Safe Ships, Safer Seas 2011: Kelvin Hughes’ Piracy Seminar
Safe Ships, Safer Seas 2011: Kelvin Hughes’ Athens seminar tackles piracy issues head-on. Thursday 20 October 2011 saw world-leading navigational systems provider Kelvin Hughes present the first in its series of ‘Safe Ships, Safer Seas’ seminars to an audience in Athens consisting of 100 Greek ship owners, operators and senior executives. Held at the Apollon Divani Spa Hotel, Vouliagmeni, the event went ahead despite national strike action across Greece and was well attended, with a keynote address by George D. Gourdomichalis, President and MD of G.
Is No Guarantee of Future Performance, Says North of England
Shipowners were warned in Greece on December 15 that the increasing financial transparency of P&I clubs was no guarantee of their future financial performance. The warning from the 45 million GT North of England P&I club was given at the Piraeus Marine Club's prestigious annual P&I seminar. North of England director Mike Salthouse, formerly head of the club's Piraeus office, told delegates: 'It has never been easier to monitor a P&I club's financial performance. He said sophisticated regulatory controls, the International Group's comprehensive disclosure requirements and the constant probing by ratings agencies and brokers meant it was very difficult for a P&I club to mislead its members or the industry, either inadvertently or intentionally.
North of England’s Greek Members Continue to Focus on Loss-Prevention
Around 80 Greek members of North of England P&I Association attended the A rated 65 million GT club's annual seminar at the Piraeus Marine Club last week. The seminar is part of North of England's continuous program of providing advice and support to its Greek membership on loss prevention and associated practical and commercial considerations. In-house freight demurrage and defence lawyers Helen Yiacoumis and Antigone Yanniotis, both of whom are based in the club's Piraeus office, covered the various issues associated with charterparty withdrawal and checking before fixing. Office manager Tony Allen then looked at the implications of a deviation under P&I and shipowners' liability cargo cover…
