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- Insurance Marine News – Monday November 9th 2026 November 9, 2026Insurance Marine News – Monday November 9th 2026
- UK Club announces 4.5% General Increase November 9, 2026UK P&I Club will apply a 4.5% General Increase for the 2027 policy year. It said that this reflected continuing claims inflation and the rising cost and complexity of major casualties...
- Seafarer killed in Strait of Hormuz attack November 9, 2026One seafarer was killed in an explosion in The Persian Gulf on Thursday November 5th on oil products tanker Velos Sapphire (IMO 9321201) that was believed to have been caused by a missile attack....
- CENTCOM disables bulk carrier in Gulf of Oman November 9, 2026US forces on Saturday November 7th fired on and disabled dry bulk carrier Huda (IMO 9197088) which US CENTCOM claimed was attempting to breach the blockade of Iranian ports. CENTCOM asserted that...
- Marsh appoints Marcus Baker as Chairman, and Michael Walls as Global Head, Marine Cargo and Logistics November 9, 2026Professional services firm and broker Marsh has appointed Marcus Baker to the newly-created role of Chairman, Marine, Cargo, and Logistics, Marsh Risk. Michael Walls will succeed Baker as Global...
- Bella 1 causes legal headaches even as it heads for the breakers’ yard November 9, 2026The ‘Era’ ex ‘Bella 1’ (aka ‘Marinera’) (IMO 9230880) arrived at Chattogram, Bangladesh, on November 4th, reportedly ahead of its breaking up for scrap. However, the immediate result was urgent...
- Court in Finland delivers ‘guilty’ verdicts for captain and bo’sun after undersea cables damaged November 9, 2026A court in Helsinki has sentenced the captain and boatswain of the vessel Fitburg (IMO 9250397), which was involved in dragging its anchor and damaging two undersea cables in December of last year....
- Nearly 2,000 vessels are now sanctioned November 9, 2026By the end of October 2026 there were 1,996 vessels in Kpler’s sanctioned list, as well as 844 sanctioned companies. That represented a net monthly increase of 34 vessels (1.7%) and 31 companies...
- US targets Cuba’s oil tanker fleet with another round of sanctions November 9, 2026The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the Treasury, has expanded its sanctions regime, this time targeting Cuba’s maritime and energy sectors. It identified five Cuban-flagged...
- Black Sea attacks nearly halt Ukrainian deep-water exports, Russian wheat shipments November 9, 2026In its latest analysis of shipping in the Black Sea, Kpler said that it had verified 81 incidents involving merchant ships in the Black Sea in 2026, 62 of them since July, and that the impact was...