TOPICS/ISSUES
BUNKERS
Fuel
- Quality (Fuel)
- Sampling (Fuel)
- Switching operations
- LNG, Biofuels
- 2020 Sulphur Cap
- CHEMICAL
- Chemical tanker operations
- COMMERCIAL/CHARTERING
- Payment Performance
- Charter party terms & documentation
- Worldscale
- Freight Demurrage
- GAS
- Gas tanker operations
- INSURANCE AND LEGAL
- Sanctions
- Insurance & Liability
- Compensation
- Liability and Compensation regimes
- Marine Insurance
- Nigerian Tax Compliance Review Exercise
- MARINE SAFETY
- Machinery & equipment
- Lifesaving appliances
- Classification standards
- Ship building and repair yards (Covid-19)
- Anchoring and mooring systems
- Cargo
- Properties (Cargo)
- Safe entry into enclosed spaces
- Inert gas
- Places of Refuge
- NAVIGATION
- Safe navigation
- ECDIS
- Pilotage
- eNavigation
- PORTS AND TERMINALS
- Ports
- Ports and Terminals
- Offshore operations
- Port News
- Port Costs
- SECURITY
- Maritime Security
- Refugees
- Cyber Risk Management
- Piracy
- IFC MARSEC Weekly Reports
- ReCAAP-ISC Weekly Reports
- MDAT-GoG Weekly Reports
- Piracy Reports (IMB)
- VETTING & PORT STATE CONTROL
- Vetting & Risk Management
- OCIMF and CDI inspections and charterers (Covid-19)
- Port State Control
DOCUMENTARY
Charter Party Advice
- Charterparty and other contractual issues (Covid-19)
ENVIRONMENT
Air Emissions
- Alternative fuels
- MARPOL Annex VI (SOX, NOX, VOC)
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction
- MRV, EU ETS & FuelEU
- Energy efficiency
- Onshore Power Supply
Ballast Water Management
- Ballast Water Legislation
- Ports with Challenging Water Quality
- Ballast Water Record Book
- Contingency Measures for Tankers
Waste Management
- On board waste management
- Shore waste reception facilities
- EU PRF Directive
HUMAN ELEMENT
Fair treatment
- Criminalisation
- Shore access & visas
- Medical treatment
Crew competence
- Training requirements
- Officer matrix
- Competence Management
Seafarer welfare
- Cadet berthing
- Health and wellness
- Crew changes and the ship shore interface (Covid-19)
TECHNICAL
Tanker design & construction
- Application of CSR
- Classification standards
- Port State/Flag Administrations: Surveys and Certification slippage (Covid-19)
- Safety Criteria for EEDI compliant tanker designs
REGIONS
North American Issues
- US Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA)
- Recordkeeping
- Monitoring (EPA VGP)