Christopher Columbus, the Admiral from the “province” of Genoa Belen Castro Martin* On October 12th, 1492 Admiral Christopher Columbus steps upon the soil of San Salvador Island, Bahamas. He does not…
LSLC-YMP and AIDIM Conference – Genoa To Young Maritime Professionals, You are invited to join us in Genoa for this Conference. LATEST CHALLENGES: WAR RISKS AND SANCTIONS Thursday 7th and Friday 8th November…
RINA reports 2018 revenues at 440 million and a growing order book Genoa, 16 May 2019 – The 2018 consolidated financial statements for RINA S.p.A., approved today, reveal revenues of €440…
Hamburg, 30 April 2019 SAL Heavy Lift and Intermare Group Creates – SAL Heavy Lift, Italy Hamburg – SAL Heavy Lift GmbH and Genoa based Intermare Group is very…
Live Alert from Genoa Medal Races Scene set for 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Medal Races The scene has been set for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Medal Races…
Scene set for 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Medal Races The scene has been set for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Medal Races at Hempel World Cup Series Genoa…
First Laser Radial victories go to Høst (NOR) and Jayet (SUI) Laser Radial racing commenced on the third day of competition at Hempel World Cup Series Genoa and Line Flem…
Design & Construction of Super & Mega Yachts 14-15 May 2019, Genoa, Italy Call for Papers Deadline – 11th February 2019 Following on the highly successful series of conferences, RINA is pleased to…
Achille Lauro’s palatial legacy By James Brewer A reminder of what was until the 1980s one of Europe’s greatest shipping fleets is a porticoed structure that looks out over the…
IUMI gets ready for 2017 conference in Tokyo By James Brewer Planning is well underway at the General Insurance Association of Japan to host the 2017 conference of the International…
Electronic T-shirt aims to improve truck driver safety By James Brewer Truckies are trying out the latest in wearable technology: a T-shirt. Experiments are being carried out in Italy to…
What the 2016 York-Antwerp Rules means for insurers By James Brewer Casualty costs could be noticeably reduced in the near term under the newly agreed York-Antwerp Rules 2016, the annual…
Fine art black market is booming, IUMI is warned By James Brewer Underworld traffic in stolen fine art and antiquities is growing at a frightening rate, an Italian insurance expert…
China is set to leap ahead in cruise market says Euroyards chief Corrado Antonini By James Brewer One of the world’s most experienced executives in cruiseship construction has emphasised the…
Mega-trends that give hull underwriters headaches By James Brewer How do hull and machinery underwriters feel about their challenging speciality? “Approach with caution, migraine in progress,” advises Mark Edmondson, chairman…
RINA foresees big advance for 3D-printing in shipping and offshore By James Brewer Ugo Salerno, chairman and chief executive of classification society RINA, has strongly reiterated his organisation’s backing for…
Genoa reclaims role as birthplace of modern marine insurance By James Brewer The pioneering role of the medieval republic of Genoa in marine insurance was highlighted when underwriters gathered in…
Potential accumulation losses threatening the financial stability of insurance companies, says IUMI President Closing this year’s IUMI 2016 marine insurance conference in Genova today, IUMI President, Dieter Berg expressed concern…
Explosive cocktail of challenges ahead for marine insurers, says IUMI president By James Brewer Marine insurers will have to deal with “an explosive cocktail” of challenges in the period ahead,…
Gloomy outlook for offshore energy insurance sector blighted by falling premium base and increased volatility, says IUMI Speaking at yesterday’s IUMI Genova conference, Simon Williams, Chairman of IUMI’s offshore energy…
At yesterday’s IUMI marine insurance conference in Genova, Cargo Committee chairman Nick Derrick announced a reduction in global cargo premiums by 9% from 2014 to 2015, the total premium value being US$15.8…
Two recent onboard containership fires have fueled concerns from IUMI (International Union of Marine Insurance) over the challenges involved with managing these incidents at sea. Uwe-Peter Schieder, Vice Chairman of…
Global premium income related to ocean hull insurance for 2015 was down by 8.4% compared with the previous year and totalled USD 7.5 bn. Although the global fleet continued to…
IUMI president warns of challenges of insuring billion dollar ships, By James Brewer Insurers face huge challenges with the advent of what amounts to the billion dollar (in terms of…
Boxship sector teetering “like house of cards” says IUMI committee chief by James Brewer Container shipping globally is as fragile as “a house of cards” in the wake of the…