Safety campaign to prevent onboard injuries
Britannia P&I Club launched a proactive online safety campaign in an effort to boost safety and prevent onboard injuries and losses.
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Guidance on speed regulation in River Plate and Parana
Britannia Club’s correspondents in Argentina, “Argentina Pandi Liquidadores” issued circular to raise awareness of shipowners and operators on wash damage and speed regulation in Parana and Plate river.
Busan port orders guards on ships to prevent unauthorized shore leave
Busan port has requested from all agents and ships’ Masters to arrange for two or more private registered security guards around ships with seafarers from South Asia region, while the ships are in the Port, to prevent unauthorized disembarkation of seafarers.
Warning of drug smuggling incident in Mexican port
Recently, a ship had just departed a Mexican port, when two trespassers were observed throwing three packages into the water and then jumping overboard themselves. Both the packages and the trespassers were retrieved by a small craft.
Gabon: Warning of fake officials attempting to board ships
The Britannia P&I Club informed of a recent fraud incident, where Local Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) boarded a ship in Gabon and presented a fine against the ship, but it was proven that they were not in fact PSC officers.
Ukraine establishes new procedures for taking ecological samples of water
As the Britannia P&I Club informs, the Government of Ukraine has now published the full text of the Regulation on Inspection, Taking Samples of Water and Conducting its Analysis and which came into force on 5 September 2019. The regulations establish the procedures to be followed when taking ballast water samples.
Indonesia requires vessels to activate AIS
As the Britannia P&I Club informed, the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation are introducing a new regulation which comes into effect on 20 August 2019 requiring that all Indonesian and foreign-flagged ships sailing in Indonesian waters install and activate Automatic Identification System (AIS).
US imposes security guards for crewmembers without visas
Britannia P&I Club informed that it has recently been advised that some operators have been charged USD3,600 for security guards in respect of crew members not holding current US visas, even though they were not disembarking. In order to avoid such charges, all crew should have valid visas before arriving at US ports.
Foreign vessels sail through the navigation-restricted areas on Miaodao Archipelago
As the Britannia P&I Club informed, it received information from Yantai MSA, saying that foreign vessels often navigate along incorrect routes through the navigation-restricted areas around Miaodao Archipelago. Namely, about ten cases have been reported annually in the last three years.
Unsafely transferring wood pellets increases the possibility of fire
Peter Hazell, Assistant Vice President, Head of FDD Skuld, focused on the various incidents concerning former coal fired power stations that have started to burn biomass as feedstock in order to enhance sustainability of fuel sources. This results to shipments of wood pellets intended to be burned. Most of these shipments are executed without incident but there are significant hazards associated with the carriage of wood pellets.
