This year, once again, the annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS) will be celebrated on 25 June. Your voyage - then and now, shareyour journey Every seafarers journey is different, but they all face similar challenges. For 2022, the campaign of

IMO has welcomed the 100th ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO)s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, which is the global instrument mandating seafarers employment rights and decent working conditions. Oman deposit

IMO is adding e-learning to its portfolio of services. The first free to access course was launched during an online event (7 April), in the margin of its Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) Sub-Committee meeting. IMO has developed a nu

The preparatory phase of the IMO Coordinated Actions to Reduce Emissions from Shipping (IMO CARES) project has been launched at the IMO-Singapore Future of Shipping Conference. The foundation project of the IMO Coordinated Actions to Reduce

The Suez Canal Authority celebrated on Tuesday the one-year anniversary of the flotation of the containershipEver Given. The Ever Givenship, Panamanian-flagged and Japanese-ownedship, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021. The Sue

The Liberian Registry has been awarded QUALSHIP 21 status for 2022-2023 by the United States Coast Guards (USCG). The prestigious QS21program recognizes vessels and flag States which have successfully met specified safety and quality requir

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held an extraordinary session of its Council (C/ES.35) on 10 and 11 March to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The IMO Council

DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA, ICC and SWIFT form Future International Trade Alliance and sign memorandum of understanding to standardise digitalisation of international trade Industry associations collaborate on the development and adoption of releva

Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are being urged to accept amendments to the IMO Convention as soon as possible in order to expand the size of the IMO Council to 52, to reflect the increased membership of IMO.

The European Commission has prohibited, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering CO., Ltd (DSME) by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH). The merger between the two South Korean shipbuild

Global ocean fleet statistics of Alphaliner show that the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is now the worlds largest ocean carrier by operated container vessel capacity. Some 52 years after its foundation in 1970, MSC, the long-term num

[Photo:PR/LISCR] Left to Right: Benson Peretti, EVP and Alfonso Castillero, COO of the Liberian Registry The Liberian Registry is now the worlds largest tanker flag. With the recent addition of 2.7 Million GT of new tankers, the Liberian ta

The IMO Assembly has adopted amendments to the IMO Convention to expand the size of the Council, extend the term of its Members and recognize three additional language texts as authentic versions of the IMO Convention. The Assembly is meeti

BIMCOs Documentary Committee has approved a new standard contract for security escort vessels (SEVs). The standard is a balanced contractual framework for SEVs that accompany merchant ships in high threat areas such as the Gulf of Guinea wh

New regulation from the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which will require existing ships to reduce carbon emissions, is due to enter into force in just under one year. As compliance will benefit to a large extent from co-operati