The Biden administration in the US looks set to permit Venezuela to export oil to Europe. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th the US has been thawing its dealings with Venezuela, partly to…
There are growing fears throughout the shipping industry of renewed disruptions and backlogs as China begins renormalizing operations in Shanghai following nearly two months of Covid-related disruption. Vessel diversions increased rapidly starting from mid-April, resulting…
We recently saw IACS Council Withdrawing Russian Register’s Membership of IACS; the last couple of days we have seen also a number of Classification societies (LR, ABS) withdraw their services from vessels that are controlled,…
Given the current situation in Ukraine and all sanctions imposed the last weeks by US, UK, EU countries and entities, the IACS Council has announced that the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping’s membership of IACS…
North of England & Standard Club have announced that they are exploring the potential combining to jointly create a club. The two are of equal financial strength and this will allow them to compete with…
The arrangements for the renewal of the International Group’s General Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract (GXL) and Hydra reinsurance program for the forthcoming 2022 policy year have now been finalized
Due to the lack of enough container slots available in the market to satisfy the high demand, many bulk operators are currently evaluating the possibility of loading large quantities of containers on bulk carriers.
More than 100 people from the shipping industry got on their bikes in early September to cycle 100 km, raising over £66,000 ($91,311) for Cardiff’s Velindre Cancer Centre and The Mission to Sea farers.
