Tag: North Club

Colin Gillespie, North P&I Club, notes that one of the biggest challenges for the industry is to retain the ‘right crew’ onboard. Mr. Gillespie highlights that safety culture and seafarer standards are closely linked, therefore it is important to keep onboard seafarers with the right ability and attitude, and talks about Club’s initiatives towards that end.

The North P&I Club has issued a loss prevention briefing including all important issues to take into consideration for a proper incident investigation. The Club analyses how to conduct an investigation; to collect and preserve the evidence; to examine data and find probable cause and also how to use data to identify trends.

North P&I Club issued a release, informing that, although the introduction of mass flow meters for bunker operation in Singapore is supposed as a welcome development and the equipment has changed, unfortunately some suppliers seem to behave unscrupulously.

North P&I Club has published a port situation and safe navigation warning on the status of Libyan ports, including the following information received from their local P&I correspondents.

In an article posted on website, the North of England P&I Club notes that the private maritime security industry has consolidated significantly, but remains fluid, and underscores a emerging issues with respect to the illegal sharing of weapons by Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP).

The North of England P&I Club has issued Loss Prevention Briefing in order to advice members on the Asian Gypsy Moth, a serious pest that can be carried on ships and cargo.

North P&I Club has issued a port situation and safe navigation warning on the status of Libyan ports, including the following information received from their local P&I correspondents.

North of England P&I Club has reported an increase in the number of enquiries related to sanitary regulations in Argentine ports. The regulation imposes a mandatory requirement for certain vessels to have a cleaning and disinfection programme carried out in order to gain free practique.

Roll-on-roll-off vessels and car carriers are twice as likely to catch fire as other ships and vehicle-deck fires are notoriously difficult to contain and put out. Therefore, the North P&I Club has published a new loss prevention briefing on how to prevent, detect and fight fires onboard such vessels.

The North of England P&I Club has announced that the transition from a state-owned port to a privately-owned port on 29 January 2017 have resulted a number of operational and logistical problems at the Port of Limassol.