The Joint War Committee amends the War Listed Areas
Prompted by the recent reduction in the Indian Ocean High Risk Area defined by BIMCO and referred to in BMP4, the Lloyds Joint War Committee have announced a change in the War Listed Areas on 10th December 2015. The Indian Ocean / Arabian Sea / Gulf of Aden / Gulf of Oman / Southern Red Sea area is reduced on ...
Continue ReadingSwedish Club 2016 General Increase announced
The Swedish Club has announced a nil General Increase for the 2016 policy year for both P&I and FD&D classes with any changes in the GXL Reinsurance programme being passed on to Members. Deductibles will be increased by USD1000 for cargo and crew liabilities. Release calls have not been updated yet. The full circular can be found here or on ...
Continue ReadingLatitude completes Sailors’ Society 32 kms trek in gruesome weather conditions
Saturday 5th December: It was a blustery day when the Latitude team assembled at dawn with 34 other teams, for a 32 kms journey along the Hong Kong trail to raise money to support the Sailors’ Society. After 3 months of training in the heat, and under blue skies, the conditions were a shocker ! But Latitude support team had been ...
Continue ReadingLatitude goes Jamming with Feeding Hong Kong for Christmas
As part of the festive season, we helped Feeding Hong Kong make 2000 jars of jam to be given out to low-income families in December. The sacks contain a number of homemade items and each jar is personalized by the volunteers! Our own Kay Chan said “I am very glad to be one of the volunteers participating in the jam making session ...
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