Major UK maritime insurers, the UK P&I Club and TT Club, have signed up for the Safetytech Accelerator Cargo Fire & Loss Innovation Initiative (CFLII).
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it had successfully attached tows to the LNG carrier BW Lesmes and aframax tanker Burri which blocked the waterway following a collision early Wednesday.
The body has been found of a crew member missing from a tugboat that sank in the Suez Canal following a collision with a tanker.
The fire ravaged car carrier Fremantle Highway has been successfully towed to port in the Netherlands averting fears it could sink leading to an environmental calamity.
The fire-damaged car carrier Fremantle Highway is to be towed to the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands.
The fire damaged Japanese car carrier Fremantle Highway is now at anchor and all but two of those rescued from the vessel have been released from hospital.