Oligarch’s yacht seized in Port Hercule
Friday, March 4, 2022
Oligarch’s yacht seized in Port Hercule The war in Ukraine had a direct impact in Monaco on Thursday when an oligarch’s yacht was prevented from leaving…
Minister of State says energy and tourism most at risk Minister of State Pierre Dartout said on Thursday evening that Monaco is following EU procedures on sanctions related to the war in Ukraine…
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Suez Canal blockage raises many questions about future claims modelling, says NI webinar
The Ever Given case is another reminder of the fragility of global supply chains and the importance of shipping but it raises some important questions about the challenges facing insurers when modelling for such claims, delegates attending a Nautical Institute webinar were told.
While the initial claim by the Suez Canal Authority was in the region of $900m it could end up being substantially lower, and...
ICS Launches New Edition of Leading Industry Guidelines on Combatting Drug Trafficking
Criminal gangs are increasingly exploiting merchant shipping to traffic large volumes of illicit drugs to markets worldwide. Nearly 90% of all cocaine, 45% of all cannabis, and 30% of all amphetamine type stimulants seized globally during January 2017 to April 2020 were trafficked via sea, despite the best efforts of the shipping industries to...
Pirates are kidnapping more seafarers off West Africa, IMB reports
London and Kuala Lumpur – 14 October 2020
ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea, compared with the same period in 2019. Pirates armed with guns and knives are abducting bigger groups of seafarers at further distances off
the West African coast.
IMB’s...
The “Stena Impero”
Charity says tanker release is good news but remains concerned about other ships.
Media have reported that the detained tanker Stena Impero has finally been allowed to sail and this morning began to leave Iranian waters. However, the charity remains concerned for a number of other vessels.
The Stena Impero is heading to international waters and then according to Stena to Dubai where the crew will be debriefed and repatriated. ‘After 69 days being detained against their will, it...
Charity optimistic that Gibraltar tanker release is hopeful news for Stena Impero seafarers
Following media reports of the Gibraltar court decision to drop charges against some of the Grace 1 tanker crew, it appears that the vessel is free to sail. Global seafarers’ charity, Stella Maris, hopes that this may lead to the release of the Stena Impero crew, detained in Iran for 27 days.
Whilst Iran has claimed the detention of the Grace 1 was not connected to the seizure of the Stena Impero, this has...
Guidance on Abduction of Crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and Waters off Eastern Sabah
Captain P. Mukundan
London and Kuala Lumpur, 16 January 2019 – Piracy increased on the world’s seas in 2018, with a marked rise in attacks against ships and crews around West Africa, the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest annual piracy report reveals.
Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) recorded 201 incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery in 2018, up from 180 in 2017.
The Gulf of Guinea remains increasingly dangerous for seafarers....