Spain’s National Court in Madrid handed down sentences today ranging from 8-12 ½ years for six Somali’s implicated in a 2012 attack on the Spanish naval vessel the Patino. The six accused, Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, Mohamed Aden Mohamed, Issa Abdullah Issa, Abdillahi Mohamed Gouled, Mohamed Said Ahmed and Hamoud Elfaf Mahou, were all convicted…
Despite a continued upward trend in the cost of claims and additional reinsurance costs, The Shipowners’ Club, P&I insurance provider to the smaller and specialist vessel sector, is to raise premiums by just 5% for the 2014/15 renewal. Announcing its half year (2013/14) financial results Shipowners, which minimized its premium rise at the last…
Kuala Lumpur. China and Malaysia will hold their first-ever joint military exercises next year, the Southeast Asian nation’s defence minister said Wednesday, despite their rival claims to the tense South China Sea. The announcement by Hishammuddin Hussein, who is in Beijing to meet Chinese military leaders, follows a visit to Kuala Lumpur earlier this…