21st May 2019

The London market has extended the list of waters termed “high risk” to include Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf after attacks on four vessels off Fujairah.

27th March 2019

Cruise ship Viking Sky (IMO 9650420) berthed safely in Molde during the afternoon of March 24th. Four tugs helped the ship into the Molde-Fjord. The ship would now be surveyed.

13th March 2019

Container vessel Grande America (IMO 9130937), which caught fire on March 10th about 263km southwest of the Pointe de Penmarc’h, sank at 15:26 local time on March 12th.

12th March 2019

The Round Table of international shipping associations and the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) have issued new advice to merchant ship operators on the areas in the Indian Ocean defined as high-risk.

11th March 2019

Marine insurer Skuld has reported that 2018 saw a huge increase in bunker quality disputes, starting around March/April, with bunkers stemmed in Houston and gradually spreading to different regions and countries.

12th February 2019

We are excited to present our new “IUMI Stats Report” which will include key data, charts, commentary and opinion on the marine insurance market.

31st January 2019

Alliance partner Ocean Network Express (ONE) has declared General Average on Hapag-Lloyd containership Yantian Express (IMO 9229831), which suffered a container fire on 3 January in the North Atlantic while en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is now heading for Freeport in the Bahamas under the control of salvors Smit.

28th January 2019

Only a fifth of delegates at HFW’s third annual P&I week, held last October at the legal firm’s London offices, felt that their businesses were nearly or fully prepared preparedness for the emergence of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) technology.

22nd January 2019

Swedish Club has received 28 reports concerning engine room fires over the past 10 years. When compared with other Hull and Machinery (H&M) claims the frequency of engine room fires was low, but the average cost when they did occur was among the highest – averaging $1.85m per occurrence – compared with $320,000 for H&M claims in general.

21st January 2019

In response to the introduction of a 0.5% m/m global cap on the sulphur content of fuel oil on January 1st 2020, Britannia Club has published a new Focus: “Prevention Of Pollution From Ships – Emission Standards”.