(FAQs) New Safe ECDIS Guidance by OCIMF

In a major development, the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has launched its latest information paper, which provides guidance on how to improve policies and procedures concerning the safe use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), says an article published on their website.

What is it?

ECDIS has proven to be a very useful tool for the shipping industry, providing navigational charts and data needed for a safe navigation, while the voyage is planned easier...

https://mfame.guru/faqs-new-safe-ecdis-guidance-by-ocimf/

Negligently Prepared Passage Plan Renders Vessel Unseaworthiness

  • International law aims to apportion risk in the transport of goods between the ship interests and cargo interests.
  • Shipowners are responsible for cargo claims caused by unseaworthiness of the ship.
  • But are exempt from liability for cargo claims caused by certain risks, including navigational errors.
  • The decision in Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG (The “CMA CGM LIBRA”) [2020] EWCA Civ 293 shifts the boundary between “seaworthiness” and “navigation”.
  • As a result shipowners happen...

https://mfame.guru/negligently-prepared-passage-plan-renders-vessel-unseaworthiness/

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