The Corinth Canal that separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland had to be closed after being hit by a landslide in the morning of Nov 13, 2020. The avalanche reduced the draft in the canal, with the result that cargo ship Nemesis (IMO 8102799), en route from Thira to Drepano, ran aground...
The cruise of boutique cruise vessel Sea Dream 1 (IMO 8203438) remained suspended on Friday after tests on guests mid-cruise returned “assumptive positive results”. The cruise, although it had only 53 guests and 66 crew – at least two of whom were journalists/travel writers live-blogging on the...
Irish Sea shipping services have said that they were experiencing an increase in demand, partly because businesses were beginning to stockpile, as deadline after deadline is being allowed to slip past by the UK and EU negotiators ahead of the expiry of the UK-EU transition agreement on January 1st...
In Circular BPI 018 – 20, published at the end of October, the Brazilian Navy has created a Commission for the Monitoring and Neutralization of Impacts Resulting from Marine Pollution by Oil and other Pollutants in the Blue Amazon. The ordinance addresses what the Navy said was a need for dialogue,...
Cutting of capsized car carrier Golden Ray (IMO 9775816) in the St. Simon’s Sound was halted after the Unified Command (UC) activated its Heavy Weather Plan in advance of Hurricane Eta approaching on November 11th. The heavy lift crane vessel VB 10000 paused cutting operations part of the way...
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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on seven individuals and 10 entities, including companies tied to Syria’s oil refineries, oil terminal, and Lebanese shipping company Sallizar Shipping. The Treasury department said that the latest...
Marine-focused law firm HFW has said that it is helping shipping association BIMCO draft the industry’s first standard contract for the operation of autonomous vessels. The new standard contract will be based on the SHIPMAN 2009 agreement for use with autonomous ships, and is expected to be...
UK trade with the EU faces significant disruption when the Brexit transition period ends in January, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. It said that it was very unlikely that traders would be sufficiently prepared for checks the EU is due to impose at its borders. The NAO also warned that...
In broker Gallagher’s P&I Pre-renewal Review 2020, Gallagher executive director Marine P&I Division Malcom Godfrey observed that at the 2020 renewal in February the Clubs had started to try to arrest the slide in premium rates, even to push them up somewhat. He said that, in all probability, the...
Container ship One Aquila (IMO 9806043) is now due to arrive at its original destination of Long Beach, California, towards the end of November. The 14,052 teu vessel suffered a container stack collapse and as a result reportedly lost at least 100 containers overboard during the morning of October...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/marine-accident-round-up-13th-november-2020/