The Lloyd’s syndicates have now published their results for 2023 and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2024. Some have stuck to the bare bones. As in the previous few years, IMN is summarizing the results from all syndicates that have a notable marine interest, if they have provided...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/syndicate-results-2023-16-antares-1274/
Recife port in Northeastern Brazil had to suspend loading operations at the site late last week, according to a note from shipping company Williams Brazil late on Thursday, reports Reuters. The company said that the shiploader collapsed and a part of the machine fell inside the cargo hold of a...
Diversions by vessels away from the Red Sea and around the Cape of Good Hope has caused a significant increase in the carbon emissions of the EU shipping sector, according to France-based emissions tracker Kayrros. It found that in January and February 2024 regulated carbon emissions from the...
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A posting on LinkedIn has referred to a series of near-miss incidents on the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans late last month. Tugs were able to intervene to prevent an impact, but the US Coast Guard confirmed to the newspaper The Advocate in New Orleans that it was reviewing the...
The International Group of P&I Clubs has issued a circular re-emphasizing the importance of the Circular it sent out at the beginning of February from 1 February 2024 relating to the changes to the Oil Price Cap (OPC) scheme (which regulates the transport and insurance of Russian CN 2709 and CN...
A specialist group of workers is now removing from container ship Dali some shipping containers with goods inside that are defined as hazardous materials. The Dali was carrying nearly 4,700 containers when it struck Baltimore’s Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. Many containers need to be removed...
Following the announcement late last week that US sanctions relief for Venezuela would be coming to an end, the Group Clubs have begun issuing technical summaries of the implications. American Club has released a circular entitled United States Temporarily Authorizes The Wind Down Of Transactions...
The Brazilian port of Paranagua, one of the country’s busiest for sugar and grain exports, said last week that one of the port’s conveyor belts in the “export corridor” remained inoperative after labour authorities idled it because of a risk of explosion, reports Reuters. The Paranagua Export...
Ancient livestock carrier Deala (IMO 7405091) was reported to have run aground at the Rasa Port Entrance, Croatia on Tuesday, April 16th. The 1976-built ship was said to have had 15 crew members onboard, all of them of Egyptian nationality. None of the crew members was injured and there have been...
Salvage crews of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District have been continuing their slow and steady work in disentangling, cutting, lifting and then removing large pieces of steel from the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The Unified Command has been...