March 20th, 20190Liners face a fight to see their block exemption regulation (BER) extended by the European Commission (EC) next year, with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
March 19th, 20190With liners feeling the pressure lobby group World Shipping Council yesterday submitted additional information to the European Commission which is deliberating whether...
March 14th, 20190German wastewater treatment specialist ACO Marine, together with a group of competing wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental organisations, has...
March 11th, 20190The White House notified the Federal Maritime Commission late last week that President Donald Trump has designated Michael Khouri as chairman. He had been serving as...
March 5th, 20190There has been a recent spike in the number of anchored vessels detained by Indonesian authorities in waters near Singapore, with Splash even hearing of an incident...
February 28th, 20190London might be losing its status as the major maritime arbitration centre in the future as Asian cities, include Singapore and Hong Kong, are catching up speakers told...
February 28th, 20190The Greek prime minister yesterday praised the nation’s owners for agreeing to a new voluntary tax scheme that will add at least EUR75m ($85m) to the state budget....
February 21st, 20190The United Arab Emirates has partially lifted a ban on transporting goods between it and neighbour Qatar. An Abu Dhabi Ports circular dated February 12, seen by...
February 20th, 20190A host of transport-related associations have joined forces to urge the European Commission to repeal the EU consortia block exemption regulation (BER), which is...
February 19th, 20190The Indian government will prioritise locally made ships when handing out chartering contracts in a big change to the local maritime scene in the world’s second...
January 29th, 20190Italy is preparing to do battle with Europe about ports and taxes. In the first days of January a letter signed by the European competition commissioner Margrethe...
January 23rd, 20191The port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a major bunkering hub, has banned the use of open-loop scrubbers, following a growing numbers of ports around the...
January 11th, 20190The move by four of the five terminal operators at Hong Kong port to join forces faces a hurdle as the local Competition Commission has opened an investigation with...
January 7th, 20192As first reported by Splash last year, China has moved ahead with a ban on open-loop scrubbers. The Ministry of Transport in Beijing has banned the technology from the...
January 7th, 20190President Donald Trump and his administration in Washington are now considered to be the biggest threat to the start of the global sulphur cap due in 51 weeks’ time,...
January 4th, 20190The maritime authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control have started issuing letters of warning from the start of...
December 24th, 20180 The Global Shippers Forum (GSF has called upon the European Commission
to revoke and replace the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (BER). The
European Commission is...
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