Latest news from the marine insurance sector
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- Tindall Riley and Britannia name Richard Heppell as CFO-designate July 27, 2021Richard Heppell has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer Designate for Tindall Riley & Co and Britannia P&I. Heppell will join the manager and the mutual on September 6th ....
- Focused Inspection Campaign (FIC) in Australia July 27, 2021The American Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is to run a Focused Inspection Campaign (FIC) that will concentrate on safety of navigation. It will run from August 1st to September 30th ....
- Western Australia shifts South Australia to medium risk for Covid-19 July 27, 2021Effective 12:00pm on Thursday 22nd July South Australia transitioned from a 'low risk' state to a ‘medium risk’ state under Western Australia (WA)’s controlled border regulations ....
- Indian union says China stopping Indian seafarers from entering July 27, 2021Mumbai-based All India Seafarers Union has said in a tweet that the Chinese government "is not allowing all those ships to enter into the port". It also said that Indonesia was opening up to .....
- Work begins on sixth section of Golden Ray wreck July 27, 2021The salvors on the wreck of capsized car carrier Golden Ray (IMO 9775816) in St Simon's Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, USA, began work late last week on the sixth cut through the vessel's hull ....
- Transnet identifies source of cyber threat at South African ports July 27, 2021South African state-owned port and land transport company Transnet has said that it was now working to bring its operations back to normal following a cyber-attack. The logistics group said .....
- Florida wins another round in battle with CDC July 27, 2021In what has become a states' rights issue, the battle between the state of Florida and the federally-run Center for Diseases and Control Prevention (CDC) took another turn on Friday July 23rd ....
- New Zealand PM wants to stop foreign fishing boats from changing crews July 27, 2021New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has asked for legal advice on whether she can stop foreign fishing vessels changing crews in New Zealand. New Zealand encountered two cases in the .....
- War risk insurance: Nigeria must tackle piracy, says lawyer July 27, 2021A Nigerian lawyer has insisted that the country needed to address the root cause of piracy on its waters if it wants the war risk surplus currently imposed on vessels transiting the Gulf of ....
- Marine accident round-up : 27th July 2021 July 27, 2021An oil spill occurred during bunkering operations between crude oil tanker Tianlong Spirit (IMO 9378369) and oil products tanker Desna (IMO 8331510) in the Murmansk region, northern Russia on ....