Retail Marine Insurance
Covering news from the retail marine business including claims on yachts and super-yachts.
- Move to exempt Alaska permanently from PVSA September 20, 2021Republican Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski has proposed legislation that would exempt permanently cruises between the Lower 48 and Alaska from the Passenger Vessel Services Act ....
- IUMI Blog – Day 8: Yacht accumulation risk a concern September 14, 2021Day 8 of the IUMI conference covered inland hull, fishing vessels and yachts, with a number of the speakers touching on the increasing concern surrounding potential losses in the yacht ....
- Lit candles and an inoperable fire-detection system led to total loss of $6.3m yacht September 14, 2021Candles that had been lit and then left unattended in a yacht’s VIP suite caused a fire in 2019 that resulted in the total loss of the vessel and $480,000 in damage to a Miami marina and ....
- Two cruise ships join New Orleans hurricane relief efforts September 10, 2021Since the Covid-19 pandemic virtually annihilated the global cruise industry overnight back in March 2020, repurposing of cruise ships to give them something to do other than sit at anchorage in ....
- Covid-19 cases on UK cruise vessel September 9, 2021Cases of suspected Covid-19 have been identified on passenger ship MSC Virtuosa (IMO 9803625), a vessel on a UK cruise. Some passengers were understood to in isolation on board after ....
- Marine accident round-up : 6th September 2021 September 6, 2021Initially it had been feared that many containers on ULCV Ever Given (IMO 9811000) would remain behind after having been unloaded from four-months-delayed vessel, but almost all boxes were ....
- Ferry runs aground off Ibiza September 1, 2021Passenger/Cargo RoRo San Gwann (IMO 9234006) ferry, operated by German shipping company FRS, ran aground off the Spanish island of Ibiza during the night of Saturday August 28th ....
- SAR called after Hurtigruten ship loses power off Norwegian Coast August 27, 2021Hurtigruten coastal cruise ship Kong Harald (IMO 9039119) lost propulsion power while travelling along a difficult portion of the Norwegian coastline during the evening of August 24th ....
- Diamond Princess return to cruise holidays delayed until Spring 2022 August 27, 2021The cruise ship Diamond Princess (IMO 9228198), which for a while early in 2020 was up there with some countries when it came to infection levels and fatalities as a result of the ....
- Bahamas bans unvaccinated cruise ship passengers aged 12 and over August 26, 2021The Bahamas said on August 20th that from September 3rd only ships with all passengers aged 12 and older who have been fully vaccinated will be able to visit the country’s ports, including .....