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As a response to the IMO's Athens Convention 2002 and the European Union's Passenger Liability Regulation

Shoreline Passenger Solutions

Shoreline Ltd. (“Shoreline”) provides its Shoreline Passenger Solutions (“SPS”) product to insure the War Risk exposures of cruise ships and ferries imposed by the IMO’s Athens Convention 2002 and the European Union’s Passenger Liability Regulation (“Athens 2002 PLR”). Shoreline acts as Agent on behalf of Maritime Insurance Solutions Ltd., acting for Shoreline Segregated Account 002 (“MISL”) . MISL is fully reinsured under a 100% quota share reinsurance contract (“Contract”) by a panel of Lloyd’s syndicates, supplemented by selected London Company’s Market reinsurers, which forms the Reinsurer Panel for War Blue Cards issued by MISL directly to Shoreline’s clients. Shoreline also supports War Blue Cards cover provided by certain P & I Clubs to their members by also providing them 100% reinsurance cover under the Contract.

To receieve detailed policy information, fact sheets & application forms for our War Blue Cards, please fill out the form below.

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SPS provides the War Blue Card (“Blue Card”) as evidence of this War insurance cover that shipowners require in order to comply with Athens 2002 PLR. In addition to the contingent cover implicit in the provision of this guarantee, SPS provides excess cover to shipowners such that in the event the primary war insurers are unable to satisfy all claims other than those brought by passengers under Athens 2002 PLR (i.e. crew, pollution, removal of wreck, to their existing policy limits without being curtailed by having to make provision for the PLR), SPS could then, in these worst of circumstances, find itself as a primary carrier of war claims brought against vessel owners by their passengers. SPS is accessible either directly to shipowners or through their brokers. SPS is also available as a reinsurance facility to those P & I Clubs (“Clubs”) who prefer to issue the Blue Card themselves.

The formation of SPS followed the conclusion of extended discussions with various Clubs regarding approval of terms under which Blue Cards will be issued, their audit of the proposed structure and their agreement of the adoption of the Shoreline brand for the SPS facility. The owners of Shoreline have not assumed any risks in respect of this facility.

Shoreline’s role as the Agent for the SPS facility includes:

  • Holding and processing “Application Form” data
  • Verifying via a questionnaire based application that owners have arranged in the market their primary War P & I covers
  • Issuing quotes against agreed rating formula based on simple measurement of Maximum Registered Passenger Capacity
  • Issuing Blue Cards supported by an insurance policy
  • Ensuring Flag States will approve the War Blue Card when presented by Owners
  • Maintaining website records of Blue Cards issued
  • Accounting for and payment of premium to the Insurer Panel
  • Working with the Clubs to access their claims service based on a co-operation agreement in respect of the adjustment of any claims