Identifying organisms and microbes in ballast water, as well as monitoring port marine life where ballast water may be released, are key for countries preparing…
Under MARPOL, Special Areas and ECAs are provided with a higher level of protection than other sea areas. While a number of such areas were…
As of March, the in-service and on-order fleet of LNG-powered seagoing ships has reached the 200 mark. Here, LNG World Shipping exclusively lists the 97…
The Port of London announced that, in the first three months of the current year, 66 ships calling at terminals on the Thames qualified for…
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)…
