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Article 13 reward is given only when the salvage was successful. Many salvors would not go for salvage where success chances were slim. To encourage the salvors, Article 14 was introduced by which the salvor if failed to earn a reward under Article 13 or the reward was not sufficient to recover his own expenses,…
INVENTORY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (IHM) The “Inventory of Hazardous Materials” – formerly referred to at IMO and at LR as the Green Passport –is an inventory of materials present in a ship’s structure, systems and fitted equipment that may behazardous to human health and the environment. The IHM must be maintained throughout the life of…
Entry into force 1 January 2025 Amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code) -Amendment 07-23 Background: The IMO Resolution MSC.539(107) introduces amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code. These amendments include a combination of addition of new individual schedules and amendments to existing ones. Agreed new individual schedules:…
DEVIATION UNDER THE MARINE INSURANCE ACT & UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES MAY IT BE EXCUSED? A voyage policy generally defines the port of call for the vessel. If the vessel deviates without a lawful excuse, then the underwriters are discharged from their liability from the time of the deviation & it is immaterial that the ship…
FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE MAKING AN OFFER TO TOW ANOTHER VESSEL WHICH IS DISABLED BUT NOT IN DISTRESS? WHEN TOWAGE BECOMES SALVAGE? Prior offering to tow a disabled vessel the master should verify if he is permitted to do so by the charter party and/ or the b/l ‘s. In addition the…
Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) is a new measure based on an operational approach that supports the IMO’s objective “to reduce CO2 emissions per transport work, as an average across internationalshipping, by at least 40% by 2030, pursuing efforts towards 70% by 2050, compared to 2008.” Resolution MEPC.328(76) adopted at MEPC 76 in June 2021, will…
CBA procedure between employer and employee Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) It is a tri parties agreement between company, seaman and the Union. This is the document which details all the terms and conditions of the crew employed on the ship. It specifies entitlements such as pay (in the form of a wage scale), working hours,…
Protection and Indemnity insurance, or as it is more commonly known – ‘P&I’, is the policy ship owners purchase to protect them against liability claims from crew, passengers and third parties. Liability claims include those such as collision, property damage, pollution, environmental damage and removal of wrecks, Personal injury, illness and death claims from the…
Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks The Convention was adopted by an international conference held in Nairobi, Capital of Kenya, in 2007. It entered into force in 2015. The Convention provides the legal basis for States to remove, or have removed, shipwrecks that may have the potential to affect adversely the safety of…
(Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of MaritimeNavigation / Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety ofFixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf) The SUA Convention and the Protocol was adopted in 1988 and entered into force in 1992. Concern about unlawful acts which threaten the safety of…