The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to lead to a shrinkage in the marine insurance sector as part of an overall contraction in the global economy, which will lead in turn to a contraction in the size of the industry, according to Richard Turner, President of the International Union of Marine Insurance...
Salvors have now recovered 63 of the 81 containers lost overboard by the YM Efficiency (IMO 9353280) in rough seas off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, while she was en route from Taiwan to Sydney. The vessel found herself in heavy seas off Port Stephens in June 2018. There were 81 containers...
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has issued a safety warning relating to the use of hand sanitizers, noting that the liquid used can ignite if exposed to an ignition source before the sanitiser has fully evaporated and dried. A company employee used alcohol-based hand gel...
With the plight of thousands of seafarers being stranded on their ships well past the expiry of their contract finally getting global publicity, Cyprus has said that crew changes in its country will be possible during the Covid-19 pandemic, providing certain conditions are met. Decrees issued by...
Box ship Marina (IMO 9252864) has been refused entry by both Italy and Malta because it has 78 migrants on board that it wants to disembark. Malta prime minister Robert Abela said on Monday May 4th that his country would not relax its position of keeping migrants outside its territorial waters. The...
The invasive and predatory stinging Vespa mandarinia (the “murder hornet”) has appeared in Washington State, USA, near the Canadian border Scientists said they did not know for sure how the insect arrived in Blaine, but said that the most likely scenario was that it arrived on a container ship...
German police discovered about 500kg of cocaine on bulk carrier Budva (IMO 9693501) during the morning of May 2nd after boarding and searching the vessel when the ship arrived at Hamburg. The cocaine was found hidden in what was described as “cargo area”. One of the 23 Montenegrin crew was...
Cargo failure (liquefaction) and delays in casualty investigation reporting continued to be a major safety concern for dry bulk shipping, Intercargo has said in its annual Bulk Carrier Casualty Report. The publication provides analysis of bulk carrier casualties over the past 10 years. Last year the dry bulk shipping sector suffered only one total loss,…
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There have been 16 ship crew kidnapped by pirates off the coast of West Africa in the past week, according to Dryad. On April 30th it was reported that 10 seamen had been kidnapped in an attack on oil products tanker Vemahope (IMO 9477751), about 178nm south-southeast of Lagos. The Vemahope was...
Although the water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen sharply after recent rain, they still remain too shallow for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded in some northern sections of the river, according to traders. The river fell below normal levels in late April after dry weather. Heavy rain...