Regulatory
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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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Italian owners urge Rome to make flag more competitive
At the latest Confitarma’s general assembly held in Rome, Emanuele Grimaldi, chairman of the Italian shipowners association, listed some conditions…
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Canadian shipowners request domestic shipping improvements from new PM
The Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA), which represents the domestic shipping industry, said it looks forward to working with the country’s…
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Arctic Coast Guard Forum established
The eight nations with borders onto the Arctic will sign a deal next week to create the Arctic Coast Guard…
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Will pigs fly before the Jones Act changes?
It is true that US law requires that a ship, permitted to trade coastwise, must be built in a US…
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TransAtlantic: ‘Shipping is full of old habits that need to be challenged’
Name the two countries within the European Union to have no tonnage tax. Answer? Landlocked Austria and the shipping powerhouse…
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Time to rethink disruptive cabotage laws
The world of global supply chains has grown sophisticated beyond the comprehension of anyone, save for supply chain optimisation experts.…
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American shipyards hit out at critics of the Jones Act
American shipyards yesterday issued a fierce rebuttal of repeated links between the Jones Act and the sinking of the 40-year-old…
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Maersk willing to invest billions in Indonesia if cabotage laws change
Ahead of a state visit by the Danish queen to Indonesia this week, which will see Denmark’s largest shipping line…
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OECD in favour of carbon tax for shipping
The International Transport Forum came out yesterday in favour of a carbon tax for shipping and very swingeing goals for…
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‘Unilateral economic disarmament’: Australian cabotage changes attacked
Plans by the ruling Liberal Party to change cabotage laws have sparked another angry protest, this time in the House…
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US House votes through bill to repeal oil export ban
As many predicted, the US House of Representatives on Friday voted through a bill that could repeal the country’s ban…
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US Senators introduce bill to prohibit offshore drilling in the Pacific
A group of six US Senators, all Democrats, has introduced a bill to put a permanent stop to offshore drilling…
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Shipping’s intransigence gives regulators the whip hand
Copenhagen is a very, very green place. So much so that yesterday evening as an electric ferry, comandeered by Danish…
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Presidential veto threat makes House vote on lifting oil export ban seem futile
Despite the political manouevring and speculation about a bill to lift the US ban on oil exports it will probably…
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Danish Maritime Forum wraps with calls for greater unity
The Danish Maritime Forum (DMF) wrapped up this afternoon with plenty of earnest talk of finding new solutions to shipping’s…
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India axes tax on bunkers for coastal container shipping
India has removed customs and excise duty on bunker fuels for India-flagged vessels in coastal and domestic trades in an…
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