FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Britannia P&I Club has provided guidance regarding best practices for cargo sampling, emphasising the importance of timing, location, equipment, and proper documentation to protect a ship’s position in the event of a cargo quality dispute. According to Britannia, given that even trace contaminants can result in cargo being declared off-specification, the importance of proper sampling cannot be overstated. Its effectiveness, however, is fundamentally influenced not only by the method but also by the timing and location of sample collection. Each designated sampling point – whether at the shore tank, shoreline, ship’s manifold, or cargo tank – serves a specific evidentiary function and must be understood in context. Thus, the P&I Club has issued some tips to boost compliance, which include -but are not limited to- the following: RelatedNews Marine lubricants: A hidden seaworthiness risk DNV: How to document PFOS-free fire-extinguishing foam on board var jnews_module_21345003_0_6a03794ea4c08 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21345003","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"827,201","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_f