Agenda: Shipping Risk Management Europe 2026

Thursday, November 19, 2026
Breakfast session workshop: Lessons from the Middle East crises – The Strait of Hormuz in focus	8:15 AM - 8:55 AM
Registration and networking	8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome address	9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Presentation and panel discussion: The state of the hull insurance market – hull and P&I liability implications	9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
AP Møller-Maersk fireside discussion: Developments in war risk exposures	9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee and networking	10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Panel discussion: Liability claims disputes in the P&I market – causes, trends and resolution	11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Case study: The DALI Baltimore bridge incident – P&I exposure, claims scale and limitation risk	11:40 AM - 12:10 PM
Presentation: Carriage of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries – emerging risk and insurance challenges	12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Panel discussion: Cyber and technology – managing digital risks in modern shipping	12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and networking	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Panel discussion: Cruise market 2030 – Steering through growth & liability challenges	2:15 PM - 2:55 PM
Presentation: Shipowners and yards – managing friction and liability in construction	2:55 PM - 3:15 PM
Panel discussion: Pollution, wreck removal & environmental liabilities – implications for H&M and P&I markets	3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Panel discussion: Builders’ risk – challenges in modern ship construction	3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Coffee and networking	4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Workshop: Container losses, mis-declared cargo and nurdles – insurance lessons from the MV X-Press Pearl	4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshop: Offshore & specialist craft – navigating risks in a high-value, high-risk sector	4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshop: European naval construction – the implications of a defence spending boom	4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshop: Crew welfare, liability exposure and impact on hull and P&I claims	4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshop: Green transition and emerging fuel risks	4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Drinks reception	5:30 PM - 7:00 PM