Venezuela’s Oil Tankers at Risk of Spills, Sinking, Fires, Collisions: Report May 5, 2023 By Mircely Guanipa More than half of the 22 oil tankers in Venezuela’s fleet are so run down that they should be immediately...
Burning Oil Tanker off Malaysia Rings Alarm Bells About Shadow Fleet May 2, 2023 By Ann Koh Three crew members are missing from a Gabon-registered tanker that caught fire on Monday in the South China Sea, a...
Tanker Company Shipping Russian Oil Loses Insurance on G-7 Price Cap April 21, 2023 By Alex Longley and Julian Lee An oil tanker company heavily involved in moving Russian oil lost industry standard insurance for its fleet after falling foul...
Western Curbs on Russian Oil Products Redraw Global Energy Shipping Patterns April 6, 2023 By Mohi Narayan and Jonathan Saul Global fuel suppliers are turning to longer and costlier routes that produce more carbon emissions to move their diesel and...
Gallagher’s Pen Enters Specialist Marine Market With Purchase of Tay River Holdings April 3, 2023 Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent and Arthur J. Gallagher subsidiary, announced it has acquired Tay River Holdings Ltd.,...
UN Maritime Agency Raises Safety Concerns About Shadow Oil Tanker Fleet April 3, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale and Thomas Gualtieri A United Nations agency that oversees shipping raised concerns about the shadow fleet of tankers that has emerged to transport...
Russia Still Uses Western Insurance for Half of Tanker Fleet That Exports Its Oil March 30, 2023 By Bloomberg News Russia still relies on Western insurers to cover more than half of the tanker fleet that exports its oil, according...
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...
Insurers to Pay Bangladesh Shipping Corp. $22.48M for Vessel Hit by Missile in Ukraine March 1, 2023 By Ruma Paul and Jonathan Saul Insurers are about to pay state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corp. (BSC) $22.48 million for its vessel that was hit by a...
Shipping Industry Grapples With Ways to Cut Cargo Fires at Sea February 22, 2023 Global shipping companies are exploring ways to boost safety in transporting cargoes as risks grow from fires erupting inside containers...