Tag: UK Club

UKP&I correspondents in Argentina provide an update on shortages and customs fines relating to Soya Bean imports, after a historically dry season in the country.

Ansuman Ghosh, Director of Risk Assessment, UK P&I Club highlights how mould, self-heating, wet damage and heat damage can affect the quality of soybeans during transportation and discusses possible mitigation methods. 

According to the Venezuelan port authorities, as of 10th February, a protocol for crew changes will be implemented in all Venezuelan ports and the UK P&I Club provides related updates.

UK Club published its first Sustainability Report, setting out its approach to sustainability and a plan to become more sustainable in the future.

To highlight Men's Health Awareness Month 2022, the UK Club's Crew Health Team have compiled advice on prostate cancer in collaboration with Red Square Medical.

UK P&I Club and TT Club teamed up with scientific consultants, Brookes Bell, and issued a whitepaper highlighting the continuing safety threat created by the transportation of lithium-ion batteries.

According to Ansuman Ghosh, Director of Risk Assessment, UK P&I Club, VPS has tested several distillate fuels bunkered in the Port of Rotterdam during August and September 2022, where their Cloud Point reached temperatures as high as 21 degrees Celsius and their Pour Point temperatures were as high as 12 degrees Celsius. 

Huatai Marine received Clubs' inquiries about administrative fines faced by their entered ships for dumpling food wastes in Chinese waters and provides relevant regulations and interpretations on disposal of food wastes from ships. 

The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, issued a statement that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.

As Ansuman Ghosh, Director of Risk Assessment, UK P&I Club, informs, bunker fuel analysis indicates more cases of contaminated bunker fuel in the Rotterdam and Amsterdam areas (ARA), suggesting that the problem persists.