Opinion

The Shadow Fleet’s Hidden Liability: Oil Spills and Environmental Risk

In these turbulent times, it’s worth thinking about the oil spill risks from tanker attacks. More accurate tracking, and ID verification, of all tankers has to be an urgent goal as regards marine insurance right […]

Global insurance trends

Container Security Conditions Should Name the Padlock Grade

Shipping and storage containers on building sites and depots usually rely on one padlock to protect what’s inside. That lock rarely gets more than a passing mention on a risk survey, even though it can […]

Insurance claims

Atradius Trade Claims Data Shows Supply Chain Stress

It isn’t just oil or gas, trade is suffering global stress after a heatwave summer, fires and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Some interesting data here from Atradius; Highlights Claims overall are down […]

News

Strait of Hormuz Escalation Exposes Growing Risks to Commercial Shipping

This piece is by Saleem Khan, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Pole Star Global. The situation may well ease as Saudi Arabia makes full use of its overland pipeline, plus several nation States decide to […]

Global insurance trends

Iran: New Report Looks at Dry Bulk Impact

Here’s some info on dry bulk issues from Veson; The dry bulk market is feeling the impact of recent global shifts, from the conflict in Iran to the opening of Guinea’s Simandou mine and evolving US-China trade tensions. Veson Nautical’s latest Market […]

Opinion

Non-Payment Insurance and its Use in the Shipping Industry

It has been around for quite some time in other asset classes but in recent times non-payment insurance applications are becoming ever so much more popular as a risk mitigation tool. The main reasons for […]

InsureTech

Marine: Veson Nautical Achieves SOC1 Certification

The word from Veson as they make the grade when it comes to data security and reporting; Veson Nautical, a global leader in maritime data and freight management solutions, announces that it has achieved SOC1 […]