Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Admiralty Court grants MSC, BTL, and Maersk applications to be termed “shipowners” in X-Press Pearl case February 6, 2025Helen Leung, Claims Executive at UK Club, has written up a summary of the case of Sea Consortium Pte Ltd and Others v Bengal Tiger Line Pte Ltd and Others [2024] EWHC 3174 .....
- Legal action against captain after RoRo grounds February 6, 2025The captain of Ro-Ro /Passenger ship Silver Breeze (IMO 9919113) is faces prosecution following its July 2024 grounding in the West Harbour of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan (IMN July 4th 2024) ....
- Vessel owner sentenced to jail after fatal capsizing February 6, 2025The owner of the vessel Stimulus Money has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty for his role in the July 2022 capsizing of the vessel while underway on the Hudson River ....
- Disciplinary charges possible in Greece after 2023 migrant shipwreck February 5, 2025The Greek Ombudsman was reported to have recommended that disciplinary measures be brought against eight Greek Coastguard officers for alleged negligence in their duties during a migrant ....
- Vessel Master, company, fined in Australia after high-speed crash February 5, 2025A commercial vessel master and Journey Beyond Adventures Pty Ltd have been convicted and fined following a serious incident in 2022 at Western Australia’s Horizontal Falls that resulted in ....
- Formal inquiry into sinking of ship near Indian port February 4, 2025The Odisha BJP MLA Padmalochan Panda announced a formal inquiry into the sinking of the Black Rose (IMO 7602455) near Paradip in 2009, alleging foul play and iron-ore ....
- Eurobulk Ltd of Greece pleads guilty to violating US pollution law February 3, 2025Greece-based Eurobulk Shipping Ltd has pleaded guilty to breaching the US Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and falsified records to hide the facts. Eurobulk was fined $1.125m by US ....
- Chief engineer jailed in US for MARPOL violations January 30, 2025The chief engineer of Liberian-flagged vessel ASL Singapore (IMO 9618678) as it was known at the time, was sentenced to three months in jail after he pled guilty to having violated MARPOL ....
- Costa Concordia captain seeks early release January 29, 2025Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which sank off the coast of Italy in January 2012, resulting in one of the most expensive losses ever to the shipping .....
- Consignee claim rejected by English High Court: the implications January 28, 2025A judgment handed down in the English High Court on October 7th 2024 rejected consignee’s claim against the carrier for failure to uncover shipper’s fraud. Oliver Goossens at Gard (assisted by ....