Marine Cargo Insurance
Covering the latest cargo and freight related insurance news and analysis from across the globe.
- Iran seizes foreign ship, detains crew May 19, 2022Iranian authorities seized a foreign ship that was alleged to have been attempting to smuggle fuel out of the country. The crew were detained, state news agency IRNA said on ....
- Operator of Mathu Bhum says palm oil on its vessel booked prior to export ban May 19, 2022The containers carrying palm oil on the ship Mathu Bhum (IMO 8813647) were booked prior to Indonesia suspending palm oil exports in April (IMN May 10th, May 13th), its operator RCL ....
- Marine accident round-up : 19th May 2022 May 19, 2022General cargo ships Walter Hammann (IMO 8714841) and Dagna (IMO 9313802) collided shortly after midnight local time on May 15th in the Lower Weser upstream from Nordenham, Germany .....
- Marine accident round-up : 18th May 2022 May 18, 2022During a routine surveillance flight by Turkey's Environmental Protection and Control Department in the Gulf of Izmit, it was determined that tankship Jabrayil Dovlatzadeh (IMO 9383613) .....
- Greenpeace blocks Greek tanker with Russian cargo from entering UK port May 17, 2022Members of environmental activist group Greenpeace have prevented the entry of a Greece-flagged tanker Andromeda (IMO 9315795) into Navigator Terminals’ Thames site in Essex, England .....
- Romanian port is racing to shift Ukrainian grain to global markets May 17, 2022The Romanian port of Constanta is under time pressure to achieve the transit of as much Ukrainian "2021" grain as possible before the 2022 harvest becomes available. The need for speed ....
- Syndicate results 2021 #24 Tokio MarineSyndicate 1880 May 17, 2022The Lloyd's syndicates have now published their results for 2021 and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2022. Some have stuck to the bare bones. As last year, IMN is summarizing .....
- Marine accident round-up : 17th May 2022 May 17, 2022The owner of offshore supply ship Ocean Surveyor (IMO 9182215), which was used to conduct survey work off the reef of the reclaimed island of Hulhumale, Maldives had been fined for damage .....
- Marine accident round-up : 16th May 2022 May 16, 2022General cargo ship Meisen 2 (IMO 9147019) issued a distress signal early local time on May 14th after developing a heavy starboard list in Chiba Prefecture waters, Honshu eastern coast .....
- Fire safety onboard ships are a continuous cause for concern: Gard May 13, 2022Norway-based marine insurer and group club Gard has said that the list of unacceptable fire safety systems and arrangements observed during port state control inspections was long and, more .....