Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Cocaine smuggling leads to jail time for seafarer December 3, 2020Four men were sentenced to 12 years in prison each by a court in Svendborg, Denmark on November 30th for attempting to smuggle 100 kilos of cocaine into Denmark ....
- Norwegian shipowner sentenced for involvement in Harrier’s scrapping case December 3, 2020Norwegian shipowner Georg Eide has been sentenced for assisting Singapore-based cash buyer Wirana Shipping in an attempt to export barge carrier Harrier (ex-Tide Carrier) (IMO 8730479) to a ....
- New Zealand regulator charges 13 parties over White Island eruption tragedy December 2, 2020New Zealand’s workplace regulator has filed charges against 13 parties following an investigation into a volcanic eruption on White Island in 2019, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people ....
- Landmark UK Supreme Court case clarifies law on arbitrator appointments December 2, 2020Marine sector-focused law firm HFW represented the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) in the landmark UK Supreme Court case of Halliburton v Chubb ....
- Limitation of Liability – Is a marina a dock? December 1, 2020Danielle Southey, Syndicate Manager Claims, European Syndicate, Steamship Mutual, has written on the rarely covered topic of how the limitation of liability applies to marinas. Southey pegs ....
- Intoxication, safety issues and poor communication led to fatal accident on board Karina C, says MAIB November 30, 2020The death of the second officer of UK-registered general cargo vessel Karina C (IMO 9558000) in 2019 was caused by several direct and indirect factors, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch .....
- Seven sentenced for oil theft in Nigeria November 27, 2020A Nigerian court has sentenced a Nigerian, two Pakistanis, three Ghanaians, one Indonesian, one Beninois and two Ukrainians to seven years in prison for oil theft, the Economic and ....
- Fishing boat crew send letter of complaint November 25, 2020The crew of Icelandic fishing boat Júlíus Geirmundsson (IMO 8803513) is reported to have sent a letter to the ship’s management demanding its captain’s resignation. Both the captain and the ....
- Standard Club general increase – Clarification November 24, 2020In yesterday's report on Standard Club's general increase of 7.5%, I failed to point out that this referred to the Strike And Delay Class (although the link does connect to that circular) ...
- Death of John Reeder QC November 24, 2020John Reeder QC died in hospital on October 22nd after a short illness, reports Maritime Advocate. His funeral took place on November 9th. Mr Reeder, a leading Admiralty QC, was reported to ....