A U.S. cargo ship containing soybean exports bound for China is steaming toward the country in hopes of beating a 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybeans expected to be implemented Friday. Bloomberg reports that the ship, Peak Pegasus, is expect

As the US and China prepare to ratchet up their trade dispute the World Trade Organizations latest report on G20 trade measures reveals a surge in trade-restrictive practices implemented between October 2017 and May 2018. The report, issued

JAKARTA - Passengers trapped for a night on a stricken ferry off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi were rescued early on Wednesday, an official said, as the death toll rose to 29. Images from the scene showed terrified passengers clinging t

Transparency International, a Berlin headquartered NGO that lists its aims as combatting corruption, has accused the International Maritime Organization of critical governance flaws that TI suggests will impede the Organization from achievi

International shipping industry organizations, with military support, have launched a new website dedicated to providing comprehensive maritime security guidance to companies and mariners. Launched today, the new website www.maritimeglobals

The International Maritime Organizations mode of operation is being subjected to growing complaint in, at a time when nerves are stretched in the run-up to the global 0.5% sulphur cap on 1 January 2020. The latest antagonists are Australia

The European Union will impose additional 25 percent tariffs on a range of U.S. products on Friday in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, the European Commission announced Wednesday. The list of U.S. imports worth 2.8 billion eu

When it comes complying with the IMOs 2020 0.5% low sulphur regulation scrubbers have not received much good press, but a mix of anlaysts,researchers and classification society officials at Posidonia all saw them as a good solution attracti

The shipping industry - as represented by its international trade associations (BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and WSC) - calls on the Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to make progress on key challenges aro

The global shipping industry as represented by its international trade associations (BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the World Shipping Council) have and an urgent call on the Member States of the Intern

As the globally mandated cap on sulphur in fuel draws nearer, Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) Paul Parkinson told shipowners they should take both practical and philosophical steps to prepare for the change and the inevitable challenges it

On Saturday 9 June 2018, the Captain and crew of the Wallem-managed vessel the KSL Seoul rescued six fishermen after their boat was involved in an accident and subsequently capsized. The KSL Seoul was passing through the Mindoro Strait en r

Industry expert Niels Bjrn Mortensen offers a personal view on compliance and punishment when it comes to the upcoming 2020 sulphur cap regulations Having worked on the implementation of the Sulphur Cap rules for many years I have come to r

Over half of shipowners and operators said their fleets were unprepared for the 2020 sulphur cap regulations, according to an informal poll conducted by class society ABS. ABS cited the poll as the group released an updated advisory on mari

All vessels, regardless of whether they are autonomous or not, should comply with the COLREGs, said Captain Ghulam Hussain FNI, head of The Nautical Institutes delegation to the IMO as the debate into MASS started in earnest at the organiza