This edition of Risk Watch cover best practices and risks in onboard blending and commingling of liquid bulk cargoes, ballast water management updates, enhancing emergency response at sea with automated external defibrillators and developments in legal frameworks surrounding charterparty disputes.This edition of Risk Watch highlights how safety is advancing through technology and human awareness. It covers innovations like vacuum mooring systems and updated SOLAS lifting rules, alongside new IMO guidance on enclosed space entry, restricted visibility, and COLREGs compliance. Legal and operational insights to Bills of Lading, arbitration strategy and non-harbour towage.