Ship Disaster Unlikely to Prompt Quick Safety Changes January 19, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz and Jonathan Saul The cruise ship disaster off Italy’s coast is drawing fresh scrutiny to the gaps in international safety rules and standards...
Official Says Germany Wants Armed Guards on Europe Ships August 23, 2011 By Henning Gloystein and Jonathan Saul Germany plans to lobby other European Union countries to allow the deployment of private armed guards on their merchant ships...
London’s Marine Insurers Say Libya to Stay on ‘High Risk’ List August 22, 2011 By Jonathan Saul There is no immediate prospect of Libya being removed from a list of areas deemed high risk by London’s marine...
Marine Insurers Add Benin to Risk List after Attacks August 8, 2011 By Jonathan Saul London’s marine insurance market has added Benin to a list of areas deemed high risk due to an escalation of...
Marine Security Firms Set Ethics Code in Battle against Piracy May 9, 2011 By Jonathan Saul Maritime security firms have come together to create a code of conduct and ethics, prompted by alarm over the rising...
London Ship Insurers Add Libya to ‘High-risk’ List March 4, 2011 By Jonathan Saul London’s marine insurance market has added Libya to a list of areas deemed high risk as violence escalates in Africa’s...
Long-range Somali Piracy Could Affect Insurance Costs, Conditions February 11, 2011 By Jonathan Saul and Myles Nelligan Insuring ships against piracy could become more expensive and subject to tighter conditions after the hijacking this week of oil...
Pirates Hijack U.S.-bound Oil Tanker off Oman February 10, 2011 By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on...
Lloyd’s Market: ‘No Direct Threat’ to Suez Canal Shipping January 31, 2011 By Jonathan Saul No direct threat to ships passing through the strategic Suez Canal waterway exists at the moment, despite unrest in Egypt,...
Suez Shipping Operating Normally Despite Egypt Unrest: Marine Insurers January 31, 2011 By Jonathan Saul No direct threat to ships passing through the strategic Suez Canal waterway exists at the moment, despite unrest in Egypt,...