A. The EU MRV is applicable for ships >5,000 GT and for each voyage to, within and from EU (and EFTA) ports. Exempted are warships,…
European Transport Ministers adopted Wednesday afternoon a ministerial declaration on maritime transport. The declaration outlines priorities for the EU’s maritime transport policy, focusing on competitiveness,…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) notified that a decade-long project, which aimed to promote implementation of an international treaty, stemming the transfer of potentially invasive…
IMO has set a global limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships of 0.50% m/m (mass by mass) from 1 January 2020.…
The in-service and on-order fleet of LNG-powered seagoing ships has reached the 200 mark. The double century was achieved on 20 March 2017 when Sovcomflot…
Shipping confidence held steady in the three months to end-February 2017, Moore Stephens’ latest Shipping Confidence Survey shows. Specifically, in February 2017, the average confidence…
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a document to inform on the new edition of the ISO 8217 specifications of marine fuels. This sixth edition(ISO 8217:2017)…
Although Control Risks recorded a 21% decrease in attacks and boardings of ships globally in 2016, cases of high-severity maritime terrorism and kidnaps increased and…
The Sub-Committee finalized Ship Design and Construction (SDC), 4th session through 13-17 February 2017 and issued draft Revised Explanatory Notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1…
Historically the maritime industry has been male-dominated. Specifically, no matter their achievements in the maritime sector, women make up only an estimated 2% of the…
Frank Coles, CEO, Transas delivered a speech at the Transas Global Conference, Malta, pointing out that we are faced with the perfect storm; the one confronting the…
Η ευρωπαϊκή ναυτιλία απασχολεί άμεσα και έμμεσα πάνω από 2,1 εκατ. άτομα και συνεισφέρει στο ΑΕΠ της Ε.Ε. περί τα 140 δισ. ευρώ. Επίσης από…
