Retail Marine Insurance
Covering news from the retail marine business including claims on yachts and super-yachts.
- Villa Vie’s Odyssey starts sea trials September 12, 2024Villa Vie Residence’s Odyssey (IMO 9000699) departed the Harland & Wolff shipyard last Wednesday September 4th for a set of sea trials outside Belfast. The 1993-built vessel had arrived at ....
- Greece plans €20 levy on some cruise ship passengers September 11, 2024Greece has announced that it intends to impose a €20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert over ....
- Mike Lynch suffocated as oxygen ran out September 10, 2024Autopsies on Mike Lynch indicated that he died of suffocation after running out of oxygen on the sunken yacht Bayesian, an investigative source has said, citing initial examinations carried ....
- Four of the dead on Bayesian ran out of oxygen in air pocket; reports September 6, 2024Four of the people who died when the Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily last month suffocated after the oxygen ran out in an air pocket in which they were trapped, Italian news agency Ansa ....
- Crew members on yacht Bayesian recall rescue efforts September 3, 2024Crew members on the yacht Bayesian (IMO 9503392), which sank off the northern coast of Sicily shortly before dawn on August 19th Mike Lynch’s yacht have spoken of the moments when a storm ....
- Iconic tall ship demasted after being struck by containership in Fremantle September 2, 2024Containership Maersk Shekou (IMO 9466984) allided with tall ship Leeuwin II (IMO 8510855) at 06:20 on Friday morning August 30th (22:10 August 29th UTC) in Fremantle port, Western ....
- Two more crewmembers on Bayesian named as being under investigation August 30, 2024Italian prosecutors are now investigating two more crew members of the sunken yacht Bayesian (IMO 9503392) in connection with the weather-related tragedy that struck the vessel last week .....
- Disney Dream to bypass Amsterdam August 30, 2024Cruise ship Disney Dream (IMO 9434254), which was supposed to call at Amsterdam, Netherlands on September 6th, will now pass the port by. Disney Cruise Line said that the decision ....
- Haugesund switches provider for autonomous ferry project August 29, 2024The municipality of Haugesund, Norway has switched to a different technology provider for its electric autonomous ferry project, which will connect the city centre to a number of nearby ....
- Bordeaux local government moves for complete ban on cruise ships from Port de la Lune August 28, 2024Authorities in Bordeaux, France are considering relocating the point of docking for cruise ships away from the central and historic Port de La Lune. The initiative is being led by ....