International Maritime Organisation

UK manufacturer to support design work on Canadian Coast Guard’s future air-cushion vehicles

The Canadian Coast Guard has selected UK-based manufacturer Griffon Hoverwork to provide engineering design consultancy services to update the service’s current air cushion vehicle (ACV) design and to conduct feasibility studies into alternative power plant options. The Canadian Coast Guard operates a fleet of four ACVs, which primarily support the service’s search and rescue (SAR), […]

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EU heeds calls for more efficient accident investigations in maritime transport

To ensure safer maritime journeys in Europe, the European Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement to revise the 2009 directive on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector. The new legislation forms part of the so-called “maritime safety” legislative package. The revised directive aims to simplify and […]

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OPINION | Russia’s shadow tanker fleet runs into trouble

Barring new evasive techniques by Kremlin technocrats, the rapid rise in Russia’s shadow tanker fleet since the Ukraine war may be reversing as pressure is brought to bear on India and other countries that have discreetly helped Russia beat oil and gas shipping sanctions. The agency waging its own...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/tanker-world/opinion-russias-shadow-tanker-fleet-runs-into-trouble/

COLUMN | IMO’s new secretary-general sets out his stall [Grey Power]

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) changes its Secretary General but rarely, so it is interesting to see the first thoughts of Arsenio Dominguez, who inherited this important role from Kitack Lim at the turn of the year. A port engineer from the Republic of Panama, and a long-term IMO...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/column-imos-new-secretary-general-sets-out-his-stall-grey-power/

EDITORIAL | Ferry fatalities nearly double in 2023

Perhaps made complacent by a comparatively low death toll in 2022, the global ferry industry has disgraced itself with a near doubling of fatalities in 2023. Tragically, 2024 is already looking worse – much worse. In January 2024, alone, 237 people have been the victims of ten ferry accidents. The...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/ferries/editorial-ferry-fatalities-nearly-double-in-2023/

Interferry to host joint Africa Ferry Safety seminar with IMO

Global trade association Interferry has partnered with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to organise and co-host a seminar on ferry safety in Africa. Taking place on April 16 to 17, 2024, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the seminar is in line with Interferry’s aim of reducing casualties in...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/ferries/interferry-to-host-joint-africa-ferry-safety-seminar-with-imo/

“Seafarers are innocent victims, and their safety is paramount,” IMO Secretary General declares

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has condemned the attacks against international shipping and has called for an immediate release of the ship, the Galaxy Leader, and its crew. Addressing the Sub-Committee […]

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COLUMN | Ammonia and LNG: toxic start to the new year for Fortescue, Equinor and the IMO? [Offshore Accounts]

Happy New Year to one and all, though one of the biggest challenges the marine, port, and bunkering industries will face in 2024 is the challenge of future fuels. You could do my job – the marine fuels op-ed primer Writing about the problems the marine industry faces is easy – you begin by stating...

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COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2023: Days 4 to 6: Seadrill, Gulf Drilling International and ADES; five shipping magnates on future fuels; six corrupted states and Al Jazeera [Offshore Accounts]

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]

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