Regulatory
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IMO makes all meetings virtual through to the end of the year, crucial MEPC set for November 16
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will hold all its meetings virtually through to the end of the year including the…
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London continues to dominate maritime arbitration market
Research by law firm HFW has found that London continues to dominate the market for international maritime arbitration, accounting for…
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LNG-fuelled ships in the crosshairs as IMO details landmark GHG study
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has released its keenly awaited fourth greenhouse gas study, which starkly shows the huge challenge…
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Shipowning: A sunny place for shady people
“A sunny place for shady people”. That was how the English novelist Somerset Maugham brilliantly summed up the principality of…
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Splash Extra: US antitrust authorities probe liners’ blanked sailings tactics
American antitrust authorities are keeping a close eye on the actions of liner companies this year with another collusion investigation…
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The berth of a nation
Davy Jones urges for the oceans to be granted a seat at the United Nations to solve many of today’s…
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Shipping’s decarbonisation puzzle: a barometer of industry views
Castrol’s Cassandra Higham reveals details of a decarbonisation survey her firm carried out with owners, operators and managers. Shipping is on…
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‘Now is not the time for inward looking nationalism’: New BIMCO boss urges more governments to come to the rescue of crews
In one of his first public comments since taking the reins at BIMCO, David Loosley has hit out at the…
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EU antitrust investigation into Hyundai Heavy’s DSME merger put on hold again
EU antitrust regulators have put their investigation into Hyundai Heavy Industries’ $1.8bn merger with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)…
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Short-term GHG measures jostle for position at IMO
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) week-long informal, virtual discussions with stakeholders over short-term measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions from…
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EU takes aim at ‘insufficient’ measures taken by the IMO and maps its own green shipping agenda
The European Union has splintered global shipping regulation, taking more firm, decisive action on the environment on Tuesday than the…
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Overthinking it: How the environment will impact shipping
Continuing his contrarian series for Splash, Charlie Du Cane, commercial director at Seastar Maritime, assesses where big names in the…
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New report urges shipping to build on aviation’s sustainable fuel lead
Not for the first time in recent weeks shipping has been urged to take a leaf out of the aviation…
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European Parliament to vote this week on whether to include shipping in EU’s emissions trading system
The global shipping industry will find out tomorrow whether it will splinter in terms of green legislation. The European Parliament…
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Shipowning organisations seek delay to impending European hazardous material regulation
Some of the world’s largest shipowning organisations have written to Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for the environment, oceans and…
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Sohmen-Pao to co-chair Singapore decarbonisation panel
Andreas Sohmen-Pao will chair another body in Singapore as the Southeast Asian republic looks to influence shipping’s decarbonisation debate. Supported…
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Norwegian flag to allow bareboat charter registration and deregistration
In a bid to become more competitive, the Norwegian Maritime Authority has announced that it is making regulatory amendments to allow…
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UK climate committee urges IMO to make 2050 GHG goals more strict
International shipping and aviation are likely to be included in the UK’s greenhouse gas plans to be net zero by…
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‘We really, really do not have much time left’
With the relaunch of the Splash website we asked some shipping luminaries to pen their thoughts on how our industry…
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Research questions the validity of slow steaming’s green claims
Three shipping professors have revisited the science behind slow steaming and are questioning the validity of the green claims championed…
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