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Message from the president: A Warm Welcome to (a ‘virtual’) Seoul

A year ago, I reflected in my introduction to the IUMI Eye which accompanied the Stockholm conference that the...

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Coming to you soon live…

The IUMI annual conference is just around the corner, scheduled to take place from the 2-15 September 2021. Like every year this highly anticipated marine insurance event...

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In the “race to zero” the EU is stepping up the pace for shipping

In September 2020, the European Commission adopted its proposal on "European Climate Law" to cut...

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Safety guidelines proposed for zero-carbon fuels

In April 2018, the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted an initial strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from...

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IUMI Online courses are CPD certified

It is with great pleasure to announce that the IUMI online hull and cargo tutorials...

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Summary of the 76th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76)

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee held its...

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Turning Climate Change Science into Impact

Marine cargo insurers are acutely aware of the impact of severe weather events on goods stored at port and warehouse locations across the globe, and the...

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Submissions and the data behind writing risk

Digital submissions are here to stay. Using submissions management software, the ingestion and validation of data can be automated, driving multiple...

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Summary of 7th Session of the Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 7)

The seventh session of the Sub-Committee on Implementation of International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

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IUMI Podcast update

Once again it has been busy in the IUMI podcast recording studio. In July we spoke with John Miklus, IUMI Education Forum Chairperson and President of the American Institute...

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Offshore fish farming facilities: Challenges for marine insurers

Offshore fish farming is rapidly emerging as a sustainable alternative to commercial fishing, while supporting the needs of an...

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Helping our clients with the energy transition

Whilst the COVID pandemic has been challenging, there have been some positive outcomes from it. One of these has been the increased focus on the even...

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Container availability and stuffing in the time of COVID

During these times of unprecedented supply chain disruptions, the stranded loaded container has garnered much of the news interest. However,...

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Korea’s floating horizons

On 9 August the Sixth Assessment IPCC Report was released showing the significant, and faster than expected, consequences that human activities have caused to the...

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Summary of the 108th session of the IMO’s Legal Committee (LEG 108)

The Legal Committee (LEG 108) met virtually as well as hybrid with a limited number of delegates present in person at the...

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Cyber risks – Mind the gap

In recent years, we have seen an increasing number of cyber-attacks in line with the growing digitalisation of the marine industry. Ransomware incidents, the most...

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COVID-19 and how the insurance market can contribute to protecting against this and future pandemics

Delivering COVID-19 vaccines to low and middle-income countries around the world in an effective...

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Data science and the profitability of marine insurance

What are the two main current challenges of marine insurance, according to Meetrisk, an insurtech company which rates marine risks? Firstly,...

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Why do C-Loop lashings (vertical loop lashings) not work with excessively wide cargo?

Loop lashings have been around for centuries, once being used to secure cannons on ships in order to provide...

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A changing piracy landscape

The piracy landscape has changed significantly over the last decade. The threat has moved from hijackings in the Gulf of Aden to crew abductions in the Gulf of Guinea,...

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IUMI bursary for the now CII accredited WMU postgrad programme to go to Roshan Kumar from India

It doesn’t happen often that a student scores nearly 100% in an exam. Roshan Kumar, Assistant...

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