Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- ACX Crystal collision with USS Fitzgerald raises important US legal point July 28, 2021A US 5th Circuit is to consider the test for federal courts to exercise jurisdiction over foreign defendants in maritime cases. Standard Club General Counsel Gina Venezia has reported on the .....
- Florida wins another round in battle with CDC July 27, 2021In what has become a states' rights issue, the battle between the state of Florida and the federally-run Center for Diseases and Control Prevention (CDC) took another turn on Friday July 23rd ....
- Nigeria court sentences 10 men to prison for ship hijacking in 2020 July 26, 2021A Nigerian court has sentenced 10 men to 12 years in prison on Friday for their role in the kidnapping of the crew of Chinese-flagged FV Hailufeng II in May 2020 (IMN May 21st 2020) .....
- Golden Horizon released from Dover, heading for Torquay July 21, 2021Sail ship Golden Horizon (IMO 9793545) operating for Tradewind Voyages, has been released from its arrest in Dover and was travelling to Torquay, Tradewind Voyages and the Golden Horizon’s ....
- Sri Lanka court told communication data relating to X-Press Pearl was “lost” July 21, 2021The Criminal Investigation Department in Sri Lanka has informed an investigating court that communication data between the Captain of container ship X-Press Pearl (IMO 9875343) and the ....
- Ship crash in Vancouver harbour blamed on ‘systematic failure,’ communications ‘breakdowns’ July 21, 2021A crash between bulk carrier Caravos Harmony (IMO 9595589) and bulk carrier Pan Acacia (IMO 9510515) on March 17th 2019 was the result of "breakdowns in situational awareness and ....
- US appeal court overturns Florida suspension of CDC Cruise Ship Rules July 20, 2021An ongoing dispute between states' rights and federal power in which cruise ships are a pawn took a step further late on Saturday July 17th after a US Appeals Court ruled, by two-to-one, to ....
- Three charged over duck boat sinking in 2018 July 20, 2021The captain of World War II-era duck boat Stretch Duck #7, along with two other employees at the company Ride the Ducks Branson, has been charged as a result of events leading up to the sinking ....
- Cruise line asks court to overturn Florida’s ban on vaccine passports July 16, 2021Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCHL) has asked a court to reject the policy of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban cruise lines (and other businesses) from requiring proofs of vaccination ....
- English jurisdiction maintained, 1996 protocol for LLMC in force July 14, 2021In the case of Enemalta Plc V The Standard Club Asia Ltd (The “Di Matteo”) [2021] EWHC 1215 (Comm), reported in UK Clubs Summer Quarterly Case Review, the court ruled that English (rather than ....