Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Two engineers face US jail terms after MARPOL guilty pleas May 10, 2024A chief engineer and a second engineer who were working aboard a product tanker Kriti Ruby (IMO 9391282) pleaded guilty on May 7th to a series of MARPOL violations while their vessel was ....
- Seized superyacht appears in shows up in Everett, Washington State May 9, 2024Superyacht Amadea (IMO 1012531), claimed by US authorities to be effectively owned by sanctioned Russian businessman Suleiman Kerimov, is currently moored in Everett, north of Seattle .....
- Third parties suing an insured’s insurers direct are as much bound by the terms of the insurance contract as the insured May 8, 2024A significant contract question was posed during a recent court case relating to the X-Press Pearl disaster off Sri Lanka in June 2021, in the Commercial Court, and involving a Group Club ....
- How could Dali/Baltimore Bridge finances pan out? May 7, 2024The high potential level of claims as a result of container ship Dali striking and causing the collapse of the Baltimore Key Bridge has raised the prospect of the International Group ....
- Conception captain sentenced to four years May 7, 2024The captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, resulting in 34 deaths, has been sentenced to four years in prison ....
- Nord Stream insurers file defence against liability for pipeline damage May 3, 2024In a written defence submitted to London’s High Court Nord Stream’s insurers have denied that their policies provide cover for gas pipelines damaged by blasts in 2022 because the damage was ....
- Seatrade reaches €5.65m settlement over reefer ship scrapping May 2, 2024The Netherlands’ Public Prosecution Service has reached a reported €5.65m ($6m) settlement with Netherlands-based shipowner Seatrade over the scrapping of four refrigerated cargo ships back in ...
- High Court finds for insureds – vessel was CTL after Indonesian detention May 1, 2024In the case of Delos Shipholding SA & Others v Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE & Others, the English Commercial Court has held that a vessel was a constructive total loss under the relevant ..
- London Club wins legal argument in High Court re X-Press Pearl April 29, 2024Justice Bright in the London High Court has ruled that a claim against the London P&I Club over the sinking of the ‘X Press Pearl’ off the coast of Sri Lanka must be heard in the UK. London club....
- Baltimore City lawyers file cases against Dali owner and manager April 24, 2024The first moves of the legal disputes over who will pay for the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, and how much, so far have followed a predictable course. First there was a ....