The Houthis no longer have many containerships to fire at, and the number of tankers has been declining as well. The operators and owners of bulk carriers, aware that they might end up being the only players left in the firing line (the cruise ships stopped going via Suez many weeks ago) have now...
Swedish Club has received notice from its correspondents ETIC Sas and Africa P&I Togo that there has been an increase in the number of significant fines for any sort of maritime infringement in Lomé. Recent developments in Lomé have expanded the role of Customs Authorities, particularly concerning...
NorthStandard correspondents E&M International Consulting has advised of an increase in tensions and violence in recent weeks. Civil unrest and gang violence was affecting access to the ports. This was affecting the work attendance of customs officials, port staff, stevedores and pilots. It was...
An inland barge, the Astler, carrying 1,400 tons of potassium chloride sunk in the Port of Hamburg during the morning of February 6th. The Port of Hamburg and emergency services responded to the incident, which occurred while the barge was moored at one of the port’s terminals. The vessel also had...
Bad weather has been affecting the schedules of cruise ships in the Caribbean. The highest-profile incident was on Wednesday February 6th when the 128,000 gt Carnival Magic (IMO 9378486),was pushed onto the Ocho Rios dock in Jamaica, causing dents to the hull of the vessel and damage to the dock....
New testimony in the case of the fatal fire aboard car carrier Grande Costa D’Avorio (IMO 9465382) in New Jersey last year appeared to indicate that there had been fair warning of the danger represented by the vehicle that is seen as the cause of the conflagration that claimed two lives and...
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling has reported an equipment failure involving its semi-submersible rig Ocean GreatWhite (IMO 9697569 ) in the UK. On February 1st, while it was located about 200 km west of the Shetland Islands, on contract with BP. Diamond Offshore said that the...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/equipment-failure-at-semi-submersible-rig/
A pilot died after an accident in the southern Bosphorus on February 4th. Oguz Kok fell from a ladder while trying to board tanker New Siham (IMO 9197882). He was rushed to hospital, but could not be revived. Mr Kok was an experienced pilot, having graduated from the ITU Maritime Deck Department...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/turkish-pilot-dies-while-boarding-a-vessel/
The situation for grain exports via the Black Sea had changed considerably since last September’s annual meeting of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in Edinburgh, noted IUMI president Frederic Denèfle, at the press conference following the Winter meeting of IUMI, held in London on...
Chinese-owned merchant ships have been obtaining significant discounts on their insurance when sailing through the Red Sea, reports Bloomberg. Citing people involved in the market, it said that some Chinese-linked vessels were having to pay as little as 0.35% of their hull and machinery value to...