The Institute cyber-attack exclusion clause, better known as Clause 380, divided opinion at this week’s IUMI 2018 conference, held in Cape Town, South Africa. While most participants who mentioned the clause accepted that it was not ideal, the difference was on what should be done about it. Some...
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Chemical oil products tanker STI Hammersmith (IMO 9706463) was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea at Conakry on September 17th. The four perpetrators shot at the vessel. The crew took cover in the citadel and none was reported injured. The armed robbers fired at the bridge windows and gained access...
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Storm Ali in the UK caused cruise ship Nautica (IMO 9200938) to detach from its moorings in Greenock, Scotland, and drift away from the dock on September 19th. At the time the majority of passengers were reported to be ashore. “Nautica encountered extremely strong winds which resulted in the...
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Standard Club’s senior claims executive Ben Chandler has reported on a recent English Court of Appeal decision that provided important guidance on the applicability of charterparty time bar provisions to letters of indemnity (LOIs). The Songa Winds [2018] EWCA Civ 1901 looked at the...
The wreck removal of Gulfem Kalkavan (IMO 7721873) was completed on September 13th. All related vessel records have been closed and the vessel’s status has been changed to dead by the maritime authority. 1979-built, Turkey-flagged, 1,783 gt Gulfem Kalkavan was owned and managed by Anka Denizcilik...
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Lewis Moore, Toby Miller, Chris Primikiris and Beatrice Cameli of Hill Dickinson have written on the recent decision in Dera Commercial Estate v Derya Inc (The SUR) EWHC 1673. The Commercial Court dealt with a section 68 challenge and appeals on four issues of law under section 69 of the...
An endemic attitude to safety culture in shipping focused on aiming at perfection, which discouraged anyone who made a mistake from revealing that an error had occurred, according to Torkel Soma, Founding Partner at Oslo, Norway-based Propel. Speaking in a presentation entitled “‘Mind The Gap’ to...
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Two port workers suffocated in a cargo hold of wood chips carrier Uni Fortune (IMO 9011193), which was docked at Quy Nhon port, during the morning of September 16th. They fainted and fell down into the hold amd it was too dangerous for other workers to go down to assist. Both workers were recovered...
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