Politics and Government

Monaco honours Saint-Georges with traditional mass at Sainte-Dévote

Good Morning Monaco

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Monaco honours Saint-Georges with traditional mass at Sainte-Dévote On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the Principality paid tribute to the patron saint of its police force with the annual Messe de la Saint-Georges, held at the Église Sainte-Dévote…

DJ PAWSA to ignite SUNSET as Monaco’s Grand Prix beach party returns for 12th edition British DJ PAWSA will ignite the energy of Monaco’s 12th annual Grand Prix Beach Party as he headlines SUNSET at Méridien...

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American P&I Club – Circular No. 14/25

APRIL 25, 2025CIRCULAR NO. 14/25TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Dear Member:

SANCTIONS UPDATE – YEMEN TRADING AND SUPPORT FOR THE HOUTHI TERRORIST NETWORK
This Circular provides information in conjunction with US State Department spokesperson Mrs. Tammy Bruce’s recent press statement on the United States’ position regarding support to terrorist organizations, such as the Houthis. 
According to Mrs. Bruce on April 9th, 2025, “[t]he United States will not tolerate any...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/25/american-pi-club-circular-no-14-25/

Global maritime matters and London is at its centre, former Shipping Minister tells LISW25 gathering

London is “unquestionably the centre of the world’s maritime industry”, and London International Shipping Week is the place where we champion everything the industry does so well, former Shipping Minister Robert Courts said last night.

Speaking at an LISW25 Supporting Organisations’ event ahead of this year’s London International Shipping Week (LISW25), he highlighted the strength and depth of London’s maritime skills set to be showcased during the capital’s week of maritime events.

He told...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/25/global-maritime-matters-and-london-is-at-its-centre-former-shipping-minister-tells-lisw25-gathering/

Commentary on IMO’s Net-Zero Framework & LNG-fuelled vessels

Nick Austin, partner in Reed Smith’s Transportation Industry Group, said:

“As the IMO releases details of how its Net-Zero Framework will operate in its first monitoring year in 2028, it is clear that the devil will be in the detail. Whilst superficially resembling the EU’s focus on well-to-wake GHG intensity in its FuelEU Maritime regulation, the IMO’s approach will be more complicated. It would introduce two tiers of compliance and differential pricing of “remedial units” to ensure vessel...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/25/commentary-on-imos-net-zero-framework-lng-fuelled-vessels/

A new era for care and diagnostics at CHPG’s Belvédère building

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco
Good Morning Monaco

Friday, April 25, 2025

A new era for care and diagnostics at CHPG’s Belvédère building His Serene Highness Prince Albert II inaugurated the new Belvédère building at the Princess Grace Hospital (CHPG), marking a major step in the transformation of Monaco’s medical infrastructure…

Monaco charts new course for yachting at groundbreaking world summit The inaugural World Yachting Summit, held from Tuesday, April 15 to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/25/a-new-era-for-care-and-diagnostics-at-chpgs-belvedere-building/

Reminder – 30th April for LSLC-YMP’s Hybrid seminar Sanctions and Tariffs: latest developments and impact on Shipping and Trade

IntroductionThe LSLC-YMP and Clyde & Co LLP are hosting a hybrid seminar  focusing on sanctions and tariffs. The event will feature key panellists who will consider the impact of sanctions and tariffs in shipping and trade both from both from legal and commercial perspectives.

Specific issues for discussion:

  • How sanctions and tariffs are affecting the shipping and trade industry.
  • Latest developments with sanctions and tariffs
  • The interaction with force majeure clauses
  • Sanctio...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/24/reminder-30th-april-for-lslc-ymps-hybrid-seminar-sanctions-and-tariffs-latest-developments-and-impact-on-shipping-and-trade/

Europe’s ports welcome EP’s Budget Committee’s plea for greater funding for transport, energy and dual-use infrastructure within the next MFF

Isabelle Ryckbost
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the report of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee voted on 23 April, titled On a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world, by co-rapporteurs  Siegfried Mureşan (EPP) and Carla Tavares (S&D). The compromise amendments and the full report can be found here.

The report stresses the need for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to allocate significantly greater funding to energy and transport

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/24/europes-ports-welcome-eps-budget-committees-plea-for-greater-funding-for-transport-energy-and-dual-use-infrastructure-within-the-next-mff/

ESPO Conference Thessaloniki – 8 and 9 May: We are ready, are you?

The European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas.

On 8 and 9 May, Europe’s ports will gather in Thessaloniki for the 21st edition of the ESPO Conference, the annual highlight of the European port industry. As always, the Conference is taking place back-to-back with ESPO’s General Assembly.

The conference aims to discuss the forthcoming strategy for Europe’s ports in the post-2024 era.

The year 2024 has been marked by important elections, both in Europe and in...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/24/espo-conference-thessaloniki-8-and-9-may-we-are-ready-are-you/

DESKSIDE BRIEFING: The Centre for Disaster Protection Comments on 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Daniel Clarke

23 April, 2025 – If you are reporting on the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), taking place from April 21 to 26, in Washington, D.C, please consider the following comment from Daniel Clarke, Executive Director, the Centre for Disaster Protection. 

“As global leaders gather in Washington, D.C. for the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF, they are being urged to confront a hard truth: without tackling...

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