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.
- The ZouZou: no insurance cover for ship detained under Venezuelan anti-smuggling laws May 19, 2022Quadrant Chambers reports that the Commercial Court has handed down judgment in Piraeus Bank v. Antares (The ZouZou) [2022] EWHC 1169 (Comm). The decision concerns mortgagees’ interest ....
- Iran seizes foreign ship, detains crew May 19, 2022Iranian authorities seized a foreign ship that was alleged to have been attempting to smuggle fuel out of the country. The crew were detained, state news agency IRNA said on ....
- Crew member died of crushed chest; injuries were underestimated May 19, 2022A crew member of the ER Athina – now sailing as Cho Supporter – who died after being crushed on the vessel off Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2012, was left waiting for a fishing boat to take him to ....
- X-Press Pearl salvage work suspended due to weather May 19, 2022Salvage work on the wrecked containership X Press Pearl (IMO 9875343) has been suspended ahead of the imminent southwest monsoon season in Sri Lanka. The Shanghai Salvage Company has ....
- Operator of Mathu Bhum says palm oil on its vessel booked prior to export ban May 19, 2022The containers carrying palm oil on the ship Mathu Bhum (IMO 8813647) were booked prior to Indonesia suspending palm oil exports in April (IMN May 10th, May 13th), its operator RCL ....
- Marine accident round-up : 19th May 2022 May 19, 2022General cargo ships Walter Hammann (IMO 8714841) and Dagna (IMO 9313802) collided shortly after midnight local time on May 15th in the Lower Weser upstream from Nordenham, Germany .....
- SpaceX rocket launch cancelled after Royal Caribbean cruise ship entered safety zone May 18, 2022Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Harmony Of The Seas (IMO 9682875) violated a US Coast Guard Captain of the Port safety zone and caused the cancellation of a SpaceX rocket launch from .....
- Tanker engine problem led to $7.55m hit on loading dock May 18, 2022An incident in which 115,406 dwt Maltese-flag oil tanker Riverside made contact with a loading dock in the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas on March 15th 2021 resulted in $550,000 in damages .....
- Union calls for inquiry after stevedore falls to death at New Zealand’s Auckland Port May 18, 2022The International Transport Workers’ Federation has joined the Maritime Union of New Zealand in calling for a national inquiry into port safety following the death of a dockworker at .....
- Ten cruise ship Passengers arrested in Valencia for cocaine smuggling May 18, 2022When the cruise ship MSC Seaside (IMO 9745366) made its maiden call in Valencia, Spain in April, 10 of its passengers were intercepted by Spain's national law-enforcement agency the .....