25th May 2022

Logistics and transport mutual insurer TT Club has noted that, since land-based storm events frequently were most severe at the shoreline, it was unsurprising that...

20th April 2022

About 200 vessels were supplied with contaminated bunker fuel in the Port of Singapore during the latest fuel supply scandal. The...

30th March 2022

Clarksons Research has said that overall port congestion globally was now running at above the levels seen last year,...

24th March 2022

New York based not-for-profit container inspection company National Cargo Bureau (NCB) has launched a remote container inspection service based on...

3rd March 2022

On the occasion of the 8th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) where the topic of containership fires was on the agenda, Mikkel Gardner Anders from Codan and a member of IUMI's Loss Prevention Committee, gave a presentation on containership fire safety.

28th February 2022

The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine is directly impacting global shipping. IUMI urges all maritime stakeholders to place the safety and welfare of their seafarers and other impacted staff at the very top of their priorities; and joins many others in the call for a swift and peaceful end to the current situation.

21st February 2022

The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) agreed last month to change its name to the Contact Group on Illicit Maritime...

10th February 2022

The theme for this September's IUMI conference, being held in Chicago, will be "Adapting To A World In...

15th December 2021

Today, the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance have been launched publicly. The Principles establish a forward-looking framework to engage with the shipping industry and support net-zero insurance. They are designed to assess and disclose the climate alignment of marine hull insurers’ underwriting portfolios. This initiative makes marine insurance the first line of business to establish a sector-specific methodology to support the reduction, and ultimately the elimination, of GHG emissions.

4th November 2021

As the Gulf of Guinea heads into its by-now traditional "busy season" for piracy, running from October/November through to March/April, independent shipowners' association BIMCO has noted that a comprehensive set of anti-piracy capabilities launched this year by Nigeria, helped by at least two international navies deploying warships equipped with helicopters, could help to maintain the recent decline in the number of piracy attacks.