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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.

The Swedish P&I Club has issued alert to highlight important issues when anchoring at Malaysian Waters. Based on Club's experience, it is quite a common occurrence for vessels to erroneously drop anchor in areas where the Masters believe to be international waters when they are, in actual fact, in Malaysian territorial waters

The Swedish P&I Club has issued a new report entitled Main Engine'' Damage'' which reveals that incorrect maintenance and repair continues to be the most frequent cause of main engine damage.

A new report from The Swedish Club shows that incorrect maintenance and repair continues to be the most frequent cause of main engine damage a trend which has continued unabated since the Club began monitoring the issue nearly ten years ago.Main Engine Damage investigates more than 1,000 Hull and Machinery claims relating to over 5,400 vessel years of statistics and its findings make interesting reading.Main engine damage makes up nearly 35% of machinery claims costs, says Lars Malm, Director, Strategic Business Development and Client Relationship for The Swedish Club. It is the most expensive category of claim with an average cost of over half a million USD per claim. Yet most engine damage, as with so many claims we see in many different areas of our business, remains related to incorrect repairs and maintenance. Numerous cases have been noted where damage occurs shortly after the engines have been overhauled by ship or shore staff.And with an average cost per claim of USD 926,000 lubrication failure is still the most costly cause of damage to the main engine, due to consequential damage to expensive parts such as crankshafts etcWe are seeing crew with insufficient experience and training; experts not in attendance ...

The Swedish P&I Club issues Monthly Safety Scenario for November 2015 The Swedish P&I Club has published its Monthly Safety for November 2015 regarding an incident due to defective main engine lubricating oil. 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 IncidentThe vessel had completed a scheduled drydocking. After departing from the dry dock the vessel experienced extensive water leakage at various locations, which led to excessive water on the tank top. The leaks were repaired and completed the following day.The following day an unusual noise could be heard from cylinder unit 4. The main engine was stopped and the crankcase opened. An inspection of the unit revealed problems that could not be rectified immediately. Cylinder unit 4 was isolated. Furthermore the crew found the system oil was contaminated with 2% water.Without any rectification the main engine was restarted and the voyage resumed. Shortly afterwards a loud noise was heard from the main engine and the exhaust gas temperature of cylinder unit 8 was slowly falling, so it was decided to stop the main engine for further investigation.The crew changed several fuel ...

The Swedish P&I Club informs that a further letter from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been sent with reference to the prohibition of crude oil vessels from Nigeria.