Marine Cargo Insurance
Covering the latest cargo and freight related insurance news and analysis from across the globe.
- MSC halts calls at Novorossiysk after drone attack on containership August 28, 2026Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co has suspended new bookings to and from Novorossiysk Port in the eastern Black Sea after one of its vessels was ....
- New Kolkata requirements on loading of liquefiable cargoes such as iron ore fines August 28, 2026Following the sudden sinking on 22 August 2026 of the bulk carrier Ocean Winner (IMO 9145530) (IMN August 25th, 27th) off the coast of Odisha after having loaded iron ore fines ...
- Iran/Oman SoH agreement could ban warships August 28, 2026There were echoes of the 1936 Treaty of Montreux on Wednesday as it emerged that a bilateral agreement between Oman and Iran relating to the Strait of Hormuz could see warships of any .....
- Japan energy plan seeks to back pipelines which will bypass Strait of Hormuz August 28, 2026One of the countries that suffered the biggest initial impact from the outbreak of war between the US and Iran at the beginning of March was Japan, which imported the vast .....
- Marine round-up : 28th August 2026 August 28, 2026Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz rose slightly on Wednesday August 26th. Visible commodity vessel transits at Hormuz rose to 10 from eight the day before, said Kpler ....
- Major fire on bulk carrier in Cardiff August 27, 2026A major fire was reported on August 25th on board bulk carrier Federal Welland (IMO 9205926) at the Queen Alexandra Dock in Cardiff. The incident generated a large .....
- Queue builds off Danube; bottlenecks slow grain exports from Ukraine August 27, 2026As many as 70 bulk carrier vessels were waiting yesterday August 26th near the Sulina Canal on the River Danube for access to Ukrainian ports where they planned to load grain ....
- Indian Coast Guard finds lost bulker’s lifeboat, no-one on board August 27, 2026Hope was fading that any more survivors would be found from the sunken bulk carrier Ocean Winner (IMO 9145530) after the Indian Coast Guard, working with the Indian Navy, discovered ....
- IG Circular on safe carriage of nickel ore cargoes in south-western Pacific August 27, 2026The International Group of P&I Clubs has prepared a circular in conjunction with INTERCARGO and Roxburgh that it said aimed to highlight “the challenges associated ....
- Marine round-up : 27th August 2026 August 27, 2026Crude oil tanker Coatlicue (IMO 9235000) transited the Bosphorus on August 21st en route from the Black Sea, after having been struck by a drone in the Black Sea ....