Members will already be aware of the attempted coup overnight on 15-16 July in Turkey and the consequent potentially volatile security situation.
News Alerts
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21 July 2016
20 July 2016
The International Group Annual Review 2015/16 is available and can be accessed by clicking here. The Review covers many of the key activities undertaken by the Group during the last P&I policy year and includes summaries of the work carried out by a number of its Sub-Committees and Working Groups on a range of issues, including Sanctions, Places of Refuge and the Maritime Labour Convention.
28 June 2016
A Correspondent in Barcelona, Indeco, reports that there have been three recent incidents of shipments of steel plates from Mariupol, Ukraine, arriving at various Spanish ports with dunnage wood infested with coleopteran beetles. As attempts by Phytosanitary Authorities to fumigate the dunnage wood were unsuccessful, the dunnage had to remain on board the vessel for transportation back to the port of origin.
22 June 2016
We would like to bring to Members’ attention a recent incident involving the launch of a drone from a vessel. The motivation was innocent, namely to document the vessel proceeding through the Suez Canal. However, the use of the drone led to an investigation by the local authorities, likely due to concern that the drone was being used for illegal purposes, and resulted in confiscation of the drone and memory card, as well as detention of the vessel by the Egyptian authorities.
17 June 2016
Members proceeding to Nikolaev should note that the Customs Authorities are imposing significant fines on foreign flagged vessels for failing to declare ship’s stores and goods on board accurately. The Correspondent, Dias Marine Consulting, reports that the Customs Authorities are strict and carrying out frequent checks.
26 May 2016
Members whose vessels are calling at ports in Yemen should note that new procedures to facilitate commercial imports have been instituted by the United Nations at the request of the Government of Yemen.
19 April 2016
Members will already be aware of the Regulations concerning the sulphur content of fuel to be used by vessels at certain times during berthing and whilst in specified Emission Control Areas, as outlined in the Club’s previous News Alerts (click here).
18 March 2016
Members will already be aware of the Zika prevention measures being implemented by the Chinese Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ) as outlined in the Club’s News Alert of 16 March 2016 (click here). We have received a further update from the Correspondent, Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Limited, setting out clarifications provided by the local authorities.
16 March 2016
Members calling at ports in China should note that the Correspondent, Huatai Insurance Agency and Consultant Service Limited, has recently issued a Circular on the measures for the Prevention and Control of the Zika Virus into China.
23 February 2016
Members will already be aware of the new Regulations concerning the limits on the sulphur content of fuel to be used by vessels at certain times during berthing and whilst in particular Emission Control Areas (ECA) as outlined in the Club’s News Alert of December 2015 (click here).