FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In a recent Risk Alert, Capt. Ilias Kioukioulakos, Loss Prevention Executive at Steamship Mutual, examines the operational and claims implications of extended standby conditions, highlighting the importance of effective BOG management, proactive planning, early notification and robust record keeping to mitigate potential commercial and contractual disputes. Disruption to shipping operations in the Gulf region is increasingly resulting in LNG carriers experiencing prolonged waiting periods, drifting and reduced-speed operations. RelatedNews Biofouling and vessel risk after prolonged anchorage RMI warns of maneuverability failures in China’s congested waters var jnews_module_21381560_0_6aa1158f634dd = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21381560","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,1730,598","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_li