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Regulatory
Shipping of plastic pellets faces greater scrutiny
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed new guidance on several environmental issues following the latest meeting of the regulator’s…
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Regulatory
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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Environment
Little concrete outcome from last week’s MEPC
Last week’s 79th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization…
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Europe
Covid-19 slows the spread of environmental regulation
For all the debate in recent months on whether the ongoing pandemic will stymie or accelerate shipping’s decarbonisation path, there…
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Operations
IMO and UNCTAD reiterate urgent crew repatriation message
Two UN bodies yesterday repeated urgent calls to quickly resolve the humanitarian crisis unfolding on ships across the world, stressing…
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Operations
IMO issues 12-step plan to get crews home
To assist governments to put in place coordinated procedures to facilitate the safe movement of seafarers, the International Maritime Organization…
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Americas
Finland signs Ballast Water Management Convention, will enter into force in 2017
As was mooted by officials yesterday, Finland has signed the IMO’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’…
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Regulatory
The IMO must assert its authority, says new ICS chairman
Esben Poulsson, the new chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has said the IMO must assert its authority,…
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Europe
Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force next year
Finland is likely to ratify the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) tomorrow, which would mean the long-debated convention would…
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Environment
Levy could help cut NOx emissions by 70%, study claims
Introducing a levy on nitrogen oxides (NOx) that would fund abatement measures could cut NOx emissions from vessels by up…
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Containers
‘Urgent coordinated action’ needed ahead of container weighing implementation
National authorities in Europe must take “urgent coordinated action” to ensure a level playing field when new regulations enter into…
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Asia
Indonesian premier addresses IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee
Sustainable management of the world’s oceans will be crucial to the world’s development, Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo said today in…
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Environment
Kitack Lim makes case for IMO as shipping’s environmental regulator
Kicking off the start of crucial talks at the IMO’s 69th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting yesterday, secretary general…
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Environment
Shipping emissions must be cut to meet Paris climate target, say NGOs
The IMO must act to cut CO2 emissions from shipping or the 1.5/2°C global warming limit agreed at the Paris…
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Europe
New IMO boss calls for ‘strengthened partnerships’
The new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Lim Kitack, has called for “strengthened partnerships” in his inaugural address.…
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Environment
IMO says it is the only forum to make shipping decarbonise
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has promised to spearhead shipping’s carbon cutdown in the wake of the Paris Climate Change…
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Environment
Emissions from shipping more hazardous than expected, research finds
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have found that emissions from shipping are more of a health-hazard than previously thought.…
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Environment
IMO has not done enough to curb emissions, survey finds
Early results from the latest online survey carried by Maritime CEO suggest the International Maritime Organization (IMO) should be doing…
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Environment
ICS fires back at OECD’s carbon tax proposals
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has hit back at suggestions from the International Transport Forum that a carbon charge…
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Environment
Sekimizu is a ‘danger to the planet’, says Marshall Islands foreign minister
Koji Sekimizu, secretary general of the IMO, has been called a “danger to the planet” by the foreign minister of the…
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