The US federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has defied Oregon Governor Tina Kotek with plans to move ahead with offshore wind areas off Oregon. The move has highlighted a split in the Democratic Party on how its future energy plans should unfold. The federal Department of the Interior,...
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) coordinated the medevac of Philippines national Valid Ola Gilbert from container ship Evelyn Maersk (IMO 9321512) during the night of August 13th after the seafarer had had suffered a heart attack. The man was stabilized on the way to the port with oxygen support and...
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Drilling rig Majestic capsized in Nigeria’s Delta State on Tuesday August 15th, killing one and leaving three missing, according to the charterer. Nigerian oil company Seplat said that “Seplat Energy regrets to announce a serious incident on the Depthwize swamp drilling rig Majestic in the early...
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The Swedish Club has reported a positive H1 2023. It said that its insurance portfolio had continued to develop strongly “in terms of both volumes and quality”. The Club reported a profit of $16m and a combined ratio of 98%. The Club also said that “encouraging developments during the year in terms...
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Russian air strikes on Tuesday night/ early Wednesday morning August 15th/16th in southern Ukraine damaged grain silos and warehouses at one of Ukraine’s ports on the Danube, Ukraine’s Odesa’s Governor Oleh Kiper said on Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app. “Russian terrorists attacked Odesa region twice last night with attack drones. The main target is…
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In a deeper dive into the Seafarer Happiness Index Q2 report, Group Club NorthStandard has noted that the Q2 2023 results reflected a sustained drop in happiness for the second quarter in succession, and that this signalled “a worrisome atmosphere for those on board”. The Club said that it was...
Cargo and specie underwriter Joanne Reynolds is leaving Argenta Syndicate Management Ltd after 14 years to join the cargo team at Axis, reports Insurance Insider. In July AXIS Capital Holdings has announced the appointment of Frank Romeo to lead its entry into the US marine cargo insurance (IMN...
Ship-to-ship transfers of Russian crude, which went through a phase of high activity in April this year in the Western Mediterranean near Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, only to be paused for a few months, now appear to have resumed. Tanker Tiburon (IMO 9283291) recently collected about...
Container ship Joseph Schulte (IMO 9605243, dwt 111,000) left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday morning August 16th. Ukrainian parliamentary member Oleksiy Honcharenko had stated early on Wednesday that. “a container ship has left the port of Odesa right now. It had been in Odesa...
Fishing vessel Valdimar H (IMO 6807785) entered the fishing grounds north of Bjørnøya (Bear Island) in the morning of August 13th, making it the third Norwegian fishing vessel to defy the Russian missile test that had been announced in two larger areas north and south of the island of Bjørnøya,...