Latest news from the marine insurance sector
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- Technical position improving at American Club December 5, 2024International Group Club American’s technical position has been improving, and Dorothea Ioannou, CEO of the Club’s Managers Shipowners’ Claims Bureau, said on Wednesday December 3rd that the ....
- Collision between tanker and container ship near Gibraltar December 5, 2024Containership HMM St Petersburg (IMO 9868364) and crude oil tanker Gloria Maris (IMO 9899997) collided off the coast of Algeciras, Spain, early in the morning of December 3rd. There have ....
- Aspides boss Gryparis says more resources could reopen Red Sea December 5, 2024Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis, chief of the EU’s defensive naval mission Aspides, has said that if he were given more ships he could return trade to the Red Sea ....
- US sanctions 21 more tankers for alleged Iranian links December 5, 2024The US has sanctioned a swathe of tankers and companies associated with them for allegedly facilitating the export of Iranian crude oil. On December 3rd the US Office of Foreign Assets ....
- Blacklisted tanker avoids English Channel December 5, 2024Aframax tanker Attica (IMO 9436941), carrying Russian crude from the Baltic Sea to India, has bypassed the English Channel, deciding instead to take an unusually long route around ....
- Rising threats of piracy in the Somalian waters and Indian Ocean: Skuld December 5, 2024Ruby Hassan, AVP, Claims Knowledge Management and Digital Development at Norway-based marine insurer and Group Club Skuld, has noted that the reconfiguration of international shipping lanes ....
- Wrong declaration caused charcoal fire: The Swedish Club December 5, 2024In Swedish Club’s MSS Case for November, it noted that the crew on a container ship that was sailing in open sea saw smoke coming from the vent of one of the cargo holds. The Master sounded ....
- Is Houthi “protection money” claim real? December 5, 2024There has been much speculation in the past couple of months, but no confirmation, that the Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which started as a protest against ....
- Marine round-up : 5th December 2024 December 5, 2024There was a fire on refrigerated cargo ship Izar Agia (IMO 8817801) mid-morning on December 3rd while the vessel was being repaired at the Port of Marín, Spain. The Morrazo fire brigade and .....
- London P&I Club outlook upgraded to Stable following improved operating performance December 4, 2024S&P Global Ratings has upgraded London P&I Club’s outlook to Stable following a strong period of improved operating performance that had strengthened the Club’s capital position. S&P Global .....