Regulatory
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BIMCO urges IMO to resolve contradictions in ship recycling conventions
International shipping organisation BIMCO has submitted a paper highlighting the need to solve possible conflicting requirements of the Hong Kong…
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Manila readies to charge shipowner over tanker sinking
The Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila is finally getting around to press charges against the shipping company RDC Reield…
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Environmental groups urge EU to include CII in ship risk profiling
Several environmental groups sent an open letter to the EU Member States and Parliament on Monday urging the European Council…
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Washington unveils further sanctions against Russian-linked tanker operators
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took its second price cap enforcement action of…
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Europe to give shipping priority access to greener fuels
The European Commission published on Tuesday its proposal for a 2040 climate target laying out the pathway to make the…
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Will the Year of the Dragon spring some surprises?
Pierre Aury on the four big topics shipping needs to be aware of in the coming months. So where is…
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Submissions fly in for next month’s MEPC
Submissions are flying in to the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ahead of the eighty-first session of…
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New shipping registers raise concerns
They are more than 9,000 km apart, in separate continents, both are landlocked, but the backwaters that are Laos and…
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Alliances: the blatant cartel?
At a time where global alliances are in flux, Alison Cusack, a lawyer from Melbourne-based Cusack & Co, weighs in.…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo fares the worst in flag survey
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been named as the worst shipping flag among more than 100 registries…
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US sanctions Emirati tanker owner for violating Russian oil price cap
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on a United Arab Emirates-based…
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Will seafarers be on the agenda?
Dr Carolyn Graham from Caribbean Maritime University questions what will be the priorities of the new IMO secretary-general. Although the…
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Sovcomflot reflags en masse to Gabon
Gabon, a small Central African nation on the Atlantic coast, was last year’s fastest-growing shipping registry. In the opening days…
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Saipem suspended from public contracts in Brazil for two years
Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem has been suspended from signing new contracts with the Brazilian public administration for…
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Dolphin Drilling loses $16m UK tax case
Semisub rig owner Dolphin Drilling has lost a £12.8m ($16.3m) case against UK tax authorities. The Oslo-listed company has been…
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Shipping’s environmental priorities this year
Dr Simon Bullock writes for Splash today, with analysis from researchers at the Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester, on shipping’s…
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Poland welcomed into the European Community Shipowners’ Associations
The Polish Shipping Association has joined the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), becoming the body’s 21st full member. The Polish…
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What I’d like to see happening in shipping in 2024
We asked Andrew Craig-Bennett for his wish-list for what he would like to see happening in shipping in 2024, and…
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Australia hands out lengthy ban to gas carrier
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned Hong Kong-flagged LNG carrier from Australian waters for 180 days. The ship…
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Shipping starts shelling out for EU Allowances
The largest regional green regulations in the history of shipping came into effect yesterday with the industry included in the…
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