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This is a fantastic detailed animated and interactive data visualization of the world's Global Shipping Traffic. You can see movements of the global merchant fleet over the course of 2012, overlaid on a bathymetric map. You can also see a few statistics...

In the recent case of Sang Stone Hamoon Jonoub Co Ltd v Baoyue Shipping Co Ltd ([2015] EWHC 2288 Comm), Mr Justice Males provided direction on the potential liability of cargo owners to shipowners where they do not take delivery of the cargo and the...

The Shipowners P&I Club warns that the unsafe carriage of oil cargo has been noticed recently especially on tugs and crew boats and advises that such activities are highly unsafe and that non-designated spaces are not equipped, or certified, for...

Around a third of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers are Filipinos. They contribute around US$6 billion a year to the Philippine economy. Developments in the country’s employment laws are therefore of key importance to shipowners. UK Club Senior Claims...

While operating in Canadian waters, oil tankers must comply with international safety and environmental protection requirements as well as Canada’s marine safety regulations. These requirements include tanker construction standards and on-board...