IN a recent notice, the U.S. Coast Guard again warns of the importance of maintaining your guard on cyber security, on land and at sea. In February 2019, a deep draft vessel on an international voyage bound for the Port of New York and New

Vattenfall and Echandia Marine have developed a new solution for electric ferries that is designed to minimise emissions and noise and at the same time lower operational and maintenance costs and provide superfast charging. The systems are

By 2020, Denmark will have a digital register of shipping that will lower costs for business communities and provide easier access to data. ​The Danish Maritime Authority will now start developing the new digital Danish Register of Shippi

More women are joining the maritime ranks in a variety of professions within the industry. To encourage this trend, IMO supported a training course aimed at female officials from maritime and port authorities. 25 women from 17 developing co

Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Health, witnessed the commencement of reclamation for Tuas Terminal Phase 2 with the installation of the first caisson in a ceremony today. When fully operational, Tuas Terminal Pha

In a spate of activity since its formal launch in March, the initial phase of the Glofouling Partnerships project is now well and truly underway with a series of technical workshops in the Pacific. The key message delivered to participants

The container market is confronting more than its fair share of headwinds. The recently published Container Forecaster from global shipping consultancy, Drewry, highlights concerns of a slowing global economy stoked by the ongoing US-China

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published the latest update of its Flag State Performance Table, in which the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry has earned a perfect rating. Since the Table was launched 15 years

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) held its 74th session from 13 to 17 May 2019. The meeting was significant being the last MEPC session before the global sulphur cap comes into force from 1 January 2020. The MEPC-73 in

A lack of debunkering options at ports could leave vessels stuck with HSFO onboard for a long time in 2020, the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has warned. For non-scrubber equipped vessels, this would cause not only logist

T he International Day of the Seafarer is celebrated each year on 25 June. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is calling on everyone in the maritime world and beyond to get on board with this years theme of gender equality and de

The IMOs 101st Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting has approved an initial set of guidelines for the conduct of autonomous ship trials. The guidelines say that trials should be conducted in a manner that provides at least the same degre

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) remains on the white list for Paris MoU for 2019. Paris MoU Committee published the 2018 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations (ROs) at its 52n

The MSC adopted the following amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to Codes mandatory under the Convention: -Amendments to the appendix to the annex to the 1974 SOLAS, concerning the addition of a footnote to Forms C, E and P in the Recor

At its 52nd meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2018 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations (ROs). These lists will take effect from 1 July 2019. The White, Grey and