Retail Marine Insurance
Covering news from the retail marine business including claims on yachts and super-yachts.
- Scottish government announces temporary plan to save Ferguson jobs, for now September 22, 2026The Scottish government has announced a new stopgap plan to keep the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Glasgow operational and to avoid laying off the ....
- Salvage operation begins after fatal ferry fire September 18, 2026The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed its search of all passenger spaces aboard the burned-out RoRo ferry June Aster (MMSI 548848200) without ....
- Failed handover caused Quebec ferry to hit dock September 18, 2026A Québec ferry hit a wharf in October 2024, injuring five people, as a result of a failed handoff of engine control between bridge stations, the Transportation Safety Board of ....
- Passenger ferry capsizes in Java Sea, six dead and 129 missing September 15, 2026Six people were reported dead and 129 re still missing after the passenger / vehicle RoRo Virgo Transport 8 (IMO: 8625179) capsized in the Java Sea on 13–14 September ....
- Ferry fire off Philippines; five dead, 87 missing September 11, 2026Five people have been confirmed killed and around 87 are still unaccounted for in a passenger ferry fire off Coron, Palawan, in the Philippines. SAR efforts are underway ....
- Marine round-up : 9th September 2026 September 9, 2026Luxury yacht Angiola (MMSI 256004895) has been salvaged off the coast of Costa Smerald. The 2020-built vessel was raised on September 4th and carried via a large pontoon ....
- SAR operations continue after sinking of the Filo Jet September 7, 2026SAR operations were still continuing five days after the twin-hulled passenger ferry Filo Jet (IMO 8962034) sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Cyprus, on August 30th .....
- Marine businessman Mavropoulos dies after grounding of yacht September 4, 2026Two yachts were destroyed and a third damaged after severe weather struck off Cape Greco, Cyprus on Saturday August 29th. The incident caused the death by drowning of ....
- Eight confirmed dead, nearly 20 still missing after Turkish ferry capsizes September 1, 2026Nearly 20 people were still missing as of Monday morning August 31st after catamaran high-speed ferry Filo Jet (IMO 8962034) capsized off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight .....
- Swedish prosecutors charge Master and Pilot over Misje Verde collision September 1, 2026Swedish prosecutors have formally charged both the master and pilot of the Norwegian cargo ship Misje Verde (IMO 9927433) over last month’s collision with a pleasure boat near ....