Latest news from the marine insurance sector
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- Red Sea risks rise after US attacks Houthi bases March 17, 2025Prospects for a return to safe transits of the Red Sea took a step back at the weekend after the US launched a wave of air strikes on Saturday night March 15th on north-west Yemen, which is ....
- Loss from North Sea collision estimated at between $100m and $300m March 17, 2025The collision on March 10th between feeder container vessel Solong (IMO 9322554) and at-anchor products tanker Stena Immaculate (IMO 9693018), which led to explosions and fires in the North ....
- Oil tanker collision in Brazilian port leaves one injured March 17, 2025Crude oil tanker Olavo Bilac (IMO 9547697) was reported to have had a rudder control failure on March 12th and as a result collided with three navy patrol boats at Santos Port, Brazil. One ....
- American Cargo for American Ships Act is introduced in House March 17, 2025US House Representatives Salud Carbajal (Dem-California) and Mike Ezell (Republican-Mississippi), respectively the ranking member and the chair of the House Coast Guard and Maritime ....
- Fire on vessel conducting STS transfer; three dead, four missing March 17, 2025A fire was reported to have broken out on 48m x 8m tanker Ronggolawe 09 (MMSI 525501884) on March 13th while it was conducting a fuel transfer in the waters near Lamongan, Java, Indonesia ....
- Ships rerouted ahead of sudden US imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs March 17, 2025An ocean freighter from India carrying hundreds of tons of aluminium to the US stopped off at Tampa Bay, Florida, on Tuesday March 11th and unloaded all of it ...
- Norwegian Hull Club proposes 10% premium return for 2024 March 17, 2025Norwegian Hull Club has announced a 10% premium return worth $18.9m in its 2024 Annual Report. The proposal will now be reviewed by the Committee and decided at the Clubs AGM on ....
- Trump administration ratchets up pressure on Iran March 17, 2025The ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran, initiated during the first Trump administration, has been taken even further since the new administration in Washington came to power in ....
- China attacks sale of Hutchison Ports to foreign investors March 17, 2025CK Hutchison has come in for public criticism from China of its plans to sell the majority of its ports division to BlackRock and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) for $22.8bn, The company’s .....
- Marine round-up : 17th March 2025 March 17, 2025Self-discharging bulk carrier Donald M James (IMO 9770555) was towed from Bremen to Bremerhaven by tugs VB Pioneer and Fairplay 31 during the afternoon of March 11th, having either lost ....