Regulatory
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Are EEDI shortcomings shipping’s smoking gun?
With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) about to sit down for crunch talks at the International Maritime Organization the…
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No cap backtracking, IMO stresses as calls for leniency grow
With an assortment of influential shipping bodies and registers calling for leniency in the first months of applying the global…
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Open-loop scrubbers face China ban
Adding another wrinkle into the 2020 sulphur cap compliance picture, China is contemplating banning open-loop scrubbers from operating in the…
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Scrubbers are a good investment: DNB
Norway’s DNB Markets has published an in-depth report on scrubber uptake across the shipping industry and is forecasting the technology…
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Safe Bulkers to install scrubbers for half of its fleet
Greek owner Safe Bulkers has entered in an agreement with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the installation of Alfa Laval…
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Maran Tankers to install scrubbers on 13 vessels
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has secured a retrofit contract from Greek owner Angelicoussis’ Maran Tankers for the installation of scrubbers and…
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ICS’s Poulsson comes out fighting for IMO
At the United Nations in New York, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is representing shipowners at the start of…
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Transhipment banned along the Great Barrier Reef
The state government in Queensland is readying the ban of transhipping along the Great Barrier Reef. “The reef contributes more…
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Iceberg Research slams SGX for its ‘prehistoric’ regulatory environment
In his first interview with Splash since revealing he is the main man behind Iceberg Research, Arnaud Vagner has lashed…
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US sanctions Russian shipping firms and vessels over North Korea violations
The US government has announced sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and six vessels over alleged business connections with North…
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Malaysia Shipowners’ Association calls for review of cabotage policy
The Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA) has called for a review of the removal of cabotage policy in Sabah, Sarawak and…
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12-month ship bans could solve crew neglect: ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has applauded the recent decision taken by Australian authorities to ban a Chinese bulker…
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India to ease chartering restrictions
The rapid opening up of India’s shipping sector continues. Fresh from announcing a partial relaxation of the country’s cabotage law,…
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Transparency International highlights transparency and accountability flaws at IMO
In advance of today’s council meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Transparency International is releasing another report that claims…
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A short wish list for the IMO
Some recent sessions at the IMO have been quite exciting, attracting attention from the ‘mainstream’ (non-shipping) media and from Transparency…
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El Faro bill heads to Congress
A bill is to be debated in Congress that will potentially see the powers of the US Coast Guard ramped…
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Greek owners eye post-Brexit London
Brexit could see Greek owners head back to the UK capital, the head of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS)…
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Sulphur distraction
Captain Ed Enos, a keen Splash reader, laments a missed opportunity by shipowners this week to properly address the looming…
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Veniamis hits out at shipping being targeted more than other industries during Posidonia’s opening
Monday evening saw Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras preside over the official opening ceremony of the Splash-sponsored Posidonia exhibition, which…
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‘The next 30 years will see more change than in the past 100 years’: IMO secretary-general
Kitack Lim, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), made his pitch today to keep the UN body at…
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