Latest news from the marine insurance sector
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- New Indian rules on ship ages unlikely to have much impact on global merchant fleet:research January 27, 2023Athens, Greece-based Xclusiv Shipbrokers has broken down what the new Indian rules on ship ages (IMN, January 25th) will mean in practice, and have concluded that they will probably have .....
- SiriusPoint adds Maddie Morris to Marine & Energy London team January 27, 2023Bermuda-headquartered, New York-listed global specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint, which operates Lloyd’s Syndicate 1945, has appointed Maddie Morris as Underwriter, Energy & .....
- Disabled container ship to be towed across Pacific for repairs January 27, 2023Container ship GSL Eleni (IMO 9285677), which suffered a rudder jam on December 29th, was moved to Seattle, Washington State, on January 18th in order to offload containers on board ....
- Poseidon Principles issues first annual report January 27, 2023The Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance (PPMI) has issued its first annual report, disclosing the climate alignment of leading marine insurers’ hull and machinery ....
- New app for evidence gathering from North January 27, 2023North P&I Club has launched a mobile app which it said would make easier the gathering of evidence. It said that the app would make the collecting of evidence on incidents faster, easier ....
- Silver nitrate testing of cargo holds for carriage of steel cargoes January 27, 2023American Club has noted that silver nitrate testing for the presence of sodium chloride (salt) in cargo holds prior to loading was an important practice to prevent claims for damage to .....
- New probe into 1994 sinking of the Estonia reveals construction flaws January 27, 2023Officials have said that a new investigation into the sinking of the ferry Estonia in the Baltic Sea in 1994, which claimed 852 lives, had revealed flaws in its bow visor construction that .....
- Freeport LNG says Texas plant repairs completed January 27, 2023Houston-based Freeport LNG has said that its plant repairs have been completed, seven months after an explosion took the facility out of production. It is now seeking regulatory approval .....
- Closing of Strait of Hormuz on Iranian parliament’s agenda January 27, 2023After the European Parliament on Wednesday January 18th adopted an amendment calling on the EU and its member states to include Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on their terror .....
- Movement of Ukrainian seaborne grain recovers January 27, 2023Seaborne Ukrainian grain flows via the Black Sea increased during the week January 16th to 22nd, with volumes up 82% week-on-week to 893,874 tonnes. Also increasing was the average cargo .....