Marine Cargo Insurance
Covering the latest cargo and freight related insurance news and analysis from across the globe.
- Ariel Re to launch managing agent at Lloyd’s October 5, 2022Ariel Re has obtained regulatory approval to launch a Managing Agent at Lloyd's of London. The new managing agency, Ariel Re Managing Agency (ARMA), will assume the management of .....
- EU could exempt pilotage services from Russian oil ban October 5, 2022The European Union’s preparations for a ban on Russian oil imports beginning this December have not run completely smoothly. This week Greece, Cyprus and Malta were reported to be unhappy .....
- Fifth UN-chartered ship to deliver Ukrainian wheat to Somalia, says ministry October 5, 2022Bulk carrier New Island (IMO 9258349), the fifth vessel chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has arrived at the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk and will .....
- Marine accident round-up : 5th October 2022 October 5, 2022Container ship Nordic Italia (IMO 9474395) collided with 12-metre Polish fishing boat DZI 18 early in the morning of September 30th when 30nm NE of Swinoujscie, Poland, while en route from .....
- Salvors given May 2023 deadline to remove wreck of OS 35 from off coast of Gibraltar October 4, 2022Gibraltar has given salvors until the end of May 2023 to remove the wreck of bulk carrier OS 35 (IMO 9172399), which was involved in a collision on August 29th (IMN, August 31st 2022) that is .....
- Marine accident round-up : 4th October 2022 October 4, 2022Chemical/oil products tanker Diamond 8 (IMO 9132612), which has been implicated in several investigations into North Korean sanctions evasions has reportedly tried to pass itself as a ....
- BP-chartered diesel tanker docks in Puerto Rican after US waiver October 3, 2022The president of maritime trade group American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has criticized a decision by the Biden administration to approve a temporary Jones Act waiver for vessels shipping .....
- Marine accident round-up : 3rd October 2022 October 3, 2022The Maritime Union Of India (MUI) said on September 28th that it had helped an Indian seafarer return from Libya where he had been stuck on his ship in port after the owners of the East Express .....
- US approves temporary Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico after hurricane Fiona September 30, 2022The Biden administration on Wednesday approved a waiver of Jones Act rules in order to address Puerto Rico’s immediate energy and other essential needs subsequent to last week’s .....
- Tanker that collided with Maersk-operated containership accused of sanctions-avoidance September 30, 2022Further details have emerged of the collision between crude oil tanker Zephyr I (IMO 9255880) and container ship GSL Grania (IMO 9285653) early on September 27th local time in the Malacca .....