Member states at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) rubber stamped plans for short-term measures to cut carbon emissions across the entire merchant fleet. MARPOL legislation will see two new measures added: the technical requirement to...
The editorial policy of ex-seafarer turned shipping’s most famous editor, Michael Grey, during his tenure at Lloyd’s List newspaper was simple: “Safety at sea, and don’t knock the IMO”. Mercifully, Mike, a mentor of mine for many a year, is not a subscriber to Splash Extra. There’s a certain irony...
The far greater consolidated nature of the global shipyard scene has led to a remarkably solid performance during the pandemic whereby the annual slippage rate – ships that are meant to deliver this year but get shunted over to next year – is on course to reduce in 2020. With just over five weeks...
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