Egypt Court Rejects Appeal to Release Giant Container Ship Seized by Suez Authority May 24, 2021 By Salma El Wardany and Mirette Magdy An Egyptian court rejected an appeal by the owner of a giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal to...
India Continues Rescue Operations After Powerful Cyclone Tauktae Batters Region May 19, 2021 By Summit Khanna and Aishwarya Nair AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI – Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India’s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful...
Cyclone Sinks Barge Operated by India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Hundreds Rescued May 18, 2021 By Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Debjit Chakraborty A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting...
Danish Lawmakers Eye New Probe of 1990 Ferry Disaster, with Insurance Focus May 14, 2021 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire...
Insurer UK Club Says Suez Canal Ship’s Reduced Claim Is Still Too Big May 10, 2021 CAIRO – UK Club, an insurer of the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, said on Monday...
Shipping Containers Plunge Overboard as Supply Race Raises Risks April 27, 2021 By Ann Koh Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate,...
Insurer for Ever Given Container Ship Appeals Detention by Egypt After Suez Grounding April 23, 2021 LONDON – UK Club, an insurer of the Ever Given cargo ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal in...
Philippine Rescuers Find Bodies of 4 Crew Members of Abandoned Cargo Ship; 9 Missing April 22, 2021 MANILA, Philippines – Rescuers in the southern Philippines found the bodies of four crew members Wednesday and rescued seven others...
Seized Suez Ship Declared Fit for Onward Passage (Once Compensation Is Paid) April 14, 2021 CAIRO – The cargo vessel that blocked global shipping in the Suez Canal and is caught in a legal dispute...
Update: Egypt Seizes Container Ship that Blocked Suez, Pending $916M Compensation April 13, 2021 By Tarek El-Tablawy and Alex Longley Egypt seized a giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as it sought compensation of more than...