Boxship Maya (IMO 8742680) capsized at its berth at Shunan Port, Honshu, at midday local time on July 31st. The ship lost stability during the loading of containers, and tilted to starboard side. About 100 containers went overboard and drifted in the port area and Tolkuyama Bay waters. Three crew...
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The International Group’s Salvage Committee has published a report which provides a review into Delays in the Contracting of Salvage services in Marine Casualties. The report follows the decline over several years into the use of Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) – a standard form contract that provides a...
Ukrainian authorities detained Panama-flagged, UAE-owned bulk carrier Emmakris III (IMO 9218387) in the port of Chornomorsk, near Odesa on the Black sea, following a decision by a Kyiv Court. The ship arrived at Chornomorsk in February prior to the Russian invasion. It loaded about 60,000 tonnes of...
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Insurer Ascot Group, which provides insurance and reinsurance through its Lloyd’s and Bermuda platforms and in the US via Ascot US and Ethos, has linked with global insurance broker Marsh to launch marine cargo and war insurance for grain and food products moving from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, the...
Egypt was considering sending agricultural inspectors to Ukrainian ports to inspect wheat cargoes bound for Egypt, the head of the Egyptian agricultural quarantine, Ahmed El Attar, told Reuters on Friday July 29th. Egypt has cancelled contracts for a total of 240,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat that...
North of England Club has noted that on July 23rd the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current monkeypox outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO has noted that the vast majority of reported cases were in the WHO European Region. North said that...
A tropical depression over waters east of the Philippines was upgraded to Tropical Storm Songda Thursday, although the storm was expected to hit northern China, but to spare Taiwan and Shanghai. Songda is the fifth tropical storm in the region this year FPSO Sea Eagle (IMO 9198185) reported water...
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Lebanon appeared on Friday July 29th to reject claims by the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut that Syrian ship Laodicea (IMO 9274343), which had docked in the Lebanese port of Tripoli on Wednesday July 27th, was carrying Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia, following an inspection by Lebanese customs...
A sightseeing boat and a water taxi collided near Rotterdam Erasmus Bridge on Thursday July 21st. Emergency services said that six people were helped out of the water. Film showed the smaller water taxi being pushed underwater just after both vessels had passed under the bridge, with the water taxi...
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Re/insurer Lancashire has said in its H1 report that growth in the marine segment was primarily driven by new business, particularly in the marine cargo and marine liability classes of business. The marine liability class also had a strong RPI of 115%, compared to the same period in the prior year....
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