NorthStandard merger does not necessarily mean other marine mutuals will join forces any time soon, says Andrew Taylor

‘Economic conditions are challenging, and activity and income for our industry is volatile year on year. The trend towards a smaller number of larger and more complicated cases enhances that annual variability,’ says Sloane

‘Responsibility has often been taken away from the master despite the master’s knowledge and experience of the casualty, and their responsibility and authority in accordance with the International Safety Management code,’ argues former Secretary of State’s representative

Local maritime authorities have set up a team to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the cause of the incident

Insurance cost of pandemic will likely make it the third-largest catastrophe loss of all time, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001

Shipping’s darker episodes often read like true crime, but the case of the Brilliante Virtusoso raises important questions about the opaque underbelly of the shipping industry as well as the insurance and legal markets that support it. Kit Chellel, one of the writers who pieced together the astounding truth behind one of the most brazen financial frauds in history, joins the podcast this week to discuss his remarkable book that everyone should be taking away to the beach this summer — Dead in the Water.

Case centres on naval patrol vessel that fired on upmarket Antarctic cruiseship and then sank

The chemical tanker Millennial Spirit was first hit during the first days of Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine

The Japan Transport Safety Board reported operational and management shortcomings underpinning the loss of the bulk carrier Wakashio. But only the master and first officer were jailed