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- LNG tanker hit by projectile near Hormuz July 8, 2026A tanker was struck by an unknown projectile late on Monday July 6th while transiting just east of the Strait of Hormuz. A fire resulted ....
- Insurers defeat Nord Stream pipeline sabotage insurance claim July 8, 2026Lloyd's Insurance Company and Arch Insurance (EU) has defeated a €570m insurance claim over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline after a London court ruled on Monday ....
- Markel appoints Grant Smith as Director of Marine Transportation July 8, 2026Markel Insurance, the insurance division of Markel Group Inc, has announced the appointment of Grant Smith as Director of Marine Transportation at London-based specialty ....
- Container fall results in one death in Indian port July 8, 2026Operations at the Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal in the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) harbour in Navi Mumbai, India had to be halted early on July 6th after an ....
- Greek authorities question cruise ship captain after lines part and passenger falls July 8, 2026Norwegian Cruise Line issued a statement saying that the captain of its cruise ship Norwegian Viva (IMO 9823998), a 56-year-old Italian citizen, was required to make a statement to the ....
- Detained tankers driven towards Indian shore during monsoon July 8, 2026Three tankers that have been detained by Indian authorities owing to their sanctioned status, links to Iran, and a claim that they had been ....
- Authorities search Evergreen Marine premises in Taiwan July 8, 2026Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine has confirmed in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange that authorities had searched its premises. It said that it was cooperating with the ....
- Netanyahu and Katz urge that proposed ZIM sale be scrapped July 8, 2026Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Israel Katz have come out against a deal which would have seen the vast majority of the ZIM shipping line sold to ....
- Situation on Honour 25 at “critical stage” July 8, 2026The International Maritime Organization (IMO) opened its 137th Council session in London on Monday July 6th. Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez highlighted continued ....
- Fixed premium P&I: the alternative market July 8, 2026In BMS Group’s Marine Insurance London Market Outlook, Joshua Robertson, Director, North American Marine, wrote that the economic model of fixed premium P&I was structurally ....