Marine Cargo Insurance
Covering the latest cargo and freight related insurance news and analysis from across the globe.
- Brazil: Regulatory gap on ship-to-ship transfers filled December 3, 2021Ship-to-ship (STS) transfers in Brazil have not previously been regulated, but from December 1st 2021 the National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ)’s Resolution 59 (October 28th 2021) will ....
- Marine accident round-up : 3rd December 2021 December 3, 2021Cargo ship Houei Crystal (IMO 9519559) issued a distress signal in the Japan Sea during the evening of December 1st when it was about 250nm south of Nakhodka, Russia. It reported that .....
- New ship queueing process at Los Angeles and Long Beach is working December 2, 2021The new ship queuing process off Southern California ports was working, even if not perfectly, according the Marine Exchange of Southern California, one of the entities responsible for .....
- Pop-up container yards offer pressure valve for port congestion December 2, 2021US retailer Walmart has developed a pop-up container yard in an empty space near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It will store containers off dock and alleviate the pressure the ports .....
- Hot tips for soybeans bound for China December 2, 2021Skuld senior claims executive Charles Qiu Yuhao has given members some tips on avoiding problems relating to soybeans that are being exported to China, the world's leading importer of .....
- Marine accident round-up : 2nd December 2021 December 2, 2021Salvage operations resumed on sunken vessel Fardin-1 have nine days after the vessel sank on the River Pasur near Mongla Port following a collision with the Handy Perth (IMO 9628128) during .....
- Strike by feeder operators on Pearl River Delta threatened for six weeks from mid-December November 30, 2021Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Hapag-Lloyd have warned that many feeder operators would be suspending services from late December until the Chinese New Year in mid-February. The dispute is .....
- Steamship reports USCG safety alert on wire rope failures November 30, 2021Steamship Mutual has advised members of a Marine Safety Alert issued by the US Coast Guard on November 9th 2021 regarding the use of wire ropes produced by Southwest .....
- Marine accident round-up : 30th November 2021 November 30, 2021Chemical/Oil Products Tanker Atlantic Grace (IMO 9337511) and bulk carrier Aviator (IMO 9363754) collided during the evening of November 26th in the Gulf of Kutch, western India ....
- Marine accident round-up : 29th November 2021 November 29, 2021Container ship Maersk Bulan (IMO 9355343) was disabled at around dawn on November 26th in the English Channel north of Boulogne, while en route from Southampton, UK to Antwerp, Belgium ....