Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Solong’s captain defends his actions, says steering problems could have caused crash January 26, 2026At the trial in London of Russian national Vladimir Motin, ex captain of the Solong (IMO 9322554) containership, upon a charge of manslaughter, Motin, who was navigating the Solong off the .....
- Shipbuilder sues owner of superyacht Bayesian January 26, 2026The builder of the superyacht Bayesian (IMO 9503392), which sunk rapidly last August off the northern coast of Sicily under still not completely clear circumstances, has filed a ....
- Hong Kong Court will call 18 witnesses over Newnew Polar Bear Baltic Sea cable breach January 22, 2026A lawyer for the Chinese captain of Hong Kong-registered container ship Newnew Polar Bear (IMO 9313204), which was alleged to have criminally damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea in ....
- Federal judge upholds Jones Act, rejecting Hawaiian company’s challenge January 22, 2026A US federal judge has dismissed a high-profile constitutional challenge to the Jones Act (the Merchant Marine Act of 1920). The ruling was seen as a major win for the US maritime industry ....
- Step-in agreements and what they mean for charterers January 21, 2026Skuld’s Marko Kershoff, Assistant Vice President, Claims, Lawyer, has advised members that, while step-in agreements were once confined to project-financed shipping, now they have become .....
- Lloyd’s insurers granted permission to appeal in Black Sea war risk case January 20, 2026Insurers at Lloyd’s have been granted permission to appeal in a High Court case (Oceanus Capital SARL v Lloyd’s Insurance Company [2025] EWHC 3293 (Comm) (“M/V ‘VYSSOS’”)) in which the .....
- Empire Wind gains preliminary injunction to resume offshore wind construction January 19, 2026The offshore wind sector, backed by international companies and individual US states, were running at three-for-three last week in their court battles to keep construction progressing after an ....
- Captain tried to change course before fatal tanker crash, UK jury told January 16, 2026The captain of boxship Solong (IMO 9322554) which crashed into products tanker Stena Immaculate (IMO 9693018) on March 10th 2025 off the east coast of England, tried to change course to ....
- Court of Appeal clarifies late redelivery damages applicable to ships under sale agreements: SC beckons January 16, 2026Legal firm Clyde has reported on an interesting and significant decision in a complex case. Clyde said that the Court of Appeal decision in Skyros Maritime Corporation Agios Minas Shipping ....
- Solong captain did nothing to avoid tanker crash, prosecution claims January 15, 2026Vladimir Motin, 59, the captain of boxship Solong (IMO 9322554) which crashed into the Stena Immaculate (IMO 9693018), on March 10th 2025, “did absolutely nothing” to avoid the crash in the ....