Retail Marine Insurance
Covering news from the retail marine business including claims on yachts and super-yachts.
- Capacity on Color Line Oslo-Kiel route to be reduced, two Fjord Line routes are paused October 22, 2020Color Line has decided to reduce the capacity on the Oslo-Kiel route and will lay up passenger ship Color Fantasy (IMO 9278234) until there are improvements in the Covid-19 situation and ....
- Apollo saga continues in St Lawrence River October 21, 2020The saga of scrapped passenger ship Apollo (IMO 7006314) continues to haunt the various stakeholders. A plan by Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), Quebec's provincial ferry service ....
- MSC Grandiosa passengers barred from disembarking in Malta October 20, 2020A suspected case of Covid-19 aboard cruise ship MSC Grandiosa (IMO 9803613) led to Malta refusing permission on Friday for passengers to disembark. Valletta Cruise Port CEO Stephen Xuereb ....
- Hull-Zeebrugge ferry route might not come back after Covid-19 October 20, 2020The future of the P&O Ferries crossing between Hull and Zeebrugge was said to be in doubt. The Hull to Zeebrugge crossing had been a difficult route financially for several years ....
- Mystic Cruises says that it has bought Vasco da Gama October 17, 2020The parent holding company of Portugal-based cruise company Mystic Cruises has announced the acquisition of cruise ship Vasco da Gama (IMO 8919245) as part of the ongoing auction of the ships ....
- Phoenix Reisen sells cruise ship to Egyptian hotelier October 14, 2020German-market cruise company Phoenix Reisen has announced the sale of cruise ship Albatros (IMO 7304314) to Kamel Abou-Ali, a hotelier with more than 15 properties in Egypt. The buyer will ....
- Pacific Dawn could become “floating community” October 14, 2020P&O Cruises Australia’s former cruise ship the Pacific Dawn (IMO 8521232) could find a new life as a floating community that would be anchored permanently in the Gulf of Panama ...
- Jalesh Cruises throws in the towel October 13, 2020India’s first dedicated cruise line operating a large cruise ship, Jalesh Cruises, will not be resuming operations. The company had been struggling financially since the suspension of cruises ....
- Norwegian Cruise Lines pauses cruise resumption until December October 9, 2020Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has extended the pause on its cruises until the beginning of December 2020, at the earliest. The decision covers three brands — Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania ....
- Singapore to offer cruises to nowhere October 9, 2020Singapore is to offer "cruises to nowhere" from November, bypassing the Covid-19-related problems associated with holiday ships docking in foreign ports. Genting Cruise Lines and Royal ....