This circular informs Members the Supplementary Call for 2014 Policy Year, Closed Policy Year and Open Policy Year

According to the information from IMO website, the 2012 Amendments to increase the limits of liability in the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Marintime Claims (LLMC) shall enter into force on the 8th June,2015.

It was announced on 2 April 2015 that the so-called P5+1 powers (China, France, Germany, the Russian Federatin, UK and USA), the European Union and Iran had reached a framework agreement which, subject to further and detailed negotiations to be completed by 30 June 2015, will see sanctions agrainst Iran relaxed in exchange for significant and verifiable steps to be taken by Iran in realation to its nuclear programme.

On 14 April 2014 the Nairobi International Convention on the Revoval of Wrecks, 2007 ("the Convention") achieved the requisite number of ratifications (10) triggering the entry into force conditions. The Convention will enter into force in State Parties on 14 April 2015.