At the recent BIMCO Ship Manager Advisory Panel meeting the main topic was not surprisingly, the ongoing negotiations about the future EU ETS. It was pointed out that BIMCOs established principle is that the commercial party responsible for

Sustainable ship recycling consultancy Sea Sentinels believes proposed changes to the EUs Waste Shipment Regulation will bring legal clarity on hazardous waste exports that will benefit South Asian shipbreaking yards seeking to gain complia

A new programme to develop and implement a Sustainable Maritime Transport (SMART) system in the Caribbean has begun in a preparatory phase, aimed at supporting the small island developing states (SIDS) of the Caribbean region to build-back

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 105), which met 20-29 April 2022, adopted the following resolution on 28 April 2022: RESOLUTION MSC.495(105) -Actions to facilitate the urgent evacuation of seafar

On April 28th, the MEPs serving on the TRAN Committee voted to adopt their opinion and proposed amendments as input to the European Parliaments consideration of the EU ETS revision. Regulation to include shipping in the EU ETS is under deve

Keppel Corporation Limited (Keppel) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with Sembcorp Marine Ltd (Sembcorp Marine) for the proposed combination of Keppel Offshore Marine and Sembcorp Marine (the Combined Entity),

For the first time, BIMCO has produced its own ship sale and purchase agreement. The project has taken the standards organisation just over two years to complete, involving a drafting team of nine industry specialists who provided broking,

Seaspan Corporation and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group announced the formation of Sea Sourcing Pte Ltd, a new procurement joint venture between the two companies, based in Singapore. Jointly leading Sea Sourcing are Seaspan Director of Procurem

South Africa has become the 17th signatory* to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC). The Jeddah Amendment was adopted in 2017 to broaden the scope of the DcoC, which was developed and adopted in 2009 by countries in t

At 07:12 April 17, 2022 (EST), the Ever Forward was successfully refloated by salvor who has been working closely with the US Coast Guard, competent authorities of the State of Maryland and local service providers to remedy the ships ground

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