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2019-03
LP 08/2019 A Defective Passage Plan May Render a Vessel Unseaworthy
The recent Admiralty Court decision of Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG (The CMA CGM LIBRA) [2019] EWHC 481 (Admlty) (8 March 2019) may develop into a common opinion that a defective passage plan makes a vessel unseaworthy.
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2019-03
LP 07/2019 ITF Clause in Time Charterparty May Bother Shipowners
For a vessel flying a flag of convenience (FOC) and its crew not covered by an ITF-approved Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the owner should pay especial attention to the ITF clause in the time charterparty.
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2019-03
LP 06/2019 Notice Ship Tank Damage Due to Off Spec WPA Cargos
The Club has recently found that some Tunisia-exported Wet Process Phosphoric Acid (WPA) cargo are high in Chloride and Fluoride content and carrying such off spec cargos is very likely to result in ship tank damages.
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2019-03
LP 05/2019 Inappropriate ECDIS Operations and Good Practices
The safe transition from paper chart navigation to paperless navigation depends very much on user familiarity.
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2019-02
LP 04/2019 Vessel Detentions by the Indonesian Navy
The Club has recently seen an increase of incidents where the Indonesian Navy have detained vessels anchored in waters around the island of Bintan, in the Eastern portion of the Singapore Straits.