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Articles for February 2020
Keeping fit and healthy
A fit and healthy crew is crucial for every shipping company, both in social and economic terms. Here the UK P&I Club’s Sophia Bullard, in conjunction with IMEQ, looks at post-traumatic stress disorder and offers tips on preventing bullying in the workplace
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be
Mark McCarthy, at RMK Maritime, considers the current state of ship finance
“Known unknowns” – the sulphur cap is here
The sulphur cap is finally here, but what do we actually know? asks Nick Austin, of Reed Smith
The impact of IMO 2020 starts to show…
Scott Poulter, of Pacific Green Technologies, takes a practical look at the new sulphur rules and warns prices for low-sulphur fuel are already more than double the cost of higher sulphur fuel
Breaking up is hard to do
Nazery Khalid provides an update on the progress of the Hong Kong Convention on green ship recycling
Saudis defy global safety shipping rules to switch off AIS for Hormuz transits
Bahri vessels “go dark” despite safety and security advice from its own insurers and the US government, and in contravention of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, reports Lloyd’s List’s Michelle Wiese Bockmann
A new generation of ship finance
Ship finance has changed radically through the years and is most likely to change again in the decades to come, as Jasel Chauhan, of Hill Dickinson, explores
Expected shipping trends for 2020 from a P&I perspective
Miguel Caballero, at West of England Insurance Services (Luxembourg) SA, sets out his thoughts on three issues which are likely to be on Clubs’ radar screens in 2020, the implementation of the IMO’s 0.5 per cent global sulphur cap, the potential for further sanctions and the withdrawal of the UK from the EU
It’s all in the wording
Benjamin Coffer, of Quadrant Chambers, reviews a recent case considering general average guarantees and the actionable fault defence