‘Blame game’: Fresh push to protect ship captains caught up in international crime
Shipmasters call for special protection to provide legal fighting fund to battle trumped-up charges
Insurance
Reducing the risk: Insurers examine AI to build safer shipping portfolios
Underwriters to assess the challenges facing shipping
Drug claims put seafarers and recruitment at risk, union says
Criminalisation will worsen shipping’s recruitment crisis, says union
Sanctions hit home: Shadow tankers pushed out of South American trades by mainstream ships, BW executive says
Change in the nature of the product tanker fleet marks a success for targeted sanctions
How chronic boredom is driving maritime casualties
UK’s top accident investigator says bridge systems must create alerts that cut through watchkeeper drudgery
Mobster-like operations fuel flourishing false-flagging ruse
Rise of flag-hopping shadow fleets exposes limitations of IMO’s powers to crack down on rogue registries
‘Alarming’: Price-cutting newcomers drive competition for marine insurers despite ‘intensifying’ risks
Industry warns that price-cutting is unsustainable as risks pile up from ageing fleet and untested technology
Price-cutting newcomers drive competition for marine insurers despite ‘intensifying’ risks
Industry warns that price-cutting is unsustainable as risks pile up from ageing fleet and untested technology
Improve crew vetting and cut alcohol use to stop sex attacks on ships, conference hears
Operators and their insurers potentially liable for big payouts if they fail to take steps to ensure women’s safety
UK minister’s claims of sanctions success ring hollow
Svarog Shipping was fined in May for failing to respond to an investigation, although no breach was found