The UK P&I Club announced its renewal results for 2017, which included a year-on-year net increase of 3.5 million entered metric tons of mutual business takes mutual-owned tonnage to approximately 139 million metric tons, an increase of approximately 2…
European Shipping Week will take place in Brussels from February 27 to March 2, and there delegates will focus on the correct packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs) and the safety issues that result from poor work practices. The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)…
The UK P&I Club has promoted Senior Claims Director Jeff Lock to the newly created role of Global Technical Claims Director and Senior Claims Executive Adam Russ to Senior Claims Director. Jeff Lock joined UK P&I Club in 2011, having spent…
Following the Club’s Board meeting in Mumbai on January 24th, the Club has reported that the free reserves are expected to increase at the end of the policy year. Excellent underwriting performance continues with a positive investment return adding to the projected surplus…
The UK P&I Club has promoted Risk Assessor David Nichol to Regional Loss Prevention Executive for the Greece region. Nichol is a Master Mariner who joined UK P&I in 2014, after gaining a wealth of experience both at sea and ashore. His experience spans ship and cargo surveying…
The American P&I Club was founded in New York nearly a century ago. To celebrate its first 100 years, a book entitled The American Club: A Centennial History has just been published. The book tells the story of the Club across ten decades…
North P&I Club has strengthened its loss prevention team this month with the appointment of loss prevention executive John Southam, a master mariner with global experience in container, offshore, shipbuilding and consultancy roles. Together…
In a move designed to support owners in difficult trading conditions, for the second year running The Swedish Club has announced a zero percent general increase for the up-coming P&I renewals 2017-2018.Speaking at the Club’s Board meeting in Bangkok…
The UK P&I Club has appointed George Devereese as Loss Prevention Advisor in London.Devereese joins from Edge Brokers London where he handled a wide variety of marine claims. He has over a decade of insurance and shipping experience, including service with a container line and Royal Navy.
North P&I Club has further strengthened its position in the Asia Pacific region by opening a new office in Shanghai November 23, 2016. The new office, located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, complements its existing regional offices in Hong Kong…
The Swedish Club opened its doors to senior shipowners and brokers from across Asia last week, welcoming them to the Club’s latest Marine Insurance Seminar, specifically designed for the Asian markets. The event was held in China, at the Zhuhai Marriott Hotel…
Dingjing Huang, Underwriting and Legal Analyst at UK P&I discuss Annex VI of the Environment Protocol and why shipowners trading in the Antarctic should be aware of their potential liabilities. Annex VI of the Environment Protocol, which…
North P&I Club has helped restore the commercial balance between shipowners and cargo interests by successfully supporting a Member in its appeal against a UK High Court decision (10 November 2016). The Court of Appeal overturned the March 5…
UK P&I Club has been advised of a number of incidents involving white powder deposits being found on food cargoes that have been transported in refrigerated containers.The presence of aluminium oxide/hydroxide, which appears as white powder deposits on food cargoes…
Peter Modev, Senior Loss Prevention Executive at UK P&I Club, and the Club’s local correspondent (Pandiman Philippines) provide an update on the risks in transporting nickel ore from the Philippines.Nickel ore cargo originates principally in the Southern region of the Philippines…
