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15 March 2020
11 March 2020
Recognising the need to communicate in a format that is immediately understandable and which fits with the busy lives of working mariners, The London P&I Club has, today, launched a new loss prevention video.
12 February 2020
The Club’s updated Guide on the safe operation and maintenance of ship holds and hatch covers is now available
24 January 2020
“Seed Cake” is the term used for a wide range of pulp, meals, cake, pellets, expellers and other similar cargo, which is the residue after the edible vegetable oils have been removed.
23 January 2020
Members calling at ports in China will be aware of a new virus which according to the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) may be linked to cases of pneumonia first reported in Wuhan City
14 January 2020
The International Group Annual Review 2018/19 is now available.
27 December 2019
Members should note that the International Group's FAQs on Piracy have recently been updated
20 December 2019
As Members are already aware from our News Alert of 13 December 2019, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
18 December 2019
The Club’s Position & Performance Review 2019 is now available.
13 December 2019
US law firm Freehill Hogan & Mahar (“Freehills”) advise that due to alleged serious human rights abuses and corruption, Aivars Lembergs, mayor of Ventspils, has been made a SDN by the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under Executive Order 13818. OFAC has also designated as SDNs four Latvia-based entities that are owned or controlled by him.