Latest news from the marine insurance sector
The latest news from the global marine insurance industry. Updated each working day and without any access restrictions.
- Separatists seize two ships in Mariupol July 6, 2022Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov. The separatists said that the ships were now "state property" .....
- Unlikely that any more survivors will be found after engineering vessel sinks near Hong Kong July 6, 2022Chinese officials have said that chances were slim of finding any more survivors from an engineering vessel that broke up and sank during a typhoon on July 2nd while it was operating as a ....
- Oil refinery fire in Norway July 6, 2022A fire that broke out early on Sunday July 3rd at Norway's sole oil refinery, the Mongstad complex in Vestland, has been brought under control. At about 05:50 on Sunday morning the ....
- Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant not insured for hull, say owners July 6, 2022Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises, the parent company of Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, has said that it would not receive any insurance payout for the loss of the vessel .....
- Turkey investigates origin of grain aboard Russian ship July 6, 2022Ukrainian claims at the weekend that Turkey had detained a vessel alleged to have been carrying "stolen" Ukrainian grain appeared to have been confirmed on Monday when it was stated that .....
- Container port congestion re-emerges July 6, 2022As had been predicted last month when Shanghai emerged from a two-month Covid-lockdown, a knock-on effect has been a growth in container port congestion globally. Clarksons latest containership .....
- HK appeal court rejects jurisdiction based only on ship’s arrest July 6, 2022In the case of Pusan Newport Co Ltd V Owners Of Milano Bridge & CMA CGM Musca & Hydra [2022] HKCA 157 the Hong Kong Appeal Court has confirmed the rejection of jurisdiction based solely .....
- US regulator bars Freeport LNG plant restart over safety concerns July 6, 2022Things have been getting steadily worse for the LNG export facility at Freeport in Texas. Initial hopes that the closure after a fire last month would last only a few weeks quickly became a .....
- Syndicate results 2021 #53 Ark 4020 July 6, 2022The Lloyd's syndicates have now published their results for 2021 and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2022. Some have stuck to the bare bones. As last year, IMN is summarizing .....
- Marine accident round-up : 6th July 2022 July 6, 2022Cargo ship Elise (IMO 9454462) ran aground due to loss of steering when off Spurn Head, Yorkshire, UK Tugs Svitzer Eleanor and Trent Fisher attended and refloated at 14:15. The ship was then .....