Regulatory
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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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Singapore extends competition exemptions for liner shipping agreements
Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) is to extend the block exemption order (BEO) for liner shipping agreements (LSAs)…
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‘Human capital is the key enabler for the future of maritime Singapore’
Extra money is being spent in the Lion City to develop interest in maritime careers, but more is needed. Teo…
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Black Elk Energy and Grand Isle Shipyards face manslaughter charges over 2012 platform explosion
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations of Houston, Texas and Grand Isle Shipyards of Grand Isle Louisiana were charged on Thursday…
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The debate that no one wants to have
Captain Pappu Sastry from NEPA Projects & Investments on owner/charterer relations. Very much like a marriage, a charter party is…
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Authorities raid boxlines in Shanghai
The Shanghai offices of many of the world’s leading containerlines have been raided by local authorities looking to clamp down…
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HK flag service upgrade required
As the Hong Kong Shipping Register passes the 100m gross tonne mark there’s no time to rest on its laurels.…
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Rallying call to government
Hong Kong’s shipping community reveal their wishlist to get the territory back up on the maritime map. In compiling our…
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Hong Kong Marine Department: New director has plenty in her intray
There was a collective groan among Hong Kong’s shipowners when it was announced at the end of August there was…
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How many directorships? A modern day conundrum
With the current company reporting season in full swing I have been encouraged by the degree to which shareholders are…
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Jones Act savaged
The Jones Act, the 95-year-old cabotage laws that govern US waters, has come in for savage criticism from our readers.…
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Call to move shipping lane further south from Sri Lanka to save whales falls on deaf ears
Efforts by a non-government organisation (NGO) to get containerlines to slow down when transiting south Sri Lanka and to transit…
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ECSA: Call for smarter legislation
Brussels: Smarter, better and complimentary legislation. That’s what European shipowners want from politicians and regulators, according to Thomas Rehder, chairman…
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Tripartite meeting highlights ballast water management concerns
Shipping is still a long way from comfortable with impending ballast water management legislation, according to minutes just released from…
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IMO has not done enough to curb emissions, survey finds
Early results from the latest online survey carried by Maritime CEO suggest the International Maritime Organization (IMO) should be doing…
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