Regulatory
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IMO elects Panama’s Arsenio Dominguez as its new secretary-general
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has elected Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco of the Republic of Panama as its next secretary-general.…
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Fugro selected for Curaçao offshore wind site survey
The Government of Curaçao has hired Dutch surveyor Fugro to map the seabed of the island’s surrounding waters for the…
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SLB halts all shipments of equipment into Russia
Oilfield services giant SLB has stopped shipments of products and technology into Russia from all its facilities worldwide in response…
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Australia declares second offshore wind zone
The Australian Government has declared an area in the Pacific Ocean off Hunter, New South Wales, as suitable for future…
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SLB gets trial date for sexual harassment lawsuit
The trial in a multi-million lawsuit against oilfield services giant Schlumberger, now SLB, for sexual harassment and gender discrimination in…
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Key outcomes from MEPC debated
The 80th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) wrapped up at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization…
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Australia bans second Briese MPP in a month
Regulators have banned a second Briese vessel from entering Australian waters in the past month after an inspection revealed “serious…
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Solvang’s Clipper Shipping given $1.5m fine in pollution case
Clipper Shipping, a part of Norway’s Solvang, has been found guilty of pollution by a court in the Southern District…
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Port of Esbjerg gets over $1bn for green energy projects
The Port of Esbjerg has entered into a cooperation agreement with PensionDanmark, a labour market pension fund, for investments of…
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‘Vague and non-committal’: MEPC green targets text comes in for fierce criticism
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed on a revised strategy to decarbonise the global shipping industry. The agreement will…
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Next year’s EU ETS bill will cost shipping more than $3bn
The European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (EU MRV) dataset for shipping’s European CO2 emissions for the year 2022 has…
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US green lights Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project off New Jersey
US authorities have approved the plan for the construction and operations of Ørsted’s Ocean Wind 1 project offshore New Jersey.…
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Watered-down final text from MEPC on the cards
Midway through this week’s crucial Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) gathering and there is now a very real risk of…
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Hapag-Lloyd faces US shipper complaint
Fruit juice importer and broker Rahal International has filed a complaint with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) against Germany’s…
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IMO on brink of ‘historic failure’ as crunch green talks get underway
Global maritime environment policy is set to be revised at the forthcoming Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) set of meetings…
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Stolt-Nielsen to pay $155m over MSC Flaminia incident as appeal fails
A US Court of Appeals has affirmed all of Stolt-Nielsen’s liability from a 2018 ruling regarding the 2012 incident on…
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Norway gives go-ahead for over $18bn in offshore oil and gas investments
The government of Norway has given the green light to companies to develop 19 oil and gas offshore fields with…
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Technip FMC and Technip Energies pay $230m in fines to avoid corruption lawsuits
Subsidiaries of TechnipFMC and Technip Energies will pay fines of nearly €210m ($230m) to avoid lawsuits regarding subsea projects undertaken…
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Ship recycling convention enters into force finally
After 14 years since adoption by the International Maritime Organization, the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally…
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Braemar shares to be suspended as investigation into 2013 case delays annual results
Despite readying its books for what it maintains will be record results, the British shipbroker, Braemar, has conceded it will…
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