Shadow-Fleet Oil Tanker That Crashed Had Void Western Insurance April 29, 2024 A shadow-fleet oil tanker that crashed in Denmark’s vital straits produced a set of insurance documents that weren’t valid, a...
Russia Reinsurer Backs Domestic Carriers to Get Indian Marine Insurance Permits April 26, 2024 By Nidhi Verma Russia’s state-owned reinsurer has given financial backing to three Russian insurance firms, allowing them to get Indian approval to provide...
Deadly Explosion off Nigeria Points to Threat From Aging Oil Ships Around the World October 31, 2023 By Helen Wieffering and Grace Ekpu OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) – It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the...
Oil Tanker Sails to Israeli Red Sea Port to Avoid Conflict October 20, 2023 By Sherry Su An oil tanker is hauling a cargo of crude toward an Israeli Red Sea port that’s seldom used for crude...
Philippines Coast Guard Identifies Marshall Islands Oil Tanker in Fatal Collision October 4, 2023 By Andreo Calonzo Three people are dead after a Philippine fishing boat collided with an oil tanker in what the nation’s coast guard...
Russia’s Flagship Oil Rises Above G-7 Sanctions Cap, but Does Little to Impede Services August 22, 2023 By Alex Longley The price of Russia’s flagship oil may have jumped above a Group of Seven imposed cap but that has done...
Japan Insurers to Maintain Cover for LNG Vessels in Russian Waters December 30, 2022 By Ritsuko Shimizu and Yuka Obayashi Japanese insurers are expected to maintain marine war insurance, which covers the sinking and requisition of ships due to war...
How Will Japan Secure Shipping Insurance for Imports of Russian LNG? December 29, 2022 By Yuka Obayashi Japan, the world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer, is facing its latest challenge in securing vital gas supplies from...
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...
Ship Insurers to Cancel War Risk Cover for Russia, Ukraine Following Reinsurer Exit December 28, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul Ship insurers said they are canceling war risk cover across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, following an exit from the region...