Regulatory
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Hong Kong merges two maritime bodies
In what is likely to be his penultimate annual policy address before stepping down next year, Leung Chun-ying, the chief…
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New IMO boss calls for ‘strengthened partnerships’
The new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Lim Kitack, has called for “strengthened partnerships” in his inaugural address.…
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EC approves merger of Nordic Tankers and Borealis Maritime
The European Commission (EC) has greenlit the formation of Crystal Nordic, a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Nordic Tankers and…
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Denmark seeks greater ECA crackdown
Denmark’s Environmental Protection Agency and the Danish Maritime Authority have published an action plan for 2016 with the purpose of…
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China’s NDRC fines eight car carriers in anti-competition crackdown
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced today that it has fined eight foreign auto shipping companies for…
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EC questions whether Greek tonnage tax amounts to state aid
The European Commission has sent to Greece a set of proposals to ensure that state support to the maritime sector…
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Spanish shipyard financing scheme ruled legal
Spain’s shipyards have been given a huge fillip with Europe’s second-highest court yesterday green lighting a Spanish tax lease scheme…
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Bill approved to improve cyber security at US ports
Politicians in Washington have approved a bill to boost cyber security at US ports. The Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and…
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IMO says it is the only forum to make shipping decarbonise
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has promised to spearhead shipping’s carbon cutdown in the wake of the Paris Climate Change…
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‘IMO is the only forum to handle CO2 reduction’: ICS
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference reached over…
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Norwegian owners reflagging ships back home
Norwegian shipowners say they want to reflag home some of their ships as the government softens rules for its secondary…
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Democrats want green demands in funding bill if oil export ban repealed
Democrats in the US Senate on Tuesday spelled out the price they will exact from Republicans in order to support…
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Make sure shipping and aviation remain in Paris climate text, European Parliament urges
The European Parliament has taken another swipe at shipping’s emissions. The Paris climate change agreement should not leave out aviation…
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Bill to end US oil-export ban passes in House of Representatives
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to lift the longstanding ban on US oil exports, although…
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Removing the obstacles to carbon reduction
A binding agreement on targets to reduce carbon emissions from shipping struck at COP21 would be a disaster for the…
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Shipping under pressure
Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance gives Splash readers a roundup of who said what in Paris. There…
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Industry not ready for next year’s container weighing requirements
INTTRA has released the results of a customer survey whose 410 respondents overwhelmingly expressed concerns about the readiness of the…
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Global Shippers’ Forum calls for market-based measures to combat emissions
As the COP21 climate change talks continue in Paris, the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called on the shipping industry…
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COP21: maritime deja vu
Thomas Timlen highlights the similarities in the wordings of maritime-related texts in Paris to COP15 in Copenhagen six years ago.…
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Australia’s senate rejects cabotage changes
Australia will not be changing its cabotage laws after all in an embarrassing set back for the government. The federal…
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