Viewpoint: East Coast Port Strike: Insurance and Risk Management Implications October 1, 2024 By Tom Ptacek, JD and Zoi Fanourgiakis As it has many times before, the International Longshore Association (ILA) threatened a strike, beginning October 1, that would shut...
Toxic Waste Bound for Thailand on Maersk, MSC Cargo Vessels to Return to Europe August 16, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Shipping containers bound for Thailand allegedly filled with tons of hazardous industrial waste from Albania are now slated to return...
Thailand Races to Stop Toxic Waste Cargo on MSC, Maersk Ships August 13, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Thai authorities are racing to stop about 100 shipping containers allegedly filled with hazardous industrial waste from Albania reaching the...
Ukraine Boosts Grain Exports Despite Intensified Russian Attacks August 12, 2024 By Pavel Polityuk, Jonathan Saul and Tom Balmforth Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has...
Claim on Seized Hemp Shipment Barred, Showing Trickiness of Coverage August 1, 2024 By William Rabb International treaties preempt state-based legal actions, giving an air transport company an escape from claims on what a hemp producer...
Markets/Coverages: Loadsure Launches Motor Truck Cargo Insurance February 13, 2024 Loadsure, the London-based insurtech MGA, announced the launch of motor truck cargo insurance, a data-powered insurance product, purpose-built for the...
Markets/Coverages: RSA Insurance and Brit Launch Project Cargo Consortium January 9, 2024 RSA Insurance’s UK Specialty Lines business and Brit Ltd. have announced the launch of a new Project Cargo consortium, called...
Here Are Details of Trafigura’s Suit Against Businessman Gupta in Alleged Nickel Fraud December 6, 2023 Indian businessman Prateek Gupta asked a London judge on Tuesday to lift an order freezing his personal and business assets,...
Trafigura Staff Tried to Hide Nickel ‘Red Flags,’ Gupta Says in Court Document December 6, 2023 By Jack Farchy, Jonathan Browning and Archie Hunter Staff at Trafigura Group worked with alleged fraudster Prateek Gupta to ensure that their dealings would not raise the suspicion...
4 Billion Pieces of Paper Keep Global Trade Afloat but Fraud Fuels Push to Digitize October 4, 2023 By Archie Hunter They are relatively easy to fake. Frequently get lost. And can add huge amounts of time to any journey. Yet...