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Eco issues and P&I

P&I Clubs are involved a lot in what I like to call ECO issues. Like ship owners, Clubs are being asked to align traditional functions and practices with the increasing drive towards environmental protection and preservation. The Clubs are not set up to lead in this area.  On the whole, our function as a liability insurer requires us to follow the Law and Regulation not push for its reform.  The Law, in turn, is notoriously slow to advance.  So, in general terms, the Clubs represent a reactive rather than proactive force where eco-issues are concerned. However, for the purposes of enhancing environmental awareness, I will now focus on the primary areas in which "ECO-issues" and P&I converge. The Clubs and the mutual membership we indemnify service and to an extent represent all take an increasingly responsible view of the duty to protect our environment. There is no doubt we are all getting "greener". Most would say that is because our members are forced by lawmakers and enforcement bodies to be more responsible.  To a great extent they are probably right.  But without the stick of financial penalties being brandished at us we would probably not have come this far. That...

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