Retail Marine Insurance
Covering news from the retail marine business including claims on yachts and super-yachts.
- Tropical Storm Alfred hits Queensland, New South Wales March 10, 2025Category two tropical cyclone Alfred weakened to a tropical storm before hitting the eastern Australian coast at the weekend, having been travelling slowly towards it for a week .....
- Ferry captain and first officer found guilty in Greek passenger death case March 4, 2025A jury has found guilty the captain and first officer of Greek interisland passenger / vehicle RoRo Blue Horizon (IMO 8616336) in a case where a late-arriving passenger was pushed to his ....
- Lack of safety culture a factor in passenger ferry grounding, investigation finds February 21, 2025The investigation report by the Swedish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (SMAIB) into the grounding of passenger ferry Marco Polo (IMO 9019080) on October 22nd 2023 off Blekinge when ....
- Cruise ships keep getting bigger February 14, 2025Details are emerging of massive ships being planned for Norwegian Cruise Line, which had already announced that it planned to compete with Royal Caribbean in the “big-ship” game ....
- Dutch prosecutors want community service for two skippers February 13, 2025The Dutch Public Prosecution Service on February 10th asked that community service orders be imposed on the skippers of passenger ship Marco Polo (MMSI 244710114) and water taxi MSTX 21 ....
- MAIB issues safety warning over Red Sea dive boat holidays February 10, 2025The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued a safety warning relating to dive boat leisure trips in the Red Sea, which usually take place close to the Egyptian ....
- Bayesian’s mast to be removed before recovery February 7, 2025Superyacht Bayesian (IMO 9503392) which sank off Sicily last August, killing six passengers and one crew member (IMN August 20th 2024 and many subsequent dates) will be recovered after ....
- Legal action against captain after RoRo grounds February 6, 2025The captain of Ro-Ro /Passenger ship Silver Breeze (IMO 9919113) is faces prosecution following its July 2024 grounding in the West Harbour of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan (IMN July 4th 2024) ....
- Port bridge in the Amazon collapses while world cruise is moored February 5, 2025A port bridge in Manaus in the Amazon collapsed shortly after noon local time on January 28th while P&O Cruises’ ship Aurora (IMO 9169524) was docked there. There were sudden strong winds ....
- Haven Knox-Johnston launches new marine trade insurance policy January 31, 2025UK-based insurance broker Haven Knox-Johnston Commercial (HJK), part of the Howden Group, has launched its new Marine Trade Insurance policy, which it said was designed to streamline ....