Marine Cargo Insurance
Covering the latest cargo and freight related insurance news and analysis from across the globe.
- Silver nitrate testing of cargo holds for carriage of steel cargoes January 27, 2023American Club has noted that silver nitrate testing for the presence of sodium chloride (salt) in cargo holds prior to loading was an important practice to prevent claims for damage to .....
- Movement of Ukrainian seaborne grain recovers January 27, 2023Seaborne Ukrainian grain flows via the Black Sea increased during the week January 16th to 22nd, with volumes up 82% week-on-week to 893,874 tonnes. Also increasing was the average cargo .....
- Marine accident round-up : 27th January 2023 January 27, 2023General cargo ship Peak Skorpo (IMO 9190353) was reported to have run aground whilst navigating the Nakskov Fjord, Denmark on January 23rd. Claims company WK Webster understood that .....
- Two dead, nine missing after ship sinks off Japan January 26, 2023As many as 11 crew were feared dead after 9,484 dwt general cargo ship Jin Tian (IMO 9578713) sank in icy waters between South Korea and Japan early on Wednesday January 25th ....
- Chinese freighter runs aground on Japanese coral reef January 26, 2023Chinese general cargo ship Xin Hai Zhou 2 (IMO 9507104) ran aground on a giant coral reef just off the Japanese island of Ishigaki, an outpost in Okinawa Prefecture that is located about .....
- Changes to Solid Bulk Cargoes Code takes effect this year January 26, 2023Standard Club has reported that voluntary compliance with the amended International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC) could be in place for some before the end of the month .....
- Risks of in-transit fumigation – phosphine gas explosions January 26, 2023Gard recently published an article focusing on the toxicity of phosphine gas and the potential danger this posed to the crew when agricultural bulk cargoes and forestry products were .....
- Marine accident round-up : 26th January 2023 January 26, 2023General cargo ship Tuzla (IMO 7920364) was reported to have been hit by a missile on January 24th while at Kherson port anchorage, Dnieper river, Ukraine. The ship’s bridge was burned out .....
- Is Singapore importing, blending, re-exporting Russian oil? January 25, 2023A Bloomberg report has noted that demand for oil storage tanks in Singapore was currently soaring, which it claimed was an indication that Russian crude and fuel was being blended and ....
- Tianjin looks to complete port automation to duck any future pandemic January 25, 2023Tianjin, one of the biggest ports in the world, is seeking a completely automated system that would implicitly mean that, internally at least, it would not be impacted by any future .....