London International Shipping Week Headline Conference Driving Growth in a Disrupted World Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to welcome you to IMO Headquarters today and to see many of you in person again. I also welcome

Google Cloud on Tuesday launched Supply Chain Twin , a service that helps organizations leverage data from disparate sources to better understand their physical supply chain. The cloud company is also launching the Supply Chain Pulse module

All stakeholders in shipping need to collaborate, co-operate and communicate better to tackle the upcoming climate change crisis Shipmanagers and shipping associations called for a single organisation to be created to provide one voice to l

Marking the start of the greenest London International Shipping Week yet, the UK backs a world-leading absolute zero target for international shipping emissions by 2050, as announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today (13 September 2

This measure is effective immediately from September 9, 2021 and until February 1, 2022. The Group is prioritizing its long-term relationship with customers in the face of an unprecedented situation in the shipping industry. Since the begin

The Panama Ship Registry is the largest in the world since 1993. This year, most of the vessels that entered the Panamanian registry were Bulk Carrier vessels. Panama-flagged bulk carriers represent 22% of the worlds bulk carrier fleet, wit

Veniamis E. Theodore, President, Union of Greek Shipowners With a fleet of 4,901 vessels, Greek shipowners control 19.42% of global deadweight tonnage (dwt). In 2020, the Greek-owned fleet grew by over 4% to approximately 364 million dwt. T

Labor unions of South Koreas largest shipping company HMM on Thursday scrapped a strike plan after reaching a new wage deal with management. HMM officials and representatives of the two unions, separately representing land-based and longsho

While a continued downward trend in Somali piracy has prompted leading shipping organisations to reduce the geographic boundaries of the High Risk Area for piracy in the Indian Ocean, vessels transiting these waters must remain vigilant and

The giant container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez canal for six days in March, crossed the waterway on Friday for the first time since it left Egypt after the incident. The ship, en route from the United Kingdom to China, crossed

The Liberian Registry has launched its new online platform for Liberian license assessments and upgrade examinations. This platform, https://seafarerexam.liscr.com/ allows the eligible seafarer, working through approved Training Centers, to

Figure 1: Approximate location of all incidents in the Singapore Strait, January-June 2021 (Source: ReCAAP) Global piracy and armed robbery numbers decreased in the first half of 2021, according to the International Maritime Bureaus Piracy

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) is currently developing an updated and enhanced version of its Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE) tanker risk assessment tool, the ship inspection regime that has become central to s

Credit: Shutterstock The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released a statement following the European Commissions proposed extension of the EUs Emissions Trading System (ETS) to cover the international shipping sector. Guy Platte

Shipping will be included in Europes emissions trading system (ETS) and costs for polluters are set to rise under Brussels plans to meet the European Unions climate targets, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The EU ETS, which force