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Environment
New IMO biofuels regulation may catch product tankers unawares
Athens: New IMO regulations for the carriage of biofuels may lead to a shortage of product tankers eligible to carry the…
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Operations
Korea’s Lim Ki-tack elected as IMO secretary-general
Athens: South Korea’s Lim Ki-tack, president of the Busan Port Authority, has been elected secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation…
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Regulatory
New IMO secretary-general to be elected today
London: IMO Council members will vote today to elect one of six candidates to replace Japan’s Koji Sekimizu as secretary-general of…
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Europe
Andreas Nordseth: Five points to run IMO
Copenhagen: In the fifth interview out of the six candidates running for the post of secretary-general of the International Maritime…
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Maritime CEO
Juvenal Shiundu: Consensus builder aiming for IMO’s top job
Nairobi: Consensus building amid a fractured, regionally split membership of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) forms a key plank of…
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Europe
Andreas Chrysostomou: Cypriot nomination for IMO’s top job
Nicosia: Today sees the third in a series of interviews with candidates to take over the role of secretary-general of…
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Environment
Fit engine scrubbers to save 60,000 lives a year, say researchers
Athens: Installing scrubbers to vessels’ exhaust funnels could help save some of the 60,000 lives lost every year to lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases…
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Europe
Regulators in the cross-hairs at Nor-Shipping opening session
Oslo: Regulators came under attack in the opening session of the Nor-Shipping conference this morning. The high calibre lineup of…
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Europe
Vitaly Klyuev: Russian candidate for IMO’s top job
Moscow: Vitaly Klyuev is the second in a series carried by Maritime CEO looking at the six men running for…
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Asia
Readers question IMO’s ability to protect seafarers
Singapore: A slim majority of readers believe the IMO is not doing enough to protect the lives of seafarers. 53%…
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Environment
European CO2 emissions regulation could conflict with IMO’s global scheme, experts say
London: The European Parliament (EP) today voted to adopt a regional EU regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)…
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Asia
IMO head calls for global body to oversee offshore sector
Singapore: Koji Sekimuzu, the secretary-general of the IMO, has called for the offshore sector to have some form of global…
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Environment
Claims of declining ship efficiency are ‘fanciful’, says ICS
London: A study that claimed that modern ships are less efficient than 20-year-old vessels has been dismissed as ‘fanciful’ by the…
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Asia
Human Rights at Sea takes aim at the Maritime Labour Convention
London: Human Rights at Sea has today launched a new campaign, stressing that the Maritime Labour Convention is, in its…
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Europe
IMO urged to tackle cyber security issues
London: The roundtable of international shipping associations comprising BIMCO, ICS, Intercargo and INTERTANKO are developing standards and guidelines to address…
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Asia
Korean is sixth candidate to run for IMO’s top job
Seoul: A Korean has become the sixth person to throw his hat into the ring to take up the IMO…
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Contributions
What Triton could learn from Somalia
A couple of weeks ago I tweeted a link to a BBC news story on the Triton operation that has…
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Environment
Efthimios Mitropoulos: Shipping’s priorities
Athens: In his time as the head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) he completed vast amounts, and since then…
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