Tag: Amendments

Revised Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause for Penalties and Fines

Amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual

Amendments to the IAMSAR Manual to come into effect on 1 July, 2013

By the West of England P&I Club The West of England P&I Club has posted on its website a reminder for the Amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code as follows:On 20 May 2011 the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO's) Maritime Safety Committee at its eighty-ninth session adopted Resolution MSC.(318)89 regarding amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code. Contracting governments have been able to apply the new requirements, in whole or in part, on a voluntary basis since 1 January 2012. Compliance with the amendments will become mandatory on 1 January 2013.As a result of changes in world trade, new solid bulk cargoes with their own particular hazards are often introduced and presented for shipment. Similarly, some cargoes that were previously only shipped in very limited quantities and were not included in the IMSBC Code are now carried more extensively. At the same time, expert understanding of the properties and hazards associated with established solid bulk cargoes and the safest means of handling and carrying such cargoes is continually being advanced. Therefore to keep pace with developments the IMSBC Code will in future be updated bi-annually.Amendment 01-11 follows a review of numerous submissions to IMO ...

SOLAS - Amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code

ClassNK Releases New Rule Amendments

Amendments to Singapore Standard Code of Pratice for Bunkering (SS 600:2008)