The Wire - Classification societies, June 2024

Classification societies wire 2024

Introduction

03/06/2024

Introduction

Welcome to this edition of ITIC’s electronic newsletter, The Wire, which focusses specifically on ship classification societies.
Shipbuilder’s claim

03/06/2024

Shipbuilder’s claim

A naval architect designed a series of fast pilot boats. They completed the designs and submitted them to a classification society who advised that the forward stringers should be strengthened.
Shipowner’s claim

03/06/2024

Shipowner’s claim

A classification society classed a ship from the time she was built until the end of 2015 when the ship switched to a new classification society. Four years later, the new classification society determined that the ship’s construction did not comply with SOLAS requirements.
Shipowner’s hull and machinery insurer’s claim

03/06/2024

Shipowner’s hull and machinery insurer’s claim

In 2016, a bulk carrier suffered a stern shaft breakage during a voyage, causing the engine room to be flooded with seawater and leaving the ship out of control. 
Charterer’s claim

03/06/2024

Charterer’s claim

A charterer alleged to have suffered losses as a result of misleading and deceptive conduct by the classification society in the classification of an offshore supply vessel.
Crew members’ claim

03/06/2024

Crew members’ claim

There was an explosion and fire aboard a ship causing the death of two crew members. A classification society classed the ship and issued an ISM certificate for it. The source of ignition had not been identified.
Yacht purchaser’s claim

03/06/2024

Yacht purchaser’s claim

A classification society surveyor had given an 80 foot steel hulled motor yacht a periodical special survey and had passed the yacht as “100 A1”.
PRESTIGE

03/06/2024

PRESTIGE

In November 2002, the Bahamas-flagged oil tanker PRESTIGE, heading from the Baltic to Asia with a cargo of heavy fuel oil, began to break up in bad weather in the Bay of Biscay.
ERIKA

03/06/2024

ERIKA

The Maltese-flagged oil tanker ERIKA broke apart off the west coast of France and severely polluted the French coastline in December 1999.
Litigation management

03/06/2024

Litigation management

The shipping industry is one of the most litigious in the world. Most classed ships are owned by international shipowners and trade internationally. 

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