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- BIMCO endorses MTF safety guidance on transporting electric April 19, 2025With electric vehicles (EVs) making up a growing share of cargo, the Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has published a comprehensive report on the safe carriage of EVs on pure car and truck carriers..
- Bayesian inquest will take many months, English court told April 17, 2025The investigation into the deaths of UK technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch, banker and insurance executive Jonathan Bloomer, along with family members will take many months, an inquest being held...
- Markel to acquire MECO Group, specialist marine MGA April 17, 2025Markel, the insurance operations business of Markel Group Inc has entered into an agreement to purchase The MECO Group Limited (MECO), subject to regulatory approval. MECO was founded in 1974...
- Morocco dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk ships supplying Israel April 17, 2025A dockworkers union in Morocco has called for a boycott against any Maersk ships linked in any way to transporting supplies to Israel. The union was targeting a transshipment of containers coming...
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- Round up April 17th 2015 April 17, 2025Four crewmembers sustained minor injuries on April 13th after a fire broke out aboard coal-carrying vessel Altzek (IMO 9621417) near the city of Nampula, northern Mozambique. The fire was brought...
- Sinking of Sewol began with a steering failure, safety panel rules April 17, 2025The latest investigation into the sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol, from the Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal, has concluded that the capsizing of the vessel was initiated by a steering...
- Shots fired at vessel off Yemen April 17, 2025The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday April 15th that it had received a report of an incident for a vessel 100nm east of Aden, Yemen. If confirmed, it would mark the...
- Shift in underwriting approach for US ports and terminals, says BMS April 17, 2025In its Q1 North American Marine Market Update, split into Hull & Machinery, Marine Liability and Ports &Terminals, broker BMS has said that, while generally insurers combined ratios deteriorated in...
- Chevron’s Venezuelan oil cargoes are cancelled amid payment worries April 17, 2025At least two vessels carrying Venezuelan crude that had been chartered by US-based oil giant Chevron have been paused due to Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA cancelling their export authorizations.