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P&I / InsuranceSteamship Mutual·10 months ago
Stipulating to Arbitration in U.S. Crew Employment Contracts: FAQs
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P&I / InsuranceSteamship Mutual·about 1 year ago
Manual Handling Risks: The Threat of Crew Injury
Home Publications Articles Manual Handling Risks: The Threat of Crew Injury Manual Handling Risks: The Threat of Crew Injury Manual handling on commercial and fishing vessels poses significant injury risks, especially in adverse weather, due to lifting, carrying, and moving heavy loads. Proper training, risk assessmen
Steamship Mutual
P&I / InsuranceSteamship Mutual·over 1 year ago
Work Safety - Adverse Weather
Home Publications Articles Work Safety - Adverse Weather Work Safety - Adverse Weather The Club regularly experiences crew injury claims and. one source of these claims involves activities being undertaken during heavy weather.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 2 years ago
International Group circular on IG stowaway questionnaires
Dealing with stowaways on members' vessels is a common problem for clubs in the International Group and the IG's Personal Injury Committee has therefore developed a questionnaire to assist with their identification and subsequent repatriation.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 3 years ago
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Credit to: OSORIOartist / Shutterstock. com On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic and this announcement followed the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO on 30 January 2020.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·about 5 years ago
Stowaways and COVID-19
Stowaways is an extra burden on the crew and despite many attempts to find an international solution, shipowners are often left alone providing for the stowaway and finding ways of repatriation.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 5 years ago
Indian law: Personal injury / disability claims
This article focuses on the legal (liability) regime in India, to generally guide Owners facing a potential action by an Indian seafarer in India, for a personal injury/disability claim.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 5 years ago
Tuberculosis: an avoidable problem?
It is important that a ship’s designated medic or medical officer is aware of the early signs and symptoms of TB.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·almost 6 years ago
Failure to comply with US COVID-19 regulations
It is a potential risk of vessel detention, civil and criminal penalties in the US in the event of non-compliance with recent COVID-19 regulations.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·about 6 years ago
Telemedicine - standard care after the pandemic has passed?
During the current global pandemic, telemedicine has emerged as an effective way for doctors and patients to interact without risk of spreading COVID-19.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·about 6 years ago
COVID-19: Charterparty matters for shipowners
The current COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant effect on the shipping industry. Whilst the plight of cruise ships, stranded off shore with sick passengers and crew, may be dominating media headlines, the current COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant effect on the shipping industry as a whole.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·almost 7 years ago
US Supreme Court ruling on punitive damages
The US Supreme Court ruling on 24 June 2019 in The Dutra Group v. Batterton will have an important impact on the damages which may be recoverable in US personal injury claims.
Skuld
CrewSkuld·about 7 years ago
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006: IG FAQs amended April 2019
The International Group published FAQs to provide guidance to shipowners in January 2017 when the financial security requirements under the 2014 Amendments to MLC entered into force. The FAQs were last updated in August 2018 and some further amendments have now been made to reflect experience gained in the handling of
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CrewSkuld·about 7 years ago
MLC: Issuance of Certificates under Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (as amended)
We refer to Circular issued by all International Group clubs on 7 October 2016 on new financial security requirements under MLC (MLC Certificates). In order to simplify the process of applying for MLC Certificates all members will receive one Application together with the other renewal documents.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 7 years ago
Depression and mental illness
Credit to: design36 / Shutterstock. com Depression, anxiety, and psychoses can occur as a singular issue; or an individual can have more than one of these conditions simultaneously.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 7 years ago
Food and fitness - a healthy and happy crew
Credit to: udra11 / Shutterstock. com Life at sea is challenging and most seafarers spend more time onboard than at home.
P&I / InsuranceSkuld·almost 8 years ago
Effects of mental well-being on personal injury and recovery
Personal injury and illness claims are of course very different from property claims and besides the actual injury or illness sustained the "human element" can vastly alter the outcome of the recovery period and thus making the matters somewhat unpredictable to deal with. In this article we briefly consider what effec
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P&I / InsuranceSkuld·about 8 years ago
Are you sleeping efficiently?
It has been well documented for many years that fatigue has been an issue for those working in the marine environment. Numerous studies have been undertaken and changes to the way ships operate have been made to ensure that fatigue is managed as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Skuld
CrewSkuld·over 8 years ago
MLC 2006 as amended: Financial security requirements
On 18 January 2017 amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) entered into force requiring shipowners to display certificates issued by an insurer or other financial security provider confirming that insurance or other financial security is in place for the cost and expense of crew repatriation, as well as up t
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AccidentsSkuld·over 8 years ago
Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) - Revised Final Rule
As part of the US program for ensuring vessel and aviation safety and protecting national security, on 7 April 2005, the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a final rule setting forth the requirements for the electronic submission of manifest information for passengers and crew members on board c
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CrewSkuld·over 11 years ago
STCW 2010: Manila amendments - Hours of rest
Safe voyages rely on alert, healthy and well rested seafarers crewing the vessel. Both common sense and regulation dictate that seafarers need a minimum of rest every day.
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P&I / InsuranceSkuld·over 11 years ago
US law: Seamen cannot recover punitive damages
The development Correspondent lawyers Phelps Dunbar have reported on a significant US legal decision with respect to the position of Jones Act seamen and personal injury claims. Particularly it has been held that Jones Act seamen cannot recover punitive damages for their vessel owner / employer's breach of its general
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P&I / InsuranceSkuld·almost 12 years ago
South Africa and United States: Stowaways and Ebola virus
The development Members will be very much aware of the long standing issue of stowaways seeking to gain access in West African countries. Given that some of these incidents may occur in countries presently affected by the Ebola outbreak, this may lead to a very difficult combination of events.
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P&I / InsuranceSkuld·almost 12 years ago
Ebola virus: Further spread in West Africa
Development Media reports, and our correspondents confirm, that a man travelling from Liberia to Lagos by plane has passed away from Ebola, which has led to ports, airports and land border crossings in Nigeria being placed on a heightened state of alert. Nigerian response This situation means that Nigerian port, custo