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White Paper: Warehouse Storage of Lithium-ion Batteries

White Paper: Warehouse Storage of Lithium-ion Batteries

TT Club, the leading global transport and logistics insurer, has published a new whitepaper with UK P&I Club and Brookes Bell examining the growing operational, safety, environmental, and…

More Methanol Cargoes, More Off-Spec Risk

More Methanol Cargoes, More Off-Spec Risk

Methanol is having a moment. DNV's Alternative Fuel Insight data shows the methanol-capable vessel fleet passed 120 in early 2026, with several hundred more vessels on order. Argus Media has forecast…

Off-Spec Methanol Cargoes

Off-Spec Methanol Cargoes An off-spec results on a methanol cargo is rarely the end of a dispute. It’s the start of one. For P&I Clubs, owners, charterers, insurers, and legal teams, the lab…

What Is Dynamic Positioning? An Introduction

What Is Dynamic Positioning? An Introduction

Some ships don’t drop anchor. Instead, they use a network of thrusters, computers, and sensors to hold their exact position at sea – sometimes for weeks at a time, sometimes mere metres from an oil…

Dynamic Positioning Assessment Services

Dynamic Positioning (DP) Assessment Services A Dynamic Positioning incident rarely stays contained to the vessel. Off-hire days, an investigation, a charter party dispute, a difficult conversation…

A Guide to Bulk Vessel Sizes

A Guide to Bulk Vessel Sizes

Ask most people in shipping what a bulk carrier’s “size” actually tells you, and the answer can get vague fast – a DWT figure, a hold count, a canal restriction, rarely the same thing twice. It can…

ISO 8217 Compliance: Why a Pass Isn't a Verdict

ISO 8217 Compliance: Why a Pass Isn't a Verdict

A bunker delivery note shows full compliance with ISO 8217. A few weeks later, the purifiers are struggling and nobody can say why. Or consider the reverse: an engine problem develops, and a fuel…

Neo Beng Kiong

 Neo Beng Kiong

Neo Beng Kiong Curriculum Vitae Neo Beng Kiong joined Brookes Bell in August 2026 as a Marine Engineer. He began his maritime career at sea in 2012, serving on ocean-going container vessels and…

The Carriage of Seed Cake Cargoes Under the IMSBC Code 2020 Edition

The Carriage of Seed Cake Cargoes Under the IMSBC Code 2020 Edition

The IMSBC Code’s 2020 Edition made a significant change to how seed cake cargoes are classified – and it’s one that’s easy to miss until a cargo declaration lands on a Master’s desk that doesn’t…

Sulphur Cargo Damage: Getting to the Truth Before Costs Escalate

Sulphur Cargo Damage: Getting to the Truth Before Costs Escalate

Bulk carriers loaded with elemental sulphur that spent recent months at anchorage in the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to move again, bringing discharge and repair decisions into view for vessels…