Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has awarded Bardex Corporation a contract for a 165-meter shiplift with a capacity of over 27,000 tonnes. The Bardex OmniLift shiplift will include fifty-six 575-tonne chain jack lift stations and, according to Bardex, will be the largest shiplift in North America and South America.
The system will support Irving’s River-class destroyer shipbuilding program, awarded under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.
“It’s a pleasure to welcome Bardex onto the...
Thomas Miller Claims Management (TMCM), the claims management division of insurance services company Thomas Miller Group, has announced the hiring of Jessica Maitra as director of claims and legal services.
Maitra will oversee all TMCM operations, including Thomas Miller Law, as director of claims and legal services.
She joins Thomas Miller Group as a qualified solicitor from Clyde & Co, where she was a partner in the Marine and International Trade section. Meanwhile, Jessica has over two decades...
https://container-news.com/thomas-miller-appoints-new-director-of-claims-and-legal-services-sector/
Thomas Miller Insurance Germany (TMIG) has entered into an agreement to sell its German-based claims recovery business of ZASS International GmbH to BARBUSS.
BARBUSS is a global team operating in 14 countries that improves results for clients in the (re)insurance and international trade industries, focusing on effective management of claims recoveries.
The acquisition of ZASS’ business bolsters BARBUSS’ presence in Germany and will help expand its operations in European insurance claims recovery,...
https://container-news.com/barbuss-acquires-zass-from-thomas-miller/
S&P affirms UK P&I Club’s A rating – confirms “very strong” capital but changes outlook
On 30th October 2020 ratings agency Standard & Poor’s released a research update on the UK Club and affirmed the Club’s ‘A’ rating. In doing so S&P confirmed the UK Club’s capital as being “very strong” and at the ‘AAA’ level on its capital model. Nevertheless, the agency amended the outlook from stable to negative. S&P reports that, in general, “Protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs are facing a high number...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/10/30/sp-affirms-uk-pi-clubs-a-rating/
WISTA UK – Autonomous Shipping — Small Steps not a Giant Leap
The paraphrasing of Neil Armstrong’s words some fifty years ago sums up one visionary’s thoughts on the impact of autonomy on the future of global shipping.
A presentation by Filip Koscielecki of the UK Club entitled ‘Autonomous Shipping – Revolution by Evolution’ took his enthralled audience through the vast array of technical, regulatory, commercial and legal issues that are potentially created by the inevitable progression towards...