Retail Marine Insurance

Covering news from the retail marine business including claims on yachts and super-yachts.

• Norovirus outbreak causes evacuation of cruise ship November 21, 2019
  Princess Cruises ship Sun Princess (IMO 9000259), with 2,000 passengers on board, was evacuated after a norovirus outbreak. The cruise ship had left Perth, Western Australia ….
• Investigation of cause of luxury yachts fire awaits safety clearance November 21, 2019
  The Fort Lauderdale, Florida fire brigade has not yet begun an investigation into the cause of the $24m fire that consumed two luxury yachts, the Reflection and the Lohengrin, at the ….
• Major fire severely damages two luxury yachts undergoing overhaul November 20, 2019
  Two luxury yachts, the Lohengrin (IMO 8735998) and the Reflection, were severely damaged by a fire on November 16th. The vessels were both undergoing overhauls at the Yachts Repair …..
• Viking Sky had several alarms go off before events leading to blackout November 15, 2019
  A total of 18 alarms about low lubricating oil levels sounded on board cruise ship Viking Sky (IMO 9650420) several hours before a complete blackout left the ship at the mercy of stormy ….
• NTSB tells US Coast Guard to act on “Duck” vehicles reserve buoyancy November 15, 2019
  The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a Marine Safety Recommendation Report calling upon the US Coast Guard to require sufficient reserve buoyancy for DUKW amphibious …..
• First lawsuit filed by victim’s relative as a result of Conception disaster November 15, 2019
  The first family member of one of the 34 people killed in the fire on accommodation/dive boat Conception on September 2nd has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the ship’s owners, Glen ….
• Alcohol and lack of senior colleague present with Master led to Nippon Maru allision November 11, 2019
  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident Brief on the December 30th 2018 accident involving passenger ship Nippon Maru (IMO 8817631), which struck …..
• Several indicted over Norman Atlantic disaster November 4, 2019
  Two companies and 30 individuals were indicted on October 31st as a result of the fire aboard passenger ship Norman Atlantic on December 28th 2014, in which 31 people died and …..
• Cannes to ban the most-polluting cruise ships September 25, 2019
  Cannes, which is France's fourth-biggest cruise ship port, is to ban the worst-polluting cruise ships from 2020, as part of a bid to boost air quality in the city. The ban will target ships ….
• Salvage claims in the Turkish Straits and Revised salvage agreement – Turks 2015 September 19, 2019
  Marine insurer Gard has published an article by Caglar Coskunsu of Cavus & Coskunsu Law Firm, Istanbul, on the dangers inherent in negotiating the Turkish straits, and the implication ….