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Practical aspects of the IMO MEPC 72

April 17th, 20184 I mentioned, a few days ago, that in the future, as the ‘open range’ that the high seas have been, since the days of Hubertus Grotius and the concept of ‘Mare...

Regulatory

Weasel words give owners breathing space in the emissions debate

April 16th, 20187 There was a convention amongst shipping journalists that one did not criticise the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO). However curious their...

Regulatory

Arctic heavy fuel oil ban gains traction

April 16th, 20180 As well as the historic first ever cap on greenhouse gas emissions agreed last week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), member states also took steps...

Regulatory

Deal struck to halve shipping GHG emissions by 2050

April 14th, 20180 Just after 3pm UK time on Friday more than 170 nations agreed to move ahead with an initial strategy to halve shipping’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2008...

Regulatory

Historic greenhouse gas deal likely to be signed in London today

April 13th, 20182 After a four days of negotiations at the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London this week, and a day before an historic decision to cut the global...

Regulatory

Port of Rotterdam calls for carbon tax

April 13th, 20181 The Port of Rotterdam Authority is calling on the Dutch Government to form a coalition with countries in northwest Europe to create a new carbon tax. The port...

Regulatory

Pacific Islands attack ICS, make last ditch plea to IMO

April 12th, 20186 With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) set to conclude discussions tomorrow, the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Development Forum, Franҫois...

Regulatory

EU will take action on shipping emissions if IMO fails this week

April 11th, 20181 European politicians have let it be known they will take their own course of action regarding shipping emissions if member states of the International Maritime...

Regulatory

Fatuous, unrealistic and unnecessary

April 11th, 201814 Paul Slater, the veteran ship financier and chairman of First International Corp, provides an alternative point of view on all the emissions discussions going on this...

Regulatory

Spirit of compromise points towards greenhouse gas deal at MEPC

April 10th, 20181 The battle lines have been drawn at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the 72nd gathering of the Marine Environmental Protection...

Regulatory

Clear divisions as MEPC gets down to business

April 9th, 20182 Shipping and its emissions are very high up the mainstream news agenda today as delegates descend on the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

Regulatory

Norway makes its position clear ahead of MEPC

April 6th, 20187 Norway’s government and its shipowners have made their position clear on shipping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as heated debate continues at the London headquarters...

Regulatory

Internet blackout brings light to the wifi debate

April 6th, 20182 For a moment yesterday my quaint French Pyrenean town resembled something of an early ‘90s zombie flick. Citizens shuffled around, slack jawed, morosely. Occasionally...

Regulatory

‘Never before has a meeting generated such great interest’: IMO boss’s rallying MEPC call

April 4th, 20182 Addressing the start of the intersessional working group on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships yesterday, Kitack Lim, the secretary general of...

Regulatory

Jakarta to ditch controversial coal and palm oil shipping ruling until 2020

April 4th, 20180 The Indonesian government has taken the decision to postpone until 2020 controversial plans to make all exports of coal and crude palm oil be carried on...

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Splash Dash

LNG not shipping’s green panacea, as IEA warns of ‘huge disruption’ over looming 2020 sulphur cap
A report out this week suggests LNG is not the panacea for shipping’s fuel concerns now that... Apr 19th, 2018 inEnvironment
Sinokor to take over 30 feeder boxships from Vroon
South Korean owner Sinokor Merchant Marine is taking over a fleet of 30 feeder containerships from... Apr 19th, 2018 inContainers
Weekly Broker: En bloc deals dominate
Activities in the secondhand bulker sale and purchase market kept up a steady trend this week after... Apr 19th, 2018 inOperations
Grindrod completes historic sale of its bunker division
South African transport giant Grindrod has sold its bunker subsidiary, Unicorn Bunker Services, for... Apr 19th, 2018 inBunkering
Lessons for effective and sustainable safety communications in the logistics industry
Des McGowan from Insync ponders whether we should focus on safety compliance or safety... Apr 19th, 2018 inContributions
International Transport Forum calls for greater, more harmonised use of port-based incentives
Port-based financial incentives to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions currently remain... Apr 18th, 2018 inEnvironment

McDermott management stands firm in face of growing Subsea 7 overtures

DeepOcean appoints new CEO

Shell decides to invest in Vito development offshore Louisiana after cutting costs

Baltic Exchange and Freightos launches global container freight index

McDermott management stands firm in face of growing Subsea 7 overtures

Shell decides to invest in Vito development offshore Louisiana after cutting costs

Intermarine transfers leasehold of terminals on Houston Ship Channel to Watco

Caledonia continues rapid fleet buildup with panamax charter

19 tankers being held by Houthis in Yemen

KOTC splashes for four MRs at Hyundai Mipo

Former BP boss Browne joins Israeli maritime startup’s board

KOTC tanker fleet set to double through to 2040

Singapore collaboration to develop autonomous vessels

Gemadept Shipping snaps up feedermax from Tsurumi Kisen

Amann Shipping acquires feedermax boxship from Heung-A

Pakistan to resume tanker scrapping

Lawsuits pile up against embattled Noble Group

Sinopacific Shipbuilding parent defaults on bond payment

New Yangtze takes supra sisters

OOCL teams with Microsoft to develop AI shipping solutions

How I learned to stop worrying and love the IMO