Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse September 5, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied...
EV-Carrying Ship Sinks in Pacific Ocean After Catching Fire June 25, 2025 By Alex Longley A ship that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month has sunk. The vessel was abandoned in the...
Report Shows Cargo Theft Risk at All-Time Highs as Memorial Day Weekend Nears May 22, 2025 Cargo theft activity across the U.S. is on the rise with reported incidents in 2025 already reaching rates that exceed...
Baltic Sea Countries to Check Insurance on Tankers Moving Russian Oil December 16, 2024 By Ewa Krukowska, Alberto Nardelli and Sanne Wass Twelve European countries are set to clamp down on tankers that move millions of barrels of Russian petroleum around the...
Shipping Containers Are Regularly Lost at Sea. What Happens When They Burst Open? October 4, 2024 By Christina Larson, Helen Wieffering and Manuel Valdes Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the...
Cargo Theft Increases Heading into Labor Day Holiday, Report Shows August 30, 2024 While workers are taking a break to celebrate a holiday that honors labor, crooks will be laboring to take advantage...
Sunk Superyacht Likely to Cost Insurers At Least $150 Million, Experts Say August 30, 2024 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Insurers of the Bayesian superyacht that sank this month, killing tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others, could be on...
The Biggest Cargo Claims Challenges This Year July 10, 2024 By Justin Murphy Cargo claims are an inevitable part of the shipping industry, but the challenges associated with these claims are getting both...
US Eyeing Ship’s Electrical System After Baltimore Bridge Crash April 11, 2024 By Ari Natter Federal investigators looking into what caused a ship to crash into a vital Baltimore bridge last month are honing in...
Risk Reigns in Ocean Shipping, Industry and Economic Experts Say March 6, 2024 By Lisa Baertlein Risk is the “new normal” for the global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of global trade as pressure from...