Loss Prevention Advice
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On January 28th, 2022, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the General Customs jointly published a document for Vessels Engaged in International Voyages which came into force on February 15th, 2022 and concerns prevention and control measures against COVID-19.
This document called “Announcement on Effectively Implementing Remote Prevention and Control Measures of the COVID-19 for Vessels Engaged in International Voyages” requires that vessels on international voyages scheduled to change crew at Chinese ports, should carry out COVID-19 tests.
In addition, this announcement stipulates that the vessels should implement prevention and control measures from 48h before their departure from the last overseas port to one day before their arrival at Chinese ports.
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Progress on developing draft lifecycle GHG and carbon intensity guidelines for marine fuels and assessment of impacts of GHG measures has been made by an IMO working group.
The Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11), which met 14-18 March, considered proposals on how to keep the impacts of the short-term measure under review and proposals for the revision of the ship fuel oil consumption Data Collection System (DCS).
The short-term measure to reduce carbon intensity was adopted as amendments to MARPOL Annex VI in June 2021 and includes the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI), annual operational carbon intensity indicator (CII) and CII rating.
The Working Group’s report will be submitted to the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its next session in June (MEPC 78, 6-10 June 2022).
Lifecycle GHG emission guidelines for marine fuels
The Working Group noted the urgency of the development of draft lifecycle GHG and carbon intensity guidelines for marine fuels as expressed by many delegations to facilitate investment decisions, and following detailed discussions aimed to finalize the draft guidelines at MEPC 79.
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has not renewed anti-piracy resolution off Somalia for the fight against piracy and armed robbery.
In December, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to allow international naval forces to continue using all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, only for the next three months.
In late February, the Federal Government of Somalia sent a letter to the United Nations expressing its opposition to further extent the resolution that allows foreign navies to enter Somali territorial waters to repress piracy. According to Somalia, the resolution has achieved its objectives and Somalia is building up its own maritime security capabilities.
Now that the resolution has expired, international navies can still fight pirates in the region, but not in Somalian territorial waters.
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Main Engine Damage is an expensive category of damage that is all too frequent. Statistically a vessel will suffer between one and two incidences of main engine damage during its life time. Considering the costly consequences for ship owners, it is important to identify the main causes of this damage and
examine how these can be prevented.
- Main engine claims account for 28% of all machinery claims and 34% of the costs, with an average claim cost close to US$ 650,000.
- The claims frequency has for the last ten years been steady at between 0.020 and 0.025 claims per vessel and year.
- Passenger vessels/ferries have the highest frequency with 0.066 claims per vessel and year.
- Vessels propelled by medium/high speed engines have a claims frequency 2.5 times higher compared with slow speed engines.
- Lubrication oil related failure is the most common cause of damage.
- The most expensive type of damage is on crank shaft/bearings with an average cost of Million US$ 1.2 per claim.