Digital equipment managed Container xChange has warned that the overall availability of containers was likely to worsen as a result of the war in Ukraine following the Russian invasion Container xChange CEO Christian Roeloffs said that “we expect this awful war to add to the stretched nature of...
At least three tankers controlled by Russia-based Sovcomflot have re-routed to the Bahamas, according to vessel tracking data. The tankers had been unable to deliver their cargoes due to Western sanctions. The state-owned marine business was blacklisted by the US in late February because of the...
London Club has announced the death of Edward Waite, who came to the London P&I Club in 2017 as a UK solicitor, after gaining experience of different sectors of the shipping industry in the UK and Japan, including brokerage and journalism. In a warm tribute the Club said that “by nature, Edward...
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A further two tankers that had been intended to unload oil or LNG at UK or EU ports have diverted away from their original destination because of uncertainty as to whether the energy could be unloaded. As reported in IMN last week, the Fedor Litke (IMO 9768370), NS Champion (IMO 9299719) and Boris...
Matt Roles, Head of Underwriting Performance, Lloyd’s of London will be joining the panel discussion at Marine Insurance London 2022. March 22nd on the topic “London – The Centre of the Marine World?” The session will examine how new market entrants (brokers, MGAs and insurers) are re-shaping the...
The Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB), the umbrella charity for UK Merchant Navy and fishing fleets which provides welfare support to seafarers, fishermen and their dependents, has said that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP must provide clarity on how seafarers will be affected by Russian ships...
The Philippines government has said that it was accelerating a rescue mission for Philippines seafarers who had found themselves stranded in Ukraine when it was invaded by Russia in late February. Of the evacuees to date, 21 made up the all-Filipino crew of bulk carrier S-Breeze (IMO 9317145)....
Germany-based KfW IPEX-Bank has obtain the arrest of cruise ship World Dream (IMO 9733117), the last cruise ship belonging to Genting Hong Kong’s that was still operating. The vessel moored at Singapore’s cruise terminal on Wednesday March 2nd after its final “cruise to nowhere” and was arrested...
A man has died, with seven crew members bieing rescued after a UK-flagged fishing trawler capsized off Norway. 1992-built, UK-flagged, 257 gt Njord (IMO 9048304) left Peterhead on Saturday afternoon March 5th, but got into difficulty in the North Sea when it was about 100nm west of Stavanger....
New Zealand is to introduce legislation that will allow it to impose sanctions against Russia – the first time New Zealand will have levied sanctions on a specified individual country. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that sanctions would give New Zealand the ability to freeze Russian assets in...