Regulatory
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China to remove foreign ownership restriction in all shipping sectors
China is looking to remove foreign ownership restrictions in all shipping sectors, as part of its efforts to further strengthen…
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OECD calls for the European Commission to step in amid liner monopoly fears
The International Transport Forum (ITF), administrated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has today called upon the…
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IMO to ban carriage of non-compliant fuels
An amendment to support consistent implementation of the forthcoming 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil was adopted by…
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Sulphur cap experience-building phase on hold
Europe – with the notable exception of Malta – held firm yesterday in discussions at the headquarters of the International…
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Sulphur cap experience-building phase set for approval today
The 73rd gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) taking place this week at the London headquarters of the…
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Sulphur cap implementation under the spotlight at IMO today
Monday saw the first day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) gathering at the London headquarters of the International…
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A pragmatist’s guide to MEPC73
The IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap is rapidly descending into a colossal regulatory fail, argues Jeffrey McGee from Makai Marine Advisors.…
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Trump moves to ease sulphur cap implementation date
President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to ease the phase-in of the IMO-mandated sulphur cap, worried that the global launch…
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Greek owners cast doubt about 2020 compliance
The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) has warned that tramp shipping remains at risk come the January 1, 2020 introduction…
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Sinopec to supply low sulphur fuel from next year
China’s state run energy giant Sinopec will start supplying low sulphur fuel from 2019, the company announced at an oil…
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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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