Please find attached the document about Sea Protest in Italy. This document: the MauroConsultants Opinions Bulletin no. 1 2010  has been delivered by the Italian correspondent MauroConsultants. We publish this with the permission of MauroConsultants.

Please find attached the document about How to avert cargo shortages written by Luca Valerio Fenati.. This document: the MauroConsultants Opinions Bulletin no. 2 2010  has been delivered by the Italian correspondent MauroConsultants. We publish this with the permission of MauroConsultants.

Political and civil unrest, wars and other conflicts are regularly raising concerns with regard to the safety of navigation and the safety and welfare of seafarers visiting ports belonging to countries involved in such conflicts.
 
The Joint War Risks Committee (JWC) reviewed and revised its Hull War, Strikes, Terrorism and Related Perils Listed Areas revised 2 August 2010, as follows:
 
Africa
•Djibouti excluding transit
•Eritrea, but only South of 15° N

The China's Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships Regulation is implemented on 1 March 2010.
 
An overview of a number of key articles from the Regulation for owners’ particular attention:
 

Turkish Environmental Pollution Fine Tariff, applicable from 1 January to 31 December 2010

Q: How do Absorpoles help to solve moisture problems?

Absorpoles contain Calciumchloride that very agressively grab and absorb moisture from the air. They dry the air. When there air is dry, there are no moisture problems.

Q: Can Absorpole solve all moisture problems?

Sea Containers is an economical and safe way of shipping almost any kind of cargo. But putting a cargo into a closed strong box also entails a constant risk of moisture damage for every kind of cargo on every voyage.

• Metals corrode, discolor and loose their shine
• Cargo and packaging get moldy, soft, crumbled and discolored.
• Bad smell
• Physical damage from water, ice, things gluing together, caking etc

The Cabinet Council of the Republic of Panama has approved canal toll increases of 12-16% for all vessel sectors, with most taking effect from 1 January 2011.
Toll rises for reefers alone will be delayed until 1 April 2011. The pricing structure for box ships will also change under the new system.
 
Source: www.pancanal.com/eng/general/newtolls2011-v1.pdf and the Fairplay site

 The rusting process is an electrochemical reaction. All common metals, such as Aluminium, Zinc, Cast Iron & Stainless steel corrode in much the same way & the corrosion process described here for steel occurs in a similar manner on those metals.

Introduction
This paper deals with the corrosion of marine ballast tanks and the lifetime assessment of their coatings. The techniques and mechanistic models have been developed to enable a clear and quantitative assessment of the remaining useable ballast tank lifetime to be reached. The ability to make an accurate decision in this area enables:
 
a) A cost effective maintenance and repair strategy.
b) Expensive repairs and steel renewals to be avoided.