Businesses in the western Canadian province of British Columbia are facing a seasonal supply chain problem as a result of the loss of containers overboard from the ZIM Kingston (IMO 9389693), on October 21st. While “only” 109 containers fell overboard from the vessel in stormy weather, with a small...
The International Transport Intermediaries Club has warned brokers and agents that allowing complacency to creep into daily activities has the potential to cost them dearly. It noted a recent example concerning a shipbroker negotiating a short-term charter on behalf of their owner principal, for...
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The Steamship Mutual Extranet system was reported as unavailable yesterday, November 8th. Steamship Mutual apologized for any inconvenience caused during this period of unavailability. General cargo ship Arklow Flair (IMO 9361732) allided with the inner section of the outer pier in Workington Port,...
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Container ship MSC Shannon (IMO 8913423) sustained an engine room fire in the Gulf of Finland early on the morning of Sunday November 7th, disabling the vessel and prompting a large-scale emergency response. At about 02:00 Sunday local time the Finnish Coast Guard received a distress call from the...
An underwater investigating expedition has revealed that some 400 pieces of debris, including containers from the X-Press Pearl (IMO 9875343), were resting in the sea bed off the western coast of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), Navy (SLN), and National Aquatic...
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent an investigation team to container ship Zim Kingston (IMO 9389693), but the agency did not say that it had launched a full investigation. The incident is not listed on the board’s website as being under active investigation. The team sent by...
Johnny Shannon, cargo underwriter at MS Amlin, is reported by Insurance Insider to have resigned to join IQUW as a cargo underwriter. He would be joining colleague Scott Heeley, who became cargo lead underwriter at IQUW at the start of this month. In June this year Lloyd’s Syndicate Arcus 1856...
An incident in late October that apparently involved Vietnam-flagged crude oil tanker Sothys (IMO 9253064) has turned into a propaganda war between Iran and the USA. In an eight-minute slot Iranian TV celebrated what it described as the successful defence of one of its tankers from what it claimed...
International loss-adjusting business Charles Taylor Adjusting (CTA), part of the Charles Taylor insurance services group, has announced an associateship with Senon Insurance Adjusters & Appraisers in the Philippines. Senon Insurance Adjusters & Appraisers specializes in the adjustment of property, liability, and engineering claims plus inland and marine claims as well as appraisal of real estate…
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At the end of a distinctly long-term relationship, giant heavy lift barge VB 10,000 departed St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, USA on Monday November 1st. After two years of salvage work that started in September 2019 and which en route required no little amount of working things out as they...