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.
- Canadian study calls for ban and phasing out of scrubbers November 27, 2020It has not been a good year for scrubbers. First, and despite evidence provided to the contrary by industry groups, an increasing number of countries and ports introduced rules against open-loop ....
- Arch names Jason Page as senior marine underwriter November 27, 2020Arch Insurance International has appointed Jason Page to the post of Senior Underwriter, Hull & War, with immediate effect. Arch said that Page would be responsible for underwriting ....
- More than 60 bulk carriers and 1,000 seafarers left stranded off China November 27, 2020China has claimed that Australian coal is of "poor quality", which has caused 66 bulkers and more than a thousand seafarers to be stranded off the Chinese coast ....
- UK businesses stockpiling ahead of January 1st, hitting delivery costs and spare capacity November 27, 2020UK businesses have been stockpiling goods ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1st 2021. The result has been an increase in the cost of cross-border deliveries and cutting ....
- Non-compliant Pilot Transfer Arrangements – MPA November 27, 2020The Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the local Flag State Control Department Team Maritime have said that they had recently received feedback and notifications from various industry ....
- IMO MEPC 75 measures seen to “lack ambition” November 27, 2020While some issues were addressed at last week's MEPC 75, no major breakthrough took place in the fuels arena, said shipbroker Gibson in its latest weekly report. It noted that "the IMO agreed ....
- AMSA arranges medical intervention for injured crew member November 27, 2020The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has released a video of its medical intervention for an injured aboard freighter Dolfijngracht (IMO 9420825) in the Indian Ocean ....
- Incidents against ships in the Singapore Strait November 27, 2020Asian piracy reporting organization ReCAAP ISC has issued a special report on piracy incidents in the Singapore Strait, noting that since 2019 and continuing into 2020 there had been a sharp ....
- Seven sentenced for oil theft in Nigeria November 27, 2020A Nigerian court has sentenced a Nigerian, two Pakistanis, three Ghanaians, one Indonesian, one Beninois and two Ukrainians to seven years in prison for oil theft, the Economic and ....
- Marine accident round-up : 27th November 2020 November 27, 2020A 42-year-old man was missing after falling overboard while transferring from a commercial tug to a barge near Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday. The US Coast Guard suspended .....