Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- IUMI 2020: Nero Drydock recovery still in progress, legal proceedings underway September 21, 2020An accident involving a yacht in dry dock in Genoa last year continues to be a matter of legal dispute when it comes to where liability should be ascribed and whose insurers will pay for it ....
- New arrest warrant for tanker issued by Indian court September 18, 2020An Indian court has issued a second arrest warrant for a marine refuelling tanker owned by UAE-based GP Global after it failed to make payments to the manager of the ship, reports Reuters ....
- Ship banned for underpaying crew A$118,000 September 18, 2020The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned Panama-flagged bulk carrier AC Sesoda (IMO 9470791) for deliberately underpaying its crew by more than A$118,000 ($86,000) ....
- MSC Gayanè crew member pleads guilty to drugs smuggling charge September 14, 2020A crew member of container ship MSC Gayanè (IMO 9770763) has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggled cocaine into the US. On June 17th the US Customs & Border Patrol and Homeland Security....
- CMV’s cruise ships ordered auctioned September 11, 2020Seven weeks after cruise line Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) collapsed into administration, the UK High Court has ordered the auctioning off of the ships it operated ....
- Federal charges in deadly Branson duck boat case may be dismissed September 10, 2020A federal magistrate judge has recommended that criminal charges be dismissed against three men who were indicted over the 2018 sinking of a duck boat in Branson, Missouri, that killed ....
- Charalambos Manoli insists relationship with Beirut ship Rhosus ceased in June 2012 September 9, 2020The controversy surrounding the background to last month's explosion in the port of Beirut took another turn yesterday with a statement by shipping entrepreneur Charalambos Manoli ....
- Lawsuit filed by worker on Waymon L Boyd dredge September 8, 2020A lawsuit has been filed in Nueces County, Texas on behalf of Jose Cantu, a worker who was injured and burned in an explosion and fire that occurred while he was working on the dredge Waymon ....
- Fire crew file lawsuit after Hoegh Xiamen blast September 4, 2020Three months after a fire aboard car carrier Hoegh Xiamen (IMO 9431848) in Jacksonville, Florida (IMN, June 8th 2020) a number of the firefighters injured in a related blast are suing for ....
- AMSA bars BBC Rio from Australian ports for three months September 4, 2020General cargo ship BBC Rio (IMO 9430222) has been banned from Australian ports for three months due to what AMSA called "serious and repeated safety and pollution prevention related ....