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.
- Collision vessels decoupled, but mid-sea salvage a delicate operation December 3, 2021Cargo ship Aviator (IMO 9363754) and chemical/oil products tanker Atlantic Grace were successfully separated on November 29th. The vessels had collided during the evening of November 26th in .....
- Kirby Inland Marine to pay $15.3m in damages over 2014 Houston oil spill December 3, 2021Houston, Texas-based Kirby Inland Marine has agreed to pay $15.3m in damages and assessment costs as a settlement that will resolve federal and state claims for the environmental damage caused
- Brazil: Regulatory gap on ship-to-ship transfers filled December 3, 2021Ship-to-ship (STS) transfers in Brazil have not previously been regulated, but from December 1st 2021 the National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ)’s Resolution 59 (October 28th 2021) will ....
- New booklet from ITOPF on liability and compensation for ship-source oil pollution December 3, 2021The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd has published a new booklet on liability and compensation for ship-source oil pollution in the marine environment, providing an .....
- Marine accident round-up : 3rd December 2021 December 3, 2021Cargo ship Houei Crystal (IMO 9519559) issued a distress signal in the Japan Sea during the evening of December 1st when it was about 250nm south of Nakhodka, Russia. It reported that .....
- Hot tips for soybeans bound for China December 2, 2021Skuld senior claims executive Charles Qiu Yuhao has given members some tips on avoiding problems relating to soybeans that are being exported to China, the world's leading importer of .....
- Marine accident round-up : 2nd December 2021 December 2, 2021Salvage operations resumed on sunken vessel Fardin-1 have nine days after the vessel sank on the River Pasur near Mongla Port following a collision with the Handy Perth (IMO 9628128) during .....
- Human trafficking operation allegedly uncovered on livestock carrier November 30, 2021Livestock carrier Elita (IMO 7601073) arrived at Cartagena anchorage, Spain, from Libya on November 12th and was berthed on November 20th. The vessel was later detained by the Spanish .....
- Strike by feeder operators on Pearl River Delta threatened for six weeks from mid-December November 30, 2021Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Hapag-Lloyd have warned that many feeder operators would be suspending services from late December until the Chinese New Year in mid-February. The dispute is .....
- ABS approves 3D-printed parts after six-month trial on US tanker November 30, 2021A sequence of 3D-printed mechanical parts that have been used on board an in-service oil tanker have been validated as being in good working condition at the end of a six-month trial ....