Interactive guidance publication to help all vessels plan voyages and to detect, avoid, deter, delay and report attacks and incidents wherever they occur
31 March 2025, London – The Industry Associations of BIMCO, ICS, IMCA, INTERCARGO,
INTERTANKO & OCIMF supported by over forty maritime stakeholders, have today released a consolidated and enhanced publication Best Management Practices (BMP) for Maritime Security (MS).
As an interactive online publication, BMP Maritime Security consolidates...
by John Faraclas
The best ever global social event of its kind over the last 40 years in the British capital – the administrative capital of Shipping, was by far, the 30th Anniversary Ball of HESGB at the iconic West End venue JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Park Lane, adjacent to Hyde Park.
842: the pin number unlocking success!
Breaking all previous records with 842 members, friends and guests from just over 40 nations:
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/03/of-nuts-and-bolts/
Έγινε ανταλλαγή απόψεων σχετικά με το συνεχώς εξελισσόμενο ρυθμιστικό πλαίσιο του ναυτιλιακού κλάδου
Η Ένωση Διεθνών Ναυτιλιακών Οργανισμών έκρουσε τον κώδωνα του κινδύνου σχετικά με την άδικη μεταχείριση και την αυξανόμενη ποινικοποίηση των ναυτικών, υπογραμμίζοντας ότι αυτό το φαινόμενο έχει επιπτώσεις όχι μόνο στους ίδιους τους ναυτικούς αλλά και στη συνολική λειτουργία της παγκόσμιας ναυτιλιακής βιομηχανίας.
Οι πρόεδροι των τεσσάρων οργανισμών που συμμετείχαν στη συνάντηση — BIMCO, Διεθνές Ναυτικό Επιμελητήριο (ICS), INTERTANKO και INTERCARGO — συμφώνησαν ότι πρέπει να ληφθούν άμεσες...
The Round Table of International Shipping Organizations is increasingly concerned about a rise in the unjust treatment and criminalization of seafarers.
The chairpersons of the Round Table’s four member organizations — BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), INTERTANKO and INTERCARGO —met in Athens, February 6, to discuss topics that includied greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and the impact of geopolitics on shipping. But by far the most important topic on the agenda was how the...
The heads of major shipping organizations convened in Athens this week to address the escalating crisis of seafarer safety and rights, with a particular focus on the increasing incidents of…
Following a recent meeting of its council of members, INTERTANKO, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, announced a leadership transition that sees Katharina Stanzel stepping down as managing director from Jan. 1, 2025 to be succeeded by current deputy managing director Tim Wilkins.
Separately INTERTANKO announced that Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr., CEO of Westfal-Larsen Management has succeeded Paolo d’Amico as the association’s chairman, effective Nov, 20.
Stanzel has served as...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/katharina-stanzel-steps-down-as-intertanko-managing-director/
Video has emerged showing the Houthi attack on the MV Tutor with an explosive laden drone boat. That attack eventually led to the sinking of the vessel, which has now been confirmed by UKMTO. That attack, and the subsequent attack on the MV Verbena, underscore the deadly nature of the ongoing attacks and shipping industry outrage and anguish is growing.
Efforts by CENTCOM to degrade Houthi capabilities continue. On June 19 it said: In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces...
Several associations of the shipping industry published a joint statement to express their deep concern over the tragic loss of life and injuries suffered by the crew of True Confidence in the first fatal ship attack by Houthis in the Red Sea.
“The loss of life and injuries to civilian seafarers is completely unacceptable,” said the joint statement. “Merchant vessels crewed by civilian seafarers transporting global trade have a right to innocent passage through the region without the threat of...
By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – With the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO) environmental committee meeting now a scant three weeks away, a treasure trove of written material, some factual, some…
https://gcaptain.com/cii-at-the-imo-all-eyes-on-shippings-new-carbon-intensity-index/