Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- The ZouZou: no insurance cover for ship detained under Venezuelan anti-smuggling laws May 19, 2022Quadrant Chambers reports that the Commercial Court has handed down judgment in Piraeus Bank v. Antares (The ZouZou) [2022] EWHC 1169 (Comm). The decision concerns mortgagees’ interest ....
- Crew member died of crushed chest; injuries were underestimated May 19, 2022A crew member of the ER Athina – now sailing as Cho Supporter – who died after being crushed on the vessel off Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2012, was left waiting for a fishing boat to take him to ....
- Spanish public prosecutor looks to seize Russian yacht May 19, 2022The public prosecutor of Palma da Mallorca, Spain, wants to seize superyacht Tango (IMO 1010703), which it says is owned by Russian individual Viktor Vekselberg .....
- The Trinity Spirit ship explosion followed $200m trail of debt defaults May 19, 2022The owners of an oil-production and storage ship had a history of financial problems before the vessel blew up in Nigerian waters two months ago, Bloomberg has reported. The Trinity Spirit .....
- Do bunker suppliers have charterers over a barrel?: Gard May 17, 2022Gard's Kunbi Sowunmi, Senior Claims Adviser, Lawyer, New York, plus Marie Kelly Vice President, Defence Claims, London, and Siddharth Mahajan, Senior Loss Prevention Executive, .....
- Gard announces Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel appointments May 16, 2022Gard on May 13th announced that Lars Lislegard-Bækken had been appointed Gard’s to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ingvild Høgenes Nilsen has taken over as General .....
- Boskalis suffers legal ruling in Russian court May 16, 2022A Murmansk Region court in northern Russia has seized dredger Nordic Giant (MMSI 273295330) and Arctic Scradeway, both of which belong to Boskalis LLC., a Russian subsidiary of Netherlands ....
- Environmental groups sue Canadian government over oil project May 13, 2022Environmental groups are suing the Canadian government in a bid to overturn its approval of Equinor ASA’s Bay du Nord offshore oil project, according to Sierra Club Canada, which is one .....
- Sanctions and a successful force majeure defence May 13, 2022Legal firm Preston Turnbull has reported that, with the issue of sanctions never more relevant to global shipping, the recent decision of Laysun Service Co Limited v Del Monte International .....
- UniCredit loses $24.7m damages claim against shipper over missing oil cargo May 10, 2022A UK court has rejected an attempt by Italy-based bank UniCredit to obtain $24.7m in damages from shipping company Euronav after an oil cargo it was financing went missing amid the demise of .....