SALVAGE AND WRECK REMOVAL– LIVE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 12 and 13 May 2022, a course on the latest updates on the salvage and wreck removal market and correct use of salvage and wreck contracts.
Emergency procedures are of an unpredictable nature. The new environmental requirements and the direct involvement of the state authorities in an incident, requires companies to be well prepared to respond in such events.
During the course the...
London, Monday 28th March 2022: A raft of consequences faces shipowners, insurers, and adjusters in dealing with the aftermath of ship collisions, speakers at the latest joint seminar in London of the Association of Average Adjusters and the International Underwriting Association made clear.
Casualties harbour potential cost implications...
Reminder Invitation to LSLC-YMP’s Breakfast Webinar- Collisions, Wreck Removal and Salvage in English and Singaporean Law – 9th March
To LSLC Members,
We are pleased to invite you to the first event in the LSLC-YMP’s 2022 Global Webinar Series.
The webinar is free to attend, however for those who wish to have breakfast/coffee break alongside, Penningtons Manches Cooper will provide a free breakfast/coffee break basket to the first 15 people to sign up in London and first 15 people to sign up in...
Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping
By Anny Zade
We have not experienced anything like this and never witnessed or heard anything to be as closely followed as the international mega-spread talk, gossip and social media communication, as the aftermath of our third international 100 Top Women in Shipping. It was more than touching to see how women reacted in uploading the results and making presentations individually or in groups in many regions all over Planet Ocean....
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/07/vital-statistics-for-the-2021-100-top-women-in-shipping/
FERRIES’ Union RMT today issued a statement on the 35th anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster which took the lives of 193 crew and passengers in waters off Zeebrugge on 6th March 1987
RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch said:
“We pay tribute to the memory of the crew and passengers who died in the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster and extend our condolences to the community in Dover who were so badly affected by this avoidable tragedy.
“This...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/06/35th-anniversary-of-the-herald-of-free-enterprise/
The BDI falls, Dirties unexpected rise; despicable mess and hype by all on Ukraine whilst …Covid still around..
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 57 points as well as the 2,200 threshold and now stands at 2,187.Unexpected rise in Dirties with the BDTI up 179 points at 904. Hype and theatre of the absurd in Ukraine with Russian Forces smashing local defences in all fronts; a big surprise or a copy of the Afghan Army’s collapse? Something more than dubious happened. The Covid-19...
Damen Shipyards signs contract with Tidewater for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309
Damen has signed a contract with Tidewater for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309. The tugs will be built at Albwardy Damen Sharjah and, on delivery in the first quarter of 2023, will both go on charter to a long-standing customer.
The 23-metre Stan Tug 2309 is a compact and versatile harbour and coastal tug which in its standard format is equipped for towing, mooring and fire-fighting, with a bollard...
Euroferry Olympia
IMO Secretary-General concern over Euroferry Olympia
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said: “I express my deep concern regarding the incident involving the fire onboard the ro-ro Euroferry Olympia, on 18 February, near the Island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, while en route from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Brindisi, Italy.
I wholeheartedly appreciate the efforts of the search and rescue authorities of Greece, as well as near-by merchant ships, for the rescue of more than 275 people...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/22/euroferry-olympia/
“It was so bad and so dark, we really thought we were going to die.”
A crew, shipwrecked by a cyclone in the Indian Ocean, has thanked Sailors’ Society’s Crisis Response Network for helping them through their trauma.
The vessel, which appeared to have engine failure just as Cyclone Batsirai hit, was shipwrecked – dashed onto the rocky coast of Réunion Island.
Speaking...
Suez Canal blockage raises many questions about future claims modelling, says NI webinar
The Ever Given case is another reminder of the fragility of global supply chains and the importance of shipping but it raises some important questions about the challenges facing insurers when modelling for such claims, delegates attending a Nautical Institute webinar were told.
While the initial claim by the Suez Canal Authority was in the region of $900m it could end up being substantially lower, and...