Yemen

False stevedore injuries at Aden

There have been reports by our clients of stevedores at port of Aden taking turns to report they were injured whilst working on board vessels, and sums of up to US$10,000 has been demanded. The crew should be instructed to take a careful watch over the stevedores. If possible a clause should be included in the charterparty transferring such claims to the charterers, if the vessel is not at fault and there are no vessel's defects which contributed to the alleged injury.