This year’s Marine Insurance London: “Roadmap For A Sustainable Future” takes place at Etc Venues, 155 Bishopsgate, London, on March 20th. The full agenda has now been published, with panel participants and speakers including Ian Gooch, CEO London P&I Club; Ståle Hansen, President and CEO Skuld;...
The China MSA has issued guidelines on how compliance with the fuel sulphur regulations will be checked and enforced by local authorities. Guidelines for Supervision and Management of Air Pollutant Emissions aims to standardize inspection procedures and actions related to Chinese sulphur limiting...
Cargo shift and damage caused to vehicles on Passenger/Cargo RoRo European Causeway (IMO 9208394), travelling between Larne, Northern Ireland and Cairnryan, Scotland, on December 18th 2018, was partly the result of poor lashing and a failure to adjust the route due to predicted bad weather, the...
New fuel technology investment will cost the shipping industry $1trn by 2050 if the IMO target of a 50% cut in carbon emissions by that date is to be achieved, a study has found. The study was carried out by UMAS which includes UCL and the Energy Transitions Commission, a panel of global experts....
Milwaukee Port, Wisconsin, was working to recover from heavy flooding and damage after a powerful winter storm system struck last weekend in what was described by Port of Milwaukee director Adam Schlicht as a “once-in-a-generation weather event.” The Jones Island area suffered flooding over some...
American Club has informed members that, with reference to Club Circular 02/20 of January 10th, which informed Members of the imposition of additional US sanctions against Iran from that date, additional sanctions may be imposed against any individual owning, operating, trading with, or assisting sectors of the Iranian economy including construction, manufacturing, textiles, and mining….
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Mike Salthouse, Chair, Sanctions subcommittee for the International Group of P&I Clubs, has said in the Group’s annual report that sanctions regimes had become a common feature of foreign policy at the UN, EU and unilaterally in the US, UK and other countries. Specifically, over the course of the...
More than 84,000 ships passed Turkey’s Bosphorus and Çanakkale straits in 2019, and nearly 25% of these were declared to be carrying dangerous goods, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has announced. Anadolu Agency reported that 41,112 crossed Bosphorus strait, while 43,759 passed...
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The Yemeni government has denied reports that it was planning to sign deals for Turkey to run ports and transport infrastructure in the country, The National has reported. Transport Minister Saleh Al Jabwani said during a visit to Istanbul on December 29th that he had reached an agreement with his...
Steamship Mutual has advised that Videotel has made available online an information video and e-training course that they may find useful. The video and e-training course can be accessed from: https://landing.videotel.com/sulphur2020 and by clicking on the ‘Get the free training package’ button and...