gloomy prediction of prospects for 2008 in a comment on this blog: “There has been a...
View Article2008 – pouring trouble on oiled waters
Whatever lays on the other side of the misty horizon of New Year’s Eve one thing is fairly certain: more seafarers will be arrested, fined and jailed following maritime accidents. On particular,...
View ArticleStrangler In The Fridge Preview
…Oops, that should have been Stranger On The Bridge, “Strangler In The Fridge” was a sort of code during production. If you want to know what we get up to when not working on Maritime Accident Casebook...
View ArticleNew Stoploss On STS, Inspections and Liquefaction
StopLoss the London P&I Club’s loss prevention publication is available now in both English and Mandarin. Both versions can be downloaded by clicking here. Also, spoken versions of StopLoss, again...
View ArticleLow Sulphur Power Loss Warning
UK P&I Club’s latest Risk Focus bulletin highlights the issue of sudden loss of power, a problem that came to the fore in incidents during and after the switch to lower sulphur fuels now mandated...
View ArticleDon’t Paint That Capstan!
Painted capstan or windlass drum ends can create hazards, says a safety alert from the Marine Safety Forum. According to the auditor writing to MSF, the dangers are under-appreciated and says that such...
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