Container ship MSC Aries (IMO 9857169) was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on April 13th because it had violated maritime laws, the Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed on Monday April 15th. It added that it was in “no doubt” that the vessel was linked to Israel. “The vessel was diverted into Iran’s...
DUAL announced yesterday that it had significantly strengthened its Marine capability in Europe with the acquisition of Swiss Re’s Genoa-based Marine team, with the authority to write Marine business for Swiss Re going forward. DUAL said that the deal was part of the group’s ambitions to become a...
Ukraine and Russia negotiated for two months on a deal to ensure the safety of merchant shipping in the Black Sea, and in March had actually reached agreement on a text, but the Ukrainian side pulled out of the talks “at the last minute”, according to a Reuters report, citing several unnamed...
UK-based insurance intermediary Howden has launched a cargo war risk facility to protect vessels from drone and missile strikes by Yemeni-based militia groups in the Red Sea. The cargo war facility offers up to $50m of coverage per insured vessel, although it noted that the largest limit quoted so...
Germany-based NGO Animal Welfare Foundation and French environmental organization Robin des Bois have questioned the safety of livestock carriers in a just-published report on the safety risks associated with livestock carriers trading from the European Union. This organizations produced a similar snapshot three years ago. The average EU-approved livestock carrier is now older (43 years…
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A fire was reported to have broken out aboard offshore processing ship SeaRose FPSO (IMO 9274501) during the late afternoon of April 11th while it was undergoing a major refit in the drydock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It had docked there in January. About 50 firefighters...
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The hijacked Bangladeshi bulk carrier Abdullah (IMO 9745598), along with its crew of 23, was released by Somali pirates early on Sunday April 14th. Two of the pirates said that a $5m ransom had been paid. “The money was brought to us two nights ago as usual… we checked whether the money was fake or…
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Russian crude oil and refined oil products have become trapped at sea on four tankers after the US sancioned the vessels with fresh Iran-related sanctions, reported Reuters, citing LSEG data shown on Friday. On April 4th the US imposed new Iran-related sanctions against a shipping firm Oceanlink...
Members of the Haitian gangs 5 Seconds and Taliban (possibly named after, but with no llnk to the Afghan Taliban) recently captured freighter Magalie (IMO 7413892) at Port-Au-Prince’s Varreux terminal district, according to local media, stealing a sixth of the vessel’s cargo of rice, which is...
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized container ship MSC Aries (IMO 9857169) on Saturday April 13th in the Strait of Hormuz, days after the country’s government warned that it could close strait. The vessel was boarded by Iranian special forces about 50 miles off the coast of the United Arab Emirates,...