International Women’s Day 2025 is yet another reminder of the importance of diversity across the shipping industry – of the solid achievements in advancing the role of women, but of the widespread acknowledgment that much remains to be done in this regard.
This topic has been, or in some cases, we could say ‘ought to have been’ high on the agenda of this most global of industries. It has been...
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE
Brief Update No 25/08 Date: 07 Mar 2025
STATEMENT
This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open sources, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/07/sea-guardian-threat-risk-assessment-01-07-march-2025/
| MARCH 7, 2025 CIRCULAR NO. 08/25 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: |
| This Circular highlights recent sanctions imposed against Russia by the EU and the UK EU ADOPTS 16TH SANCTIONS PACKAGE AGAINST RUSSIA |
| On February 24, 2025, the EU adopted the 16th package of sanctions against Russia on the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. These measures are set out in several regulations and decisions which can be found here. The EU Commission has issued... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/07/american-pi-club-circular-no-08-25/
Three Years On: New UK and EU Sanctions against Russia
In response to ongoing geopolitical tensions, on 24 February 2025 both the United Kingdom and the European Union published significant updates to their respective sanctions regimes. These measures are wide-ranging and aim to further constrain Russia’s ability to continue its illegal war and come at a key moment in the dynamic between Russia, Ukraine and western powers. From a broader perspective, the package of sanctions provides a direct...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/05/hfw-briefing-russian-sanctions-update/
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown.
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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/
by John Faraclas
This is the ideal moment to refer again to the Death of Diplomacy following our first comment which coincided with the US elections last November.
Situation on Planet Ocean and in particular the messy Ukrainian and Middle Eastern wars are not yet over and we are going to witness incalculable repercussions affecting us all and many more conflicts which are about to surface.
In certain quarters, diplomacy (so-called) is being replaced by overt bullying, insults and role-play (aimed...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/03/death-of-diplomacy-part-2/
| SECOND BIO-SEA BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM STARTS MILITARY COMPATIBILITY TESTS WITH US NAVY |
| French water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has shipped a second BIO-SEA ballast water treatment unit to the United States for extensive trials to assess the technology’s capability for use onboard US Navy vessels. A “M” series BIO-SEA system will undergo the same rigorous testing as the compact BIO-SEA “B” series unit supplied to BIO-UV Group’s US-based partner, The Columbia Group... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/03/us-navy-to-trial-bio-uv-bwts/