by Alan Jervis | May 30, 2017 | Blog
Norwegian agricultural company Yara plans to launch world’s first fully electric autonomous vessel in 2018. The ship is expected to conduct short sea operations unmanned. The container feedership will carry 100 to 120 containers for voyages of up to approximately 30...
by Alan Jervis | May 29, 2017 | Blog
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), the largest and oldest of Japan’s international ocean carrier companies, has got the green light for four LNG-powered 20,000 TEU containerships that have been under construction with Samsung Heavy Industries. Back to Blog...
by Alan Jervis | May 28, 2017 | Blog
Rolls-Royce Marine has taken the first in a strategy to making autonomous ships happen. The Fjord1 ferry project to operate a battery-powered, double-ended ferry for the crossing between Norway’s Anda and Lote using an automatic system will be ready to go into service...
by Alan Jervis | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog
2 ships were attacked by pirates recently in the straits of Malacca and Singapore. On March 21st four men boarded the Capetan Giorgis. On the same day seven attackers were reported boarding the MSC Vancouver. Back to Blog...
by Alan Jervis | Feb 7, 2015 | Blog
As I reflect back on legal trends in the area of marine insurance over the past year, the doctrine of Utmost Most Good faith (Or Uberrimae Fidei) stands out, yet again. On the one hand, the year 2014 represented an ongoing platform for reform of the UK MIA 1906...
