Aging Shadow Fleet, Shipping Russian Oil, Poses Disaster Risk March 27, 2023 By Asad Zulfiqar The oil tanker Turba normally should have been melted down by now. The 26-year-old vessel hasn’t had a full inspection...
London Market Insurers Publish Guidelines for Marine Casualty Claims March 17, 2023 New guidelines have been agreed by marine insurers in the London Market to help improve collaboration in the handling of...
Ship Insurers’ Exodus From Russia-Ukraine Risks Gathers Momentum December 29, 2022 By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale A host of shipping insurers altered their policies for 2023 to exclude claims linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, a...
Could G-7 Sanctions Against Russia Have Unintended Insurance Consequences? December 16, 2022 By L.S. Howard The G-7 sanctions on Russian oil, which include a $60 per barrel price cap and restrictions on key services such...
Insurers and Turkey Reach Deal to Let Oil Tankers Sail Unhindered: Norway’s Gard December 13, 2022 Norwegian ship insurer Gard said on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached between Turkey and insurers to enable vessels...
Oil Tanker Clears Turkish Shipping Logjam With Letter From Russian Insurer: Document December 7, 2022 A letter provided by Russian insurer Ingosstrakh enabled the first oil tanker to sail through Turkish waters in recent days...
Turkey’s Proof-of-Insurance Rule Ensnares Russian Oil Shipments December 6, 2022 By Alex Longley Oil shipments from Russia and Kazakhstan are getting ensnared in a Turkish government rule to provide proof that tankers are...
Turkey to Demand Oil Tankers Have Proof of Insurance, Adding Teeth to Russia Sanctions November 17, 2022 By Alex Longley, Ugur Yilmaz and Ercan Ersoy Turkey warned the world’s oil shippers they will need to prove they’re insured to cross the country’s vital straits, a...
Reuters: Russian Oil Cap Spurs Insurer Fears of Oil-Laden Ships Being Left at Sea November 11, 2022 Oil-laden tankers risk being left languishing at sea if insurers do not urgently get clarity on an unfinished G7 and...
UK to Cap Price of Russian Oil Using Insurance, Brokerage, Shipping Services Ban November 4, 2022 By Joe Mayes The UK government is to cap the price of Russian oil for any company in the world using the country’s...