Latest news from the marine insurance sector
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- Collision at Chittagong outer anchorage May 5, 2026Container ship Maersk Chattogram (IMO 9761023) and cargo ship HR Turag (IMO 9175779), enroute from Singapore, collided at the outer anchorage of the port of Chattogram at 09:30 local time on...
- Three cruise ship passengers die in suspected hantavirus outbreak May 5, 2026Three people have died and a UK national was seriously ill in a South African hospital after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a small cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The operator of the MV...
- Confusion surrounds US Strait of Hormuz “action” May 5, 2026Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday afternoon May 4th that US claims that ships had passed through the Strait of Hormuz were “outright lies”. A couple of hours earlier...
- IMO MEPC 84 ends with “agreement to have more meetings May 5, 2026At the International Maritime Organization’s MEPC 84 meeting in London last week no firm conclusions or votes were achieved on the Net Zero Framework (NZF) as the differences between various...
- Vessel hijacked by suspected Somalian pirates May 5, 2026Togo-flagged oil product tanker Eureka (IMO 1022823) was hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province on May 2nd by a group of armed men, according to the Yemeni coastguard. It is the fourth hijacking...
- New contractor brought in for next phase of Baltimore Bridge reconstruction May 5, 2026Nebraska-based construction and engineering company Kiewit Infrastructure Co is to be replaced for the next phase of the reconstruction of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed...
- US escalates “War of Economic Fury” May 5, 2026The United States has continued its pivot from military to economic pressure on Iran. On Friday May 1st it linked its maritime sanctions with a parallel strike on the financial channels that...
- US releases seafarers from detained vessel Touska May 5, 2026All 22 crew still on board the container ship Touska (IMO 9328900) were reported as released to Pakistan for repatriation, according to reports on Monday. The crew members of the Iranian ship...
- Sweden confiscates the Caffa over suspect of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain May 5, 2026Sweden has finally confiscated the Russian shadow fleet general cargo ship Caffa (IMO 9143611) following what it described as “a request from a foreign state”. The vessel is under Ukrainian sanct...
- Trader Mercuria sues Baltic Exchange over Hormuz freight losses May 5, 2026Switzerland-based commodity trader Mercuria is suing the Baltic Exchange, which provides benchmark shipping indices, over losses Mercuria said were caused by oil tanker pricing data that did not...