Marine round-up : twenty fourth Could 2024


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UKMTO mentioned on Thursday that it had obtained a report of a service provider vessel being boarded 420 nautical miles southeast of Merca, Somalia. UKMTO mentioned in an announcement that an unknown variety of unauthorized individuals from two small craft had been reported to have boarded the vessel.

Munich Re Specialty’s group head of cargo Anthony O’Dwyer has exited the enterprise, The Insurer has reported. O’Dwyer has been head of cargo at Munich Re Specialty since January 2023, having been with Munich Re Underwriting Ltd since August 2007.

Jacksonville, Florida-based freight/railroad firm CSX Transportation mentioned that it might return this week to regular coal export operations on the Port of Baltimore after work crews cleared a part of the deep channel serving port, which is the second-busiest US commerce hub for outgoing coal shipments. CEO Joe Hinrichs mentioned on the Reuters Provide Chain convention in Atlanta that “we’re now beginning to load trains at an everyday tempo”. For the previous 10 days the railroad has been loading coal on small ships that used smaller channels on the port. Hinrichs mentioned CSX accurately estimated losses from the accident in April, when it forecast that the port closure may consequence within the railroad shedding between $25m and $30m a month in coal income.

There was a hearth at round 10:00 on Wednesday Could 22nd on the Gloucester Marine Terminals, Holt, on the Delaware River, separating New Jersey from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A big crane caught hearth, inflicting thick smoke that severely restricted visibility. Nobody appeared to have been injured within the incident. Nonetheless. the Gloucester Metropolis Division of Utilities requested residents and companies to restrict water utilization for just a few hours with the intention to keep away from depletion of water assets.

Impartial insurance coverage dealer Lockton Cos has named Oliver Hutchings to the function of COO of Marine, Transportation and Logistics. Hutchings was beforehand International MD of Marine & Aviation at Charles Taylor Adjusting. He has greater than 15 years’ expertise of managing specialist marine legal responsibility claims. Hutchings educated as a barrister. He succeeds Justin Pinches, who lined the place for an interim interval. Hutchings shall be primarily based in London and can report back to Alistair Rivers, Associate and Head of Marine & Transportation.

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