International Group Circular – Regulations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Spill Response
The International Group Clubs have issued a circular on the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships (the Regulations) and which will become effective on 1st March 2020.
International Group – pooling and reinsurance video
The International Group has released a new video to explain and visualise in a user friendly format the Group’s primary function, namely its pooling and reinsurance arrangements.
New industry Guidelines for the Carriage of Seed Cake in Containers
New Guidelines for the Carriage of Seed Cake in Containers have been published jointly by the International Group of P&I Clubs and the CINS (the Cargo Incident Notification System). The document is available to download.
2019 International Group Regional Seminar for P&I Correspondents
The International Group has held five international conferences for P&I Correspondents. Reflecting the growing importance of the Asia Pacific region to shipping and the global economy, the International Group decided to hold its first Regional Seminar for P&I Correspondents at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore on 4 December 2019.
Carriage of Divinylbenzene (DVB) in containers
The Guidelines for the Carriage of Divinylbenzene in Containers published in January 2019 were a joint publication of CINS (the Cargo Incident Notification System), the International Group and the TT Club to promote the safe carriage of Divinylbenzene in containers and the voluntary application of the amended IMDG Code requirements. Since the amendments are now mandatory, the Guidelines have been removed from this website.
International Group of P& I Clubs – Reinsurance programme 2020/21
Following the structural changes made in 2019/20 year (which also saw co-brokers being appointed), the Group’s Reinsurance subcommittee decided not to make significant changes this year. This was to allow time for the new programme to bed in and produce results.