Insurance Marine News

• Marine round-up : 23rd May 2025
• Syndicate Results 2024 No. 36 MS Amlin 2001
• Cashew Nut Shell Liquid blends – a marker for a problematic fuel?
• Stowaway incidents remain high, says Britannia
• More than half the shadow Russian fleet “untouched” says Pole Star Global
• Upswing in freight demand out of China reported by CMA CGM
• Aspen names Jon Kattman as head of Inland Marine
• Clubs warn on anchoring outside designated Turkish zones
• Kremlin says Russia will defend its ships in the Baltic Sea “with all means available”
• NTSB meets Mexican counterparts on damaged Cuauhtémoc
• Marine round-up : 22nd May 2025
• Syndicate Results 2023 No. 35 Apollo/Compre 1994
• Malaysia detains MSC boxship
• Fire hits Chevron’s BBLT platform off Angola
• UAE blamed for Port Sudan drone attacks
• No distress calls from Mexican Navy ship before bridge crash
• Master of cruise ship dies on board
• FMC to investigate flags of convenience; fears ‘race for the bottom’
• Shadow fleet vessel observed acting suspiciously in Baltic Sea, says Poland
• EU sanctions three MOL ships associated with Yamal LNG
• Marine round-up : 21st May 2025
• Syndicate Results 2024 No. 34 CFC 1988
• Fires on two ships in Puerto Rico within 24 hours
• Port of Long Beach has strong April, but sharp decline will be seen in May
• Rule 14 of ColRegs clarified in Admiralty Court case
• BOEM halts “Stop Work” order on Empire Wind 1 project
• Russian forces release tanker detained off Estonia
• Swedish Club increases free reserves in 2024
• EU likely to propose to G7 a lowering of Russian oil price cap to $50 per barrel
• UK hits Russia with sanctions targeting military and financial sectors
• Marine round-up : 20th May 2025
• Syndicate Results 2023 Flux 1985 No. 33
• Jay Payne promoted at Marsh Specialty
• Norway’s Okokrim takes charge of marine insurance case
• SCA’s Rabie says that shipping companies will resume transiting Suez Canal in a month or so
• Chubb subsidiary no longer insures Gulf Coast LNG project: report
• More delays for the Glen Rosa
• Debris in steering gear the probable cause of bulk carrier’s collision with channel junction light
• CMA CGM will reorganize global fleet to mitigate impact of US port fees on Chinese vessels
• Marine round-up : 19th May 2025
• Syndicate Results 2024 No. 32 WR Berkley 1967
• US-China tariff pause revives container ship demand
• Nigerian court fines Thai crew members in plea deal after strange 2021 drugs bust
• Denmark launches remote pilotage
• Cruise ship fined for sailing too close to Italian coast
• Greenpeace captain and enviro-activists on trial in South Korea
• Large fire on bulk carrier in Amsterdam
• Round Up – Friday 16th May 2025
• USTR action against Chinese-built, operated and owned vessels – charter party implications
• Security alert at Paradip Port, India, after tanker arrives with Pakistani crew