HNS Convention, 1996 - Newspaper Articles

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  • IMO pushes ahead with HNS draft protocol
  • IMO LegalCommittee to shore up HNS Convention
  • Spain begins appeal over $1bn Prestige claim
  • Insurers slam Brussels for ship expulsion threat under new law
  • Owners risk breach of new European insurance law
  • Total back in claims firing line over Erika oil spill
  • Lives at risk as shippers flout safe container stowage
  • More time needed on draft HNS protocol
  • Mitropoulos urges swift action on HNS treaties
  • IMO set to debate HNS convention
  • ‘Watered down’ safety policies are approved
  • French owners urge IMO to follow lead on Erika 3
  • EU ministers approve diluted safety directives
  • Brussels ready to dilute civil liability directive
  • European parliament backs rejected safety laws
  • Euro MPs get ‘cheeky’ with redrafting of safety plans
  • On the last lap?
  • Total in frame for Erika oil clean-up costs
  • Total liable
  • Industry fails in bid to halt EU pollution sanctions
  • CLD would not improve safety at sea
  • Green backing in‘Prestige’ appeal
  • Who killed the Civil Liability Directive?
  • IAPH calls for faster conventions ratification
  • EU civil liability directive to be 'shelved indefinitely'
  • Brussels questions P&I exemption renewal
  • Ministers sink EU safety laws
  • Shipping industry regulation must be on international basis
  • Sharp rise in casualties in chemical and LPG sectors
  • Campaign to speed up conventions ratification
  • Action call over EU safety rules
  • EU Civil Liability directive returns
  • EC in pole position
  • Coalition stands ground in EU pollution dispute
  • Industry loses first round in EU pollution legal battle
  • Intertanko still standing
  • Court of Justice ruling delivers blow to shipping
  • EC claims round one?
  • Intertanko awaits ‘opinion’ from ECJ
  • Industry may triumph in EU pollution row
  • EU forced into rethink of sanctions for polluters
  • Commission tightens its grip
  • Delegates confident of fixing hazardous treaty
  • Pollution law kicked out
  • Governments clash over HNS convention
  • Nations seek agreement over HNS convention
  • Clubs reverse position on terrorist cover
  • Britannia seeks huge rates hike
  • Bid to end confusion on political violence cover
  • At peace with P&I
  • Shipowners hit by heavy P&I premiums hike
  • ICS warns of hazardous gap in global liability
  • LNG worries blow up
  • Terror cover shortfalls worry shipowners
  • Warning over terrorism risk cover shortfall
  • French owners seek curbs over Erika 3 package
  • Blow for European Commission as Erika 3 package is broken up
  • ICS urges veto on parts of Erika 3 package
  • Brussels to shame EU ship safety package critics
  • IMO rejects Brussels' claims
  • IMO and European bodies’ joint actions continue to shape shipping
  • Barrot rebukes states over EU safety package
  • Priority must be given to ratify IMO conventions
  • Campaign to speed up IMOconvention ratification
  • Compensation call over boxship pollution in Europe
  • Lloyd’s revises terrorism clauses
  • An historic day dawns on a dramatic rise in limits of liability
  • HNS Convention gains UK support
  • Maritime Emergencies
  • Closing in on chemical spill compensation
  • Growing momentum for HNS clamp
  • Tangible damage clouds concern over HNS threat
  • MCA pelted in pollution report
  • Casualty payouts give pact new life

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