North P&I Club appoints Michael Asherson as Claims Director
North P&I Club has announced the appointment of Michael Asherson as Claims Director, in a return to the Club for one of shipping’s leading experts in maritime and insurance law after three years in private practice in his native South Africa.
Michael, who spent 18 years with North in the period up to 2018, returns to North’s Newcastle head office from 2 November to focus primarily on charter claims. The senior appointment...
DNV WEBINAR, 17 Nov: Anchor losses – how can we improve?
| WEBINAR: Anchor losses – how can we improve? |
| From 2019 to 2020, anchor losses and damages increased by more than 20%. What’s going wrong? And why? But more importantly, what can we do to minimize or prevent these incidents? |
| 17 November 202109.00 – 10.00 a.m. CET or04.00 – 05.00 p.m. CET Choose session and sign up |
This joint webinar from DNV, Gard and The Swedish Club will focus on how to reduce or prevent incidents...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/04/dnv-webinar-17-nov-anchor-losses-how-can-we-improve/
US$353 Million Jury Award in Texas
US$353 MILLION JURY AWARD IN TEXAS AND THE THIRD HIGH-PROFILE VERDICT IN 2021: WILL WE SEE MORE IN 2022?
BRIEFING
On 25 October 2021, a Texas jury awarded a $353 million verdict to a pedestrian – United Airlines wing walker Ulysses Cruz – who was struck by a van at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport in September 2019.
Cruz was left paraplegic as a result of the accident. Cruz filed a lawsuit against Allied Aviation Fueling Co of Houston Inc (the owner of the...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/01/us353-million-jury-award-in-texas/
First half figures show still-struggling economy…
Good Morning Monaco – Monday, September 20, 2021
First half figures show still-struggling economy
Economic figures for the second quarter of 2021 released on Friday, September 17, show a strong recovery from 2020. However, comparisons with 2019 – before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic – demonstrate a net decline in turnover in almost all sectors.
Rybolovlev loses last Swiss lawsuit
The Geneva prosecutor’s office has dropped the last legal case...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/20/first-half-figures-show-still-struggling-economy/
Sailors’ Society secures innocent seafarers’ release
Five Indian crew, wrongly imprisoned in Iran, have finally been released and reunited with their families, thanks to intervention from Sailors’ Society.
Deepak Ravi and four fellow Indian crew spent six months in an Iranian prison after being arrested on suspicion of transporting illegal oil in March this year.
In despair, after weeks of trying to prove their innocence, Deepak’s family contacted...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/09/sailors-society-secures-innocent-seafarers-release/
Monaco businessman wins UK court case…
Good Morning Monaco – Monday, August 30, 2021
Superyachts gain in popularity as pandemic endures
If there were a league table for superyachts, Italy would come out top, according to Bloomberg. A total of 228 superyachts have been cruising off the Italian coast over the five days to August 27…
Monegasque businessman wins UK legal case
Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio, chairman of Silversea Cruises, has won a court case in London against a former business collaborator…
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/30/monaco-businessman-wins-uk-court-case/
Skuld launches online claims tool
Oslo: 27 August 2021 – Skuld, a world-leading marine insurance provider, today announces the launch of its inaugural online claims tool.
Skuld is the first dedicated marine insurer to develop an online claims tool that will allow members to receive reimbursement of crew claims automatically.
The solution will allow members, clients, brokers and crewing managers to notify all crew claims to Skuld on skuld.com, add information, documents and cost. Simpler claims...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/27/skuld-launches-online-claims-tool/
Lloyd’s commits to the future of the Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch
LONDON, 23 JULY 2021: In a move that has been strongly endorsed by UK maritime professional services body Maritime London, Lloyd’s has confirmed that it will continue to operate the Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch (LSAB) that oversees the Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) salvage contract and procedures.
The Lloyd’s Council decision follows an...
The Impact of COVID-19, Facilitative Mediation, Early Intervention, and the new Visual Online Dispute Resolution
by Rhys Clift, MCIArb[1]
This is the first of two papers published on ADR, at a particularly striking moment, as all restrictions imposed by the British Government (applicable in England) are to be lifted on 19/7/2021. This paper has just been published in the Journal of International Maritime Law (JIML) at 2021) 27 JIML page 96, on 9th July 2021. The second paper will...
HRAS: Syrian Master Urgently Requests Support to End Eight Month Abandonment
London. UK. The Master of the MV Ali Bey (IMO 9070515) has provided a voluntary video testimony to Human Rights at Sea outlining the privations that he and the remaining three Syrian crew members continue to suffer since their vessel was arrested and abandoned by its owner in Constanza Port, Romania, in November 2020 with earned wages owed prior to that date stated as totalling USD $175,000.
The post Syrian Master...