The European Union (EU) has provided further details of its latest package of sanctions against Russia. Splash reported last week that ships caught carrying out ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of price cap-breaking Russian oil in European…
UNIDENTIFIED pirates have boarded a vessel ‘M TNyon’ attacked and robbed crew members during the most recent incident of piracy in West Africa. Yesterday’s incident, which reportedly left several crew members with minor injuries, came…
Ukrainian officials will be keeping an eye on water levels along the Danube this summer as more grain exports look likely to be shifted along Europe’s longest river with Russia making shipments via the Black…
Hellenic shipowners will henceforth have to make sure the share of their vessels flying European flags does not decline. For every vessel that Greek shipowners put under one of the usual international registries based in…
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has affirmed its 'A' rating on Skuld. The Club’s outlook is stable. For further info, please see the relevant press release here https://www.skuld.com/about/-/press-releases/2023/sp-affirms-skulds-a-rating-with-stable-outlook/
New boss Thomas Nordberg turns to digitalisation to make its business more resilient. Thomas Nordberg is hosting his first annual general meeting as managing director of the Swedish Club after six months in charge, in…
After a couple of years of depressing results caused by higher-than-acceptable claims levels, Japan Club on June 14th reported that for the 2022 business year it had achieved a net premium income increase of ¥13.50bn…
Nigeria’s recent puzzling actions in terms of detentions and back-tax notifications have had what might have been seen as a predictable effect. Shipowners are staying away. The cost of shipping oil from Nigeria has increased…
Tanker owners operating in or near Nigeria have not been having a happy time of things recently, and another potential problem has arisen via newly-assessed back taxes, reported Intertanko. Bloomberg cited at least two tanker…
