#The Swedish Club

Reederei Nord & The Swedish Club Collaborate To Improve Onboard Safety

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The Swedish Club demonstrated the value of more than 150 years of claims experience when invited to participate in Reederei Nord’s Senior Officers’ Conference, which took place late last month in Hamburg.

The Club’s Loss Prevention team ran a seminar session presenting two real-life cases on personal injury and collision which highlighted the value of emergency preparedness, crew safety, best practices in navigation, safety management systems, and the prevention of...

https://mfame.guru/reederei-nord-the-swedish-club-collaborate-to-improve-onboard-safety/

Improveing Safety At Sea

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In its mission to reduce accidents, improve safety, save lives and protect the environment, The Swedish Club can draw on a vast amount of knowledge, experience and statistics from previous claims incidents, says an article published on Safety4sea.

Valuable knowledge

Interpreting and communicating that valuable knowledge to both members and to the wider shipping community is a vital part of its loss prevention programme.

Free of charge

The Swedish Club has been...

https://mfame.guru/improve-safety-at-sea/

Misdeclared Cargo Causes Vessel Fire

The Swedish Club presents a case study of cargo ship fire caused by reactive solids onboard.

The Incident

It was early morning and from the bridge the Master saw a large cloud of smoke issuing from the forward part of the vessel. At the same time the fire detection system for cargo hold 2 sounded on the bridge. The Master described the smoke as being white at first and then greyish. The Chief Officer, however, described the smoke as being “dark grey, almost black”. The ventilation fans for the...

https://mfame.guru/misdeclared-cargo-causes-vessel-fire/

Cargo Hold Lights Cause Fire Onboard Bulk Carrier

Many bulk carrier/general cargo holds have fixed cargo lights. In container ships the lights need to be properly placed so that they do not overheat cargo or other combustibles and thus cause damage or fire. Lights in car carriers and ferries are usually fluorescent, which are unlikely to cause ignition.

Nonetheless it makes sense to leave lights switched off when they are not needed, particularly in cargo areas where combustibles are present. The Swedish Club reports of the fire caused by cargo...

https://mfame.guru/cargo-hold-lights-cause-fire-onboard-bulk-carrier/

Handling Flammable Liquid Cargo Aboard Vessel

The Swedish Club details the steps to deal with flammable liquid cargo.

Flammable liquid cargo

Flammable liquid cargoes present risks of explosions in cargo tanks and other compartments. These explosions are
often followed by fire. Sometimes fire and/or explosions propagate to other tanks.

In that case, to investigate the cause it is necessary to work back to the origin tank by plotting the direction of the first displacement of bulkheads between tanks. At the first tank, all of the bulkheads will...

https://mfame.guru/handling-flammable-liquid-cargo-aboard-vessel/

‘A-’ Rating for The Swedish Club

‘A-’ Rating for The Swedish Club

The Swedish Club is pleased to report that S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed its ‘A-‘ long-term insurer financial strength and issuer credit ratings for The Swedish Club.

S&P also maintained its assessment of the Club’s outlook as negative. 

Managing Director of The Swedish Club, Lars Rhodin, says: “Following such a challenging year we are encouraged to see that that the Club’s resilience has been recognised in our plan to address imbalances experienced in the P&I...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/28/a-rating-for-the-swedish-club/

DNV WEBINAR, 17 Nov: Anchor losses – how can we improve?

DNV WEBINAR, 17 Nov: Anchor losses – how can we improve?

WEBINAR: Anchor losses – how can we improve?
From 2019 to 2020, anchor losses and damages increased by more than 20%. What’s going wrong? And why? But more importantly, what can we do to minimize or prevent these incidents?
17 November 202109.00 – 10.00 a.m. CET or04.00 – 05.00 p.m. CET Choose session and sign up

This joint webinar from DNV, Gard and The Swedish Club will focus on how to reduce or prevent incidents...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/04/dnv-webinar-17-nov-anchor-losses-how-can-we-improve/

Once in a lifetime opportunity for new head of The Swedish Club’s Piraeus office

Once in a lifetime opportunity for new head of The Swedish Club’s Piraeus office

Ludvig Nyhlén

As the world slowly recovers from the restrictions of the Coronavirus pandemic and begins to look ahead, The Swedish Club is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Area Manager to take its Team Piraeus office into the future.

Ludvig Nyhlén joins Team Piraeus from the Club’s head office in Gothenburg, having spent the last ten years in various roles within The Swedish Club, gaining a solid...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/07/once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-for-new-head-of-the-swedish-clubs-piraeus-office/

Swedish Club Issues New Bunker Alerts for Next-gen Loss Prevention

  • An updated version of The Swedish Club’s Trade Enabling Loss Prevention tool (TELP) now offers its members targeted bunker alerts.
  • The guidelines warns vessels of fuel quality issues reported at global ports.

A new release of The Swedish Club’s Trade Enabling Loss Prevention tool (TELP), the next generation of loss prevention, has just been launched to Club members.

Fuel testing service

The service, which is free of charge to members of The Swedish Club, has been developed in association with...

https://mfame.guru/swedish-club-issues-new-bunker-alerts-for-next-gen-loss-prevention/

Engine Failure Causes Grounding of Bulk Carrier

In its Monthly Safety Scenario, the Swedish P&I Club describes a case of a bulk carrier grounding caused by engine failure. Shortly after departing port, a main engine slowdown alarm was triggered due to a loss of cooling water in the main engine. The Master ordered half head, but there was no response from the engine.

The incident

A bulk carrier loaded a cargo of soya beans in a North American port, prior to travelling to Asia. When loading was completed, the vessel anchored to wait for a...

https://mfame.guru/engine-failure-causes-grounding-of-bulk-carrier/

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