The LOF salvage agreement is a well-recognised and well established emergency response contract. The use of LOF is widely accepted in the industry and the London Club supports its use in emergency situations. For about twenty years the Special Compensation P&I Clause (SCOPIC) has been used in conjunction with LOF to encourage salvors to respond in cases of doubt over the availability of sufficient reward under Article 13.
News Alerts
We issue News and other Alerts to keep members posted about developments at the Club and other industry news. Please see our latest Alerts below.
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11 January 2018
15 December 2017
Renewal terms for the IG’s General Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract have been finalised; and the Group’s reinsurance rates for the year commencing 20 February 2018 are now shown below: Owned Entries Category 2018 rate per GT % change from 2017 DIRTY TANKERS $0.5845 % - 1.85 CLEAN TANKERS $0.2626 % - 1.
30 November 2017
Members will already be aware of EU sanctions in place following the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol in Spring 2014, as set out in previous News Alerts on the Club’s website (click here).
17 November 2017
Members may have received press and other reports of a recent judgment in Spain involving the 2002 loss of and pollution from the Prestige. This note aims to provide information on the judgement, the ongoing international legal proceedings and the potentially much wider and far-reaching implications of this development for Shipowners, insurers and other industry stakeholders.
3 November 2017
Members calling at the Port of Cape Town should note that South African law firm Shepstone & Wylie have drawn our attention to water restrictions that are currently in force due to a drought. The Port of Cape Town has suspended the sale and supply of fresh water to vessels calling there, with exceptions being considered on a case by case basis. The notice from Transnet Port Authority courtesy of P&I Associates (Pty) Ltd, the local correspondent, can be accessed here.
31 October 2017
An outbreak of plague is reported in Madagascar. This infectious disease causes fever, chills, head and body aches, vomiting and nausea, and can be fatal. ETIC/Africa P&I Services, a local correspondent, reports that the outbreak is severe and fast spreading, affecting the whole island of Madagascar, including ports.
10 October 2017
Members will be aware from previous News Alerts (click here) that the US has since January 2017 issued a general licence authorising certain transactions that were previously prohibited under the US Sudanese Sanctions Regulations (SSR) and Executive Orders 13067 and 13412. It was the intention that in/after July 2017 certain sanctions would be permanently revoked.
11 September 2017
The London P&I Club, in a joint project with leading classification society Bureau Veritas and its casualty and salvage subsidiary TMC Marine, has issued a new booklet providing operational guidance for preventing blackout and main engine failures. This new publication, the second in a series on loss prevention subjects, focuses on marine engineering issues and procedures related to the prevention of loss of propulsion.
8 September 2017
Members will already be aware of the Regulations concerning the low sulphur fuel requirements in specified Emission Control Areas (ECA), including Shanghai, Ningbo – Zhoushan, Suzhou and Nantong, as outlined in previous News Alerts (click here). The Correspondent, Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Limited, has provided a further update relating to all ports within the Zhejiang ECA.
7 September 2017
Recent attacks against merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Bab Al Mandeb have prompted the multinational naval partnership that promotes security and stability across international waters, the Combined Maritime Forces, to extend the existing Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) through to the Red Sea, so creating a continuous recommended route, the Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC).