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The UK Club gathered all the latest info on the current situation in Brazil, in order to help operators when entering the country.

It is known that due to their nature of work, seafarers are often exposed to difficult working conditions, causing them job stress. Namely, job stress relates to a serious physiological condition that causes adverse mental and physical reactions to the body, such as the well-known panic attacks.

International carriers will now need to be mindful of President Biden’s newly signed Executive Order, 2021, promoting competition in the American economy that dovetails with a previous FMC issuance of a Final Interpretative Rule on Demurrage and Detention under the Shipping Act published in 2020.

As collisions and groundings in narrow passages, such as rivers, do not seem to decrease either in frequency or magnitude, the UK Club shared practical advice to both seafarers and shore side personnel, in order to prevent such incidents. 

Collisions between cargo ships and fishing vessels are a key area of concern in Japanese waters due to the large number of fishing vessels that operate in the region. 

As part of its crew health advice series, the UK P&I Club shared key points to watch with respect to hernias onboard. A hernia occurs when an internal part of the body pushes through a weakness in the muscle or surrounding tissue wall.

Ansuman Ghosh, Director of Risk Assessment, UK P&I Club, highlights the urgent need for shipping to reduce its emission levels and play its part in addressing this dire situation.

The Maritime Traffic Safety Law of China, regulating maritime traffic safety in Chinese sea areas, was revised with effect from 1st September 2021.

UK Club released a video, summarizing a case where a crewmember of a bulk carrier lost his balance and fell down on to the tank top during hold cleaning operations.

Following Supreme People's Court (SPC) recent ruling on soya bean claims, UK Club received the below advice from Wang Jing & Co., Xiamen.