25th October 2022
Simon Tatham examines an October Court of Appeal judgement that demonstrates salvors who strike silver should be compensated Wreck removal, a specialist activity usually required by coastal states when navigation or the environment is threatened, is an expensive exercise usually funded by a vessel’s protection and indemnity (P&I) insurers. In deep water, unless the bunkers…
13th July 2022
Simon Tatham examines misconceptions on salvage and the use of LOF Most mariners will spend their life at sea without ever being on a ship in need of salvage assistance. But when things go wrong, any mariner on a ship in trouble should be only too pleased to see a salvage tug coming over the…
26th May 2022
16 May 2022 by Simon Tatham Regular columnist Simon Tatham examines a recent maritime accident report to highlight the risks of not taking the offered LOF The International Group of P&I Clubs (IG) has been working on what it calls its Salvage Delay Project, an independent study into the increasing tendency for delays in the take up…
2nd February 2022
Passage planning is an important aspect of any commercial voyage by sea. There could be many hazards during the voyage through congested waterways, with awkward turns through outlying archipelagos, crossing traffic separation schemes and narrow and tidal waterways to navigate. Understandably, when a client contracts for the tow, they would rightly be aggrieved if, following a grounding, it transpires the tug owner and crew had…
