Shipping Regulatory News Archive - Maritime Law Updates

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MPC opts for up to 55 scrubbers, citing charterer demands

November 15th, 20180 Fast growing feeder boxship operator MPC Container Ships has entered into agreements for the acquisition of five scrubbers which are to be retrofitted on five selected...

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Regulation call for maritime digital solutions

November 14th, 20182 As the digital transformation in the maritime industry accelerates, there has been a groundswell of calls to set up relevant standards for maritime digital solutions,...

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Calls for comprehensive STCW revision grow

November 7th, 20180 The rapid evolution of technology is not being followed by the development of maritime personnel competence, and the current International Convention on Standards of...

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China to remove foreign ownership restriction in all shipping sectors

November 7th, 20180 China is looking to remove foreign ownership restrictions in all shipping sectors, as part of its efforts to further strengthen its position as a maritime...

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OECD calls for the European Commission to step in amid liner monopoly fears

November 2nd, 20180 The International Transport Forum (ITF), administrated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has today called upon the European...

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IMO to ban carriage of non-compliant fuels

October 29th, 20183 An amendment to support consistent implementation of the forthcoming 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil was adopted by the International Maritime Organization...

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Sulphur cap experience-building phase on hold

October 25th, 20181 Europe – with the notable exception of Malta – held firm yesterday in discussions at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to put plans...

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Sulphur cap experience-building phase set for approval today

October 24th, 20180 The 73rd gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) taking place this week at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization...

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Sulphur cap implementation under the spotlight at IMO today

October 23rd, 20180 Monday saw the first day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) gathering at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

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A pragmatist’s guide to MEPC73

October 23rd, 20189 The IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap is rapidly descending into a colossal regulatory fail, argues Jeffrey McGee from Makai Marine Advisors. During this week’s 73rd session...

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Trump moves to ease sulphur cap implementation date

October 19th, 20187 President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to ease the phase-in of the IMO-mandated sulphur cap, worried that the global launch date could spark oil price hikes during...

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Greek owners cast doubt about 2020 compliance

October 19th, 20180 The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) has warned that tramp shipping remains at risk come the January 1, 2020 introduction of the global sulphur cap. The boss of the...

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Sinopec to supply low sulphur fuel from next year

October 19th, 20180 China’s state run energy giant Sinopec will start supplying low sulphur fuel from 2019, the company announced at an oil conference in Zhoushan yesterday. According...

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Are EEDI shortcomings shipping’s smoking gun?

October 12th, 20183 With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) about to sit down for crunch talks at the International Maritime Organization the team at JLA Media look at one...

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No cap backtracking, IMO stresses as calls for leniency grow

September 26th, 20182 With an assortment of influential shipping bodies and registers calling for leniency in the first months of applying the global sulphur cap in 15 months’ time, the...

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Open-loop scrubbers face China ban

September 20th, 20185 Adding another wrinkle into the 2020 sulphur cap compliance picture, China is contemplating banning open-loop scrubbers from operating in the republic’s...

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Scrubbers are a good investment: DNB

September 14th, 20180 Norway’s DNB Markets has published an in-depth report on scrubber uptake across the shipping industry and is forecasting the technology add-on to vessels is a good...

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Splash Dash

MSC’s CIO makes the case for carrier digital harmonisation
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2019 predictions and beyond
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Antong: The brothers who created the world’s 14th largest liner company
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Taylor Maritime handysize snapped up by Narval Shipping
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MSC’s CIO makes the case for carrier digital harmonisation

Taylor Maritime handysize snapped up by Narval Shipping

Global Ship Lease completes merger with Poseidon

Klaveness Combination Carriers extends COA with South32

Evan Cohen joins CIT

Solstad Offshore gets more work in Brazil

Algoma adds product tanker

Foremost secures Taiwanese financing for newbuild bulker pair

Afghanistan to form shipping line

Reach Subsea and MMT charter CSV from Topaz

DP World takes China Merchants to court

Sunken Iranian tanker features on US sanctions list

Raffles Shipping books up to six chemical tankers at Wuchang Shipbuilding

Yasa sells aframax to Soechi

PGS to sell survey vessel to JOGMEC

World’s largest liners launch new container shipping association

Shandong Shipping orders 10 capes at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding

Raffles Shipping books up to six chemical tankers at Wuchang Shipbuilding

Wah Kwong orders panamax pair at CSSC Chengxi

Taylor Maritime handysize snapped up by Narval Shipping

UK, Panama, US and Marshall Islands accused of seeking to halt reforms at the IMO