On April 28th, the MEPs serving on the TRAN Committee voted to adopt their opinion and proposed amendments as input to the European Parliaments consideration of the EU ETS revision. Regulation to include shipping in the EU ETS is under deve

Keppel Corporation Limited (Keppel) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with Sembcorp Marine Ltd (Sembcorp Marine) for the proposed combination of Keppel Offshore Marine and Sembcorp Marine (the Combined Entity),

For the first time, BIMCO has produced its own ship sale and purchase agreement. The project has taken the standards organisation just over two years to complete, involving a drafting team of nine industry specialists who provided broking,

Seaspan Corporation and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group announced the formation of Sea Sourcing Pte Ltd, a new procurement joint venture between the two companies, based in Singapore. Jointly leading Sea Sourcing are Seaspan Director of Procurem

South Africa has become the 17th signatory* to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC). The Jeddah Amendment was adopted in 2017 to broaden the scope of the DcoC, which was developed and adopted in 2009 by countries in t

At 07:12 April 17, 2022 (EST), the Ever Forward was successfully refloated by salvor who has been working closely with the US Coast Guard, competent authorities of the State of Maryland and local service providers to remedy the ships ground

This year, once again, the annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS) will be celebrated on 25 June. Your voyage - then and now, shareyour journey Every seafarers journey is different, but they all face similar challenges. For 2022, the campaign of

IMO has welcomed the 100th ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO)s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, which is the global instrument mandating seafarers employment rights and decent working conditions. Oman deposit

IMO is adding e-learning to its portfolio of services. The first free to access course was launched during an online event (7 April), in the margin of its Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) Sub-Committee meeting. IMO has developed a nu

The preparatory phase of the IMO Coordinated Actions to Reduce Emissions from Shipping (IMO CARES) project has been launched at the IMO-Singapore Future of Shipping Conference. The foundation project of the IMO Coordinated Actions to Reduce

The Suez Canal Authority celebrated on Tuesday the one-year anniversary of the flotation of the containershipEver Given. The Ever Givenship, Panamanian-flagged and Japanese-ownedship, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021. The Sue

The Liberian Registry has been awarded QUALSHIP 21 status for 2022-2023 by the United States Coast Guards (USCG). The prestigious QS21program recognizes vessels and flag States which have successfully met specified safety and quality requir

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held an extraordinary session of its Council (C/ES.35) on 10 and 11 March to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The IMO Council

DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA, ICC and SWIFT form Future International Trade Alliance and sign memorandum of understanding to standardise digitalisation of international trade Industry associations collaborate on the development and adoption of releva

Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are being urged to accept amendments to the IMO Convention as soon as possible in order to expand the size of the IMO Council to 52, to reflect the increased membership of IMO.