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Pilot Ladder Safety Webinar

Seamanship must prevail      

Join us and our presenters at this Nautical Institute webinar

13:00 – 14:00 UTC on Thursday 21 April 2022  

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The Nautical Institute (NI) and the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) have been concerned for many years at the needlessly high rate of Pilot Ladder casualties.

The NI is continuously reminded of the problem from its Members and through its Mariners’ Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS). The issue features frequently in our...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/14/pilot-ladder-safety-webinar/

LSLC HYBRID event – The Polar (2021) – 25th April 2022

THE LSLC IN ASSOCIATION WITH TWENTY ESSEX WELCOMES MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONALS TO THE CENTRE’s 3rd WEBINAR IN ITS 2022 GLOBAL WEBINAR SERIES

THE POLAR [2021] EWCA Civ 1828;
[2022] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 375

The Court of Appeal considers the incorporation of a charter war risks / K&R regime into bills of lading  
Specific issues to be discussed will include:
– The approach to the incorporation of charterparty terms into bills of lading in general
– Whether exclusive insurance codes in...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/13/lslc-hybrid-event-the-polar-2021-25th-april-2022/

Indian National Maritime Day celebrations

l to r: Mike Alle, Seafarers Charity, Rahul Khanna, Vice Chair IMA UK and Monica Kohli, Chair IMA UK.

The Annual National Indian Maritime Day Event took place IMO, Planet Ocean’s iconic Shipping HQ’s

The Indian Maritime Association UK celebrated last night the 58th Annual Indian National Maritime Day at the IMO and it was our first visit there since Covid appeared.

The Chair of the Association Monica Kohli delivering her speech

The Chair of the Association Monica Kohli, Senior Lawyer at the Gard...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/13/indian-national-maritime-day-celebrations/

New SNAME Greek Section Executive Committee

John Kokarakis (pic by Katerina Nomikou)

The SNAME Greek Section held its biennial elections on March 31, 2022 and in accordance with the Section bylaws, at a meeting held on April 6, where all candidates were invited, the following Executive Committee was elected for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024: 

Chair: John Kokarakis, Bureau Veritas 
Vice Chair: Konstantinos Maounis, Polembros Shipping 
Secretary/Treasurer:         Harilaos Petrakakos, P&P Marine Consultants  
Member...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/13/new-sname-greek-section-executive-committee/

Release on the Joint Statement of the ASA SRC 25th Interim Meeting 2022 held 21 – 28 March 2022

The 25th Interim Meeting of the ASA Ship Recycling Committee, presided over by Mr. Ron Huang, Chairman of the ASA SRC, was held via e-mail from 21 to 28 March 2022. The SRC members are firmly committed to ensuring full compliance with all applicable competition laws throughout the entire programme.

Ship Recycling Trend

Since there has been an increasing global demand for shipping, the result of ship recycling volume in 2021 did not grow as expected and was 24.3 million DWT, and the year 2022 is...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/12/release-on-the-joint-statement-of-the-asa-src-25th-interim-meeting-2022-held-21-28-march-2022/

Sailors’ Society remembers Titanic officer who was one of its own

Picture of James Moody

“The sea is still God’s school for teaching the highest in sacrifice” 
On the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, international maritime charity Sailors’ Society is paying a special tribute to one of its own – the Titanic’s Sixth Officer, James Moody. 

Moody, who was just 24, was the only junior officer to go down with the ship. 

Shortly before midnight on April 14 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg. The story of this tragedy...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/11/sailors-society-remembers-titanic-officer-who-was-one-of-its-own/

The Prizegiving brings a magnificent Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca to a fitting conclusion

Winners of the 51 edition

9 April 2022 – The awards ceremony the 51st edition of the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca brought to an end. The week long event was the first major international event for Olympic classes since the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo and is the first regatta for the 2022 Hempel World Cup Series. 

Held at the City of Palma’s Ses Voltes, the prizegiving was attended by some of the island’s main authorities: the Balearic Minister of Sports, Fina Santiago; the Minister of Tourism of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/09/the-prizegiving-brings-a-magnificent-trofeo-princesa-sofia-mallorca-to-a-fitting-conclusion/

Assurance about Assurance

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Anchor Partner Spotlight
SHIPPINGInsight is thrilled to welcome ABS as a Platinum Partner!
ABS is committed to setting standards for safety and excellence as one of the world’s leading classification organizations.

For partnership and exhibiting information, please contact Rebecca Tribelli at [email protected]

This past week was the Connecticut Maritime Association’s annual Shipping Conference which was held in person.  Featuring the topics of the day,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/07/assurance-about-assurance/

IACS Publishes Unified Requirement on Remote Classification Surveys

IACS Secretary General, Robert Ashdown

The significant impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the maritime industry resulted in an increase in the deployment of remote surveys by IACS Members to ensure the maritime industry was able to continue functioning in as smooth and efficient a manner as possible.

Noting many IACS Members introduced remote survey aspects prior to the pandemic, advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) together with the experience and knowledge gained...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/07/iacs-publishes-unified-requirement-on-remote-classification-surveys/

Port of Guadeloupe gets PERS certification for the second time

Mr Chalus, Chairman of the Board, and Mrs Penchard, Chair of the Supervisory Board, with the PERS certificate

ESPO congratulates the Guadeloupe Port Authority (France) for being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). Guadeloupe joined the EcoPorts’ network in 2018 and is PERS-certified for the second time, demonstrating the efforts of the French port in protecting the Caribbean marine ecosystems.

Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO Secretary General, commented: “The Port of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/06/port-of-guadeloupe-gets-pers-certification-for-the-second-time/

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