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The Swedish P&I Club advises on how to face the technical challenges of switching over from high to low-sulphur fuel when approaching a SECA. Peter Stenberg, Senior Technical Manager, Team Gothenburg, explains that to meet the requirements, a ship should already be running entirely on low sulphur fuel at the point when it enters a SECA – and the process of switching over can take at least 12 hours.

The Swedish P&I Club issues its Monthly Safety Scenario for April 2016 regarding a collision due to a series of errors and recommends preventive measures.

The life of seafarers is never straightforward, and as a new report from the Swedish Club shows, the hazards and job complexities they face are very much dependent on the type of vessel they find themselves crewing. In P&I Claims Analysis, the Club has studied thousands of incidents in the last ten years, across a range of vessel segments and claims types, and made some interesting discoveries.

The root cause of many groundings and collisions, lost anchors are among the top five reasons for claims costs. A rising number of anchor losses reported over the last several years prompted DNV GL, Gard and The Swedish Club to investigate this issue. Based on an analysis of damage cases involving anchor and anchor chain losses, the project partners have issued a presentation identifying the most frequent technical and operational causes, and some steps crews and operators can take to address them.

The Swedish P&I Club issues its Monthly Safety Scenario for March 2016 regarding an accident due to blackout and recommends preventive measures.

The Swedish P&I Club has issued its Monthly Safety Scenario for February 2016 regarding an accident due to leaking hatch covers and recommends preventive measures.

The Swedish P&I Club informs that effective from February 1st, 2016 a new regulation will apply on wood packaging material. However, it will not apply to cargoes carried under bills of lading issued before the date of entering into force.

Swedish P&I Club advises that currently all Yemeni ports are operational in a normal manner. This excludes Ash Shihr oil terminal, Balhaf LNG terminal and Ras Isa oil terminal, which are still closed. Ships need to be cleared by the coalition before they are allowed into Yemeni ports.

The Swedish P&I Club issues Monthly Safety Scenario for January 2016 regarding a fatal fall accident. The Swedish Club publishes on a monthly basis a new “Monthly Safety Scenario” (MSS) to assist owners in their efforts of complying with the maritime regulations.

The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety for December 2015 regarding a collision with vessel at anchor. While Vessel A was raising its anchor before proceeding to the next port, the master decided to pass ahead of vessel B that was anchored for bunkering. Vessel B was on A’s starboard bow, A was maintaining a speed of 7 knots and a course of 122°. There was a strong southerly ebb tide of about 5 knots.