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#1 Update: Insurers Can’t Ask Punitive Damages in Marine Cargo Contract Dispute
Aug 11 2025 // Despite allegations of fraud and padding of premiums, neither a Miami-based cargo insurance broker nor a Lloyd’s coverholder can be asked to pay punitive damages in a breach-of-contract dispute, a Florida appeals...
#2 Explorers Discover Wreckage of Old Cargo Ship That Sank in Lake Superior Storm
Mar 14 2025 // Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the...
#3 NTSB Faults ‘Failure’ in Training Before Deadly Newark Cargo Ship Fire
Apr 17 2025 // The Newark fire department’s lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the East Coast’s largest port in July 2023 amounted to a “failure of...
#4 Houthi Attacks in Red Sea Sink Two Cargo Ships, Leave Three Dead
Jul 9 2025 // Houthi attacks in the Red Sea left three crew members dead and sank two cargo vessels in a fresh wave of assaults by the Tehran-backed group along the crucial maritime trade route. Liberian-flagged MV Eternity C sank on...
#5 Cargo Ship Hit by Explosive Device off Yemen’s Coast
Sep 30 2025 // A cargo ship was hit by an explosive device near Yemen and caught fire, injuring two seafarers. The Netherlands-flagged Minervagracht, a relatively small general cargo ship, is currently on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its...
#6 Burning Cargo Ship Carrying 3,000 Vehicles Abandoned Off Alaska
Jun 4 2025 // The crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska after a fire broke out onboard, its operator Zodiac Maritime said on Wednesday. The 22 crew...
#7 Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Promise Cleaner Transport but Could Be Hard to Insure
Jun 18 2025 // The commercial shipping industry is chasing a novel carbon-free propulsion technology as it pursues a lofty climate goal: nuclear power. Shipping accounts for more planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions than Japan. The...
#8 Norwegian Man Awakes to Discover Grounded Cargo Ship Narrowly Missed His Home
May 27 2025 // A Norwegian man awoke to find that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord’s coast. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he’d slept through...
#9 Cargo Ship That Ran Aground in Norway, Nearly Hitting a House, Is Towed Back to Sea
May 29 2025 // A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbor on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident. A tugboat...
#10 Optio Group Acquires Norwegian-Based Marine Hull Specialist MGA, S Insurance
Mar 3 2025 // Optio Group, the London-based independent specialty MGA, announced it has acquired Norwegian-based MGA S Insurance AS (S Insurance) for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval. This acquisition follows...
