International Group of P&I Clubs

American Club Member Alert (April 22, 2025)

APRIL 22, 2025
GUIDANCE ON FIRE RESPONSE FOR VEHICLE CARRIERS
The Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum (VCSF) has recently published its second industry good practice guidelines entitled, Fire Response – High Level Guidelines. The VCSF recognizes that responding to vehicle fires onboard pure car carriers, pure car and truck carriers, roll-on/roll-off vessels and roll-on/roll-off passenger vessels is both dangerous and challenging. These guidelines have been designed to reduce the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/22/american-club-member-alert-april-22-2025/

American Club Circular no. 11/21 – Condition survey requirement for tankers carrying heavy fuel oil (hfo) as cargo

American Club Circular no. 11/21 – Condition survey requirement for tankers carrying heavy fuel oil (hfo) as cargo

Joseph E.M. Hughes, Chairman and CEO, Shipowners Claims Bureau, Managers for The American Club
MAY 19, 2021
CIRCULAR NO. 11/21
TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Dear Member:
CONDITION SURVEY REQUIREMENT FOR TANKERS CARRYING HEAVY FUEL OIL (HFO) AS CARGO
As part of a concerted industry effort to ensure higher ship standards, the International Group of P&I Clubs continues to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/19/american-club-circular-no-11-21-condition-survey-requirement-for-tankers-carrying-heavy-fuel-oil-hfo-as-cargo/

Carriage of Seed Cake & Third Version of IG/CINS Guidelines

  • CINS (the Cargo Incident Notification System) and the International Group of P&I Clubs had jointly published updated guidance on the carriage of seed cake in containers.
  • The third version of this guidance has now been published. It replaces and supersedes the previous versions.
  • Version 3 of the Guidelines notes that it is vital that Seed Cake which is not classified in Class 4.2 of the IMDG Code should be declared by the shipper to the receiving carrier.

A Standard Club news report reveals...

https://mfame.guru/carriage-of-seed-cake-third-version-of-ig-cins-guidelines/