Marine Insurance – Offshore Energy
- Marine accident round-up : 4th January 2019 January 4, 2019The US Coast Guard has suspended any active search for one remaining unaccounted for crewmember of the adrift vehicles carrier Sincerity Ace (IMO 9519092). Good Samaritans from four ….
- Exxon explorer intercepted by Venezuela January 2, 2019The Venezuelan navy intercepted a ship in Guyanese waters over the weekend of December 22nd and 23rd. The vessel was exploring for oil on behalf of Exxon Mobil Corp, Guyana’s foreign ministry ….
- AIBN recommends reassessment of regulations re offshore service vessels December 20, 2018The Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN) has recommended that the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NA) carry out an assessment of whether its current regulatory framework ….
- Response continues for spill near Port Sulphur, Louisiana December 18, 2018Dozens of boats and more than 100 workers at the weekend were continuing the clean-up and containment an oil spill in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Nearly 5,000 gallons of oil and …..
- Faulty valve said to be the cause of oil spill off Newfoundland November 26, 2018Canada's Husky Energy has said that that it was not yet precisely clear why a valve failed, causing a flowline to the SeaRose FPSO to leak an estimated 250,000 litres of oil ….
- Turkey stakes claim to North of Cyprus gas resources November 7, 2018Turkey will not allow the exploitation of gas reserves in the Turkish and north Cypriot waters of the eastern Mediterranean, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday November 4th ….
- No Jones Act waivers sought as a result of pipeline explosion November 5, 2018The explosion on the Enbridge natural gas pipeline on October 9th has not led the US west coast marine oil market to seek Jones Act waivers, Reuters reported ….
- Injured oil rig worker awarded $1m by US federal court November 2, 2018A federal court in Louisiana has awarded $1.04m to oil rig worker who suffered severe injuries in a helicopter crash in October 2013. A federal court in Louisiana awarded $1.04m plus …..
- High Court decision on $470m energy claim is confirmed October 26, 2018Clyde & Co said that it had received confirmation from the Danish Court that the favourable High Court decision absolving Insurer clients of a $470m claim stood as "final and unappealable" ….
- UK Club & Thomas Miller launch offshore covers October 16, 2018UK P&I Club, in conjunction with Thomas Miller Specialty Offshore (TMSO), has launched a range of insurance covers for Members operating in the Offshore arena....