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IMO adopts shadow fleet resolution
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution targeting illicit shipping practices from the so-called shadow or dark fleet amid considerable…
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Singapore, LA and Long Beach firm green corridor ties
At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Port of Long…
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Carbon calculators proliferate ahead of imminent EU ETS inclusion
With 26 days to go until shipping is included in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) brokers and…
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Sea Cargo Charter to align with IMO emission targets
The Sea Cargo Charter, a global framework for assessing and disclosing the climate alignment of chartering activities, is to revise…
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IMO to create Ukrainian technical assistance mission
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly today is set to adopt a lengthy resolution on the impact of the Ukraine…
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2024 will be shipping’s decarbonisation reality check
If 2023 was a year of reckoning on the urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, 2024 is when…
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MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wallenius Wilhelmsen call for an end date of fossil-only powered newbuilds
The CEOs of leading global shipping lines, MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wallenius Wilhelmsen, issued a joint declaration at…
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Russia fails to win re-election to IMO Council
Russia lost its re-election bid to the ruling council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday. Other member states…
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Shipping: innocent victim of the global financial crisis?
Banking regulations are changing, and that’s potentially bad news for shipping, as Pierre Aury explains. Long gone are the days…
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Ports of Auckland fined over worker death
The Ports of Auckland have been given a fine after admitting it was responsible for the death of a worker…
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IMO ‘will thrive in delivering its full agenda’, says next secretary-general
Arsenio Dominguez Velasco has been confirmed as the next secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) with attendees at this…
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COP28’s debatable influence on shipping stirs controversy
Dubai airport has rolled out the red carpet today for a host of dignitaries flying in for COP28, the annual…
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$316m case filed against MSC in the US
In the largest suit filed in the history of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s…
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Words matter: Net is not zero
Madadh MacLaine, secretary-general of the Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association, is a fan of our lead columnist. Here, she dives…
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IMO annual budget set to top £40m for the first time
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly, the United Nations affiliate’s highest governing body, is due to meet next week with…
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Iran seeks to nix dark shipping terminology
Iran is proposing amendments to a draft resolution on dark shipping at the upcoming meeting of the International Maritime Organization…
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ICS and IBIA propose energy pooling compliance mechanism for IMO’s GHG fuel standard
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) have jointly submitted a proposal to the…
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Australia bans third Briese MPP
Regulators have banned a third Briese Heavylift vessel from entering Australian waters in less than six months. The Australian Maritime…
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Europe to clamp down on ship discharges
Ships in European Union seas could face significant fines not only for oil spills, but also for sewage and garbage…
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Time to listen to the ocean
Steven Jones on the urgent need for the oceans to be embraced during the upcoming COP28. As global leaders ready…
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