Loss Prevention Circular
Bulletin issued by P&I Clubs to highlight emerging claim trends and recommend operational improvements.
In practice
Issued by P&I clubs (Standard, UK, Skuld, Gard) several times a year on emerging risk topics — DG declaration errors, cyber attacks, sanctions issues. DPA distributes to fleet for SMS toolbox-talk uptake.
Regulatory detail & full definition
A loss-prevention circular is a bulletin issued by a Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Club to alert its members to emerging claim trends and to recommend operational improvements that reduce risk. They are read closely by shipowners' safety departments and Designated Persons Ashore (DPAs), and recurring topics include enclosed-space fatalities, mooring-line snap-back injuries, anchoring-related groundings, wet-damage cargo claims and stowaway patterns. Each of the major Clubs typically issues between five and fifteen such circulars a year, and their guidance often feeds into fleet procedures and toolbox talks.
Related
Source: International Group P&I Clubs
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