Marine Liability
The latest liability related news, regulation and analysis from the marine insurance sector. Updates of the changes all classes of marine and related support operations.
- Quality concerns over long-stored corn leaving Ukraine ports August 12, 2022Bulk carrier Ocean Lion (IMO 9296248) left the port of Chornomorsk on August 9th, heading for Incheon, South Korea, via Singapore, and bringing to 12 the number of ships to leave Ukraine .....
- Falling water levels on Rhine reach critical level August 12, 2022The falling water levels on the Rhine River could severely restrict traffic between the Lower and Upper Rhine at the town of Kaub as early as Friday August 12th. The low water levels have ......
- Felixstowe strike could see challenges to supply chains: advisory August 12, 2022The anticipated eight-day strike at the UK port of Felixstowe, leading up to Bank Holiday Monday on August 29th, will be a key risk factor in near term planning decisions of supply chain .....
- More contaminated bunker fuel raises insurer concerns August 12, 2022UK Club has reported that bunker fuel analysis was indicating more cases of contaminated bunker fuel in the Rotterdam and Amsterdam (ARA) areas, suggesting that the problem was .....
- Empty container congestion on US Atlantic coast blamed on “lack of accountability” August 12, 2022US Federal Maritime Commission member Carl Bentzel said on August 9th that carriers should not “receive involuntarily subsidized storage for empty containers that belong to them” that are .....
- Securing hatch covers properly is vital, says Japan Club August 12, 2022In Japan Club's P&I Loss Prevention Bulletin Vol.53 the Club noted that a recent study and claims analysis carried out by Japan Club over a five-year period between 2016PY and 2020PY ....
- Marine accident round-up : 14th August 2022 August 12, 2022A fire broke out on Wednesday August 10th aboard oil major Equinor's FPSO Johan Castberg, which is under construction at a shipyard in Norway, public broadcaster NRK reported. Workers were .....
- Oil leaks from Louisiana storage tank August 11, 2022A substantial quantity of oil has leaked from a collapsed storage tank on a platform in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana. A spill response is underway. The platform structure at oil company .....
- Risk of sea chests and filters clogging at Barranquilla, Colombia August 11, 2022Standard Club has informed members that it had been advised by trusted local correspondent A&A Multiprime that the port of Barranquilla, Colombia was currently suffering a critical increase .....
- Singapore arrests 10 tugboat crew over suspected fuel thefts August 11, 2022Singapore authorities have arrested 10 men who were working as crew aboard two tugboats under suspicion of involvement in the theft of marine gas oil (MGO) from one of the tug's .....