China’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has detailed its emission control area plans with a 0.5% sulphur limit effective from January 1 next year, and more pertinently 0.1% sulphur limits on ship fuel kicking in along its rivers from January 1 2020 and around the southern island of Hainan from the...
l to r: Julien Dufour CEO, Verifavia Shipping, and Pantelis Chinakis, President and Managing Director of INSB Class
LONDON, PANAMA CITY, ATHENS – 06 DECEMBER 2018: Verifavia, the world’s leading emissions verification company for the transport sector (aviation and shipping), today announced 8 new cooperation agreements with Recognized Organisations (ROs), supporting the verification of data for the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Data Collection System (DCS) regulation.
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From the signing ceremony between LR and the Canadian Department of National Defence (John Hicks and Captain (Navy) Jacques Olivier pictured center)
04 December 2018 – On 15 November 2018, Lloyd’s Register (LR) became the first classification society to be assigned RO (Recognised Organisation) status by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND). LR is now authorised to survey Halifax Class vessels and undertake combatant certification activities in key hazard areas of the Naval Ship...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is participating at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland, which kicked off yesterday. In a release IMO stated that this week it will seek to make clear that it remains the appropriate international body to continue work to...
One of the busiest port cities in the world, Singapore, is to ban the use of open-loop scrubbers in its waters. Speaking at a conference to promote the local shipping register today, Andrew Tan, the outgoing chief executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), said the decision to...
Kitack Lim has won re-election at the IMO Council to head the UN body for another four years when his first term expires at the end of next year. The South Korean national will now be at the head of shipping’s legislative body for some key maritime moments such as the start of the global […]
https://splash247.com/lim-wins-another-four-years-at-the-helm-of-imo/
Shetland Islands Council, in its role as Harbour Authority, recently contracted ABPmer to carry out an assurance audit of its compliance with the Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC).
The Council operates a number of ports, the largest of which is Sullom Voe, a major UK oil terminal. In addition, it also has responsibility for the operation of a number of smaller ports and piers located around the islands which service the offshore oil, gas and renewable sectors as well as fishing and aquaculture.
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Fast growing feeder boxship operator MPC Container Ships has entered into agreements for the acquisition of five scrubbers which are to be retrofitted on five selected vessels within the company’s fleet prior to the January 1, 2020 implementation date of IMO’s new sulphur emission regulations. The...
https://splash247.com/mpc-opts-for-up-to-55-scrubbers-citing-charterer-demands/
The UK, the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Panama, United Arab Emirates and the United States stand accused today of holding back reforms at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ahead of an important meeting at the United Nations body in London next week. The NGO Transparency...
As the digital transformation in the maritime industry accelerates, there has been a groundswell of calls to set up relevant standards for maritime digital solutions, amid a large number of players, mostly startups, entering the market in recent years. A survey released by INTTRA, the largest,...
https://splash247.com/regulation-call-for-maritime-digital-solutions/