The Cyprus Shipping Chamber, whose members employ up to 60,000 seafarers onboard their vessels around the world, has joined a global appeal to G20 leaders to facilitate crew changes and safeguard access to healthcare onshore to these unseen

While the number of physical on-board ship inspections has reduced considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to protect both port State control officers and seafarers, the regimes continue to work to target high-risk ships which m

The U.S. Coast Guard is giving additional time for vessels impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to comply with regulations requiring ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) to be installed on board. Recognizing the impact of public health polic

This document is to provide recommendations and guidance, based on relevant documents developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), together with the experience gained by shipping compan

For dealing with the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 in a pragmatic and harmonized approach in the region, Tokyo MOU adopted the relevant guidance on 12 March 2020 for port State Authorities to apply pragmatic relaxation on requests for

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued important guidance to support the shipping industry in its essential role of ensuring that essential goods and commodities, such as energy, food and medical supplies, can be carried to

Navigational incidents Over the last 10 years there has been a general increase in the number of claims which relate to the broad description of navigational incidents. These include groundings, collisions and contacts with fixed and floati

A global health crisis of the magnitude we are experiencing has not struck the international community for over a century. In this unprecedented crisis, all countries and all areas of our daily life are profoundly affected and in disarray.

In a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on seafarer well-being, Inmarsat has formalised a sweeping 50 per cent discount for crew voice calling services available for up to 40,000 ships for three months until the end of

BIMCO delivers training programmes which are tailored to suit your objectives and requirements. The topics offered are not limited to our current course programmes or topics, so if you are looking for a topic or course for a specific busine

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has been recognized on the United States Coast Guards (USCGs) QUALSHIP 21 roster for the period 1 July 2020-30 June 2021, as reported in the recently published USCG 2019 Annual Report. Approximatel

The Liberian Registry continues to adjust to the disruptions caused by COVID-19 by leveraging its use of technology and modern communication. The latest innovation from Liberia is the implementation of remote Annual Safety Inspections (ASI)

Covid-19 has meant we have had to adapt some of our programmes in order to meet the need it has presented. We strive not to abandon any seafarer. We are diverting the full resources of the charitytofindingways of supportingthese men and wom

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has released guidance for cases when COVID-19 results in unforeseen delays in the delivery of newbuild bulk carriers and oil tankers originally scheduled to be delivered before 1 July 2020. The

The International Monetary Fund on Monday cited limited but encouraging signs of recovery in China, the first country to suffer the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said it could not rule out a resurgence of the pandemic in China and els