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4th IMO SDC Sub-Committee Outcome

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 subdivision […]

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Celebrating Women in Shipping

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 world’s […]

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The perfect storm of digitalization and commoditization

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 maritime […]

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Πέντε ναυτιλιακά κέντρα αμφισβητούν την πρωτοκαθεδρία της Ε.Ε.

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 τους […]

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ICS CHAIRMAN SETS OUT PLAN FOR CO2 REDUCTION BY SHIPPING SECTOR

The Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, Esben Poulsson, has set out what the industry would like the International Maritime Organization to achieve as part […]

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Socio-economic impact of the EU shipping industry remains solid

The EU shipping industry directly employed 640,000 people and supported a € 57 billion contribution to GDP in 2015. Adding supply chain and worker spending multiplier […]

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Shipping emissions: lessons learned from the aviation industry

Mr. Julien Dufour, CEO, Verifavia Shipping, comments current developments regarding the inclusion of shipping in ETS and stresses that regardless the offsetting scheme is finally run […]

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Poseidon Med II ports simulate LNG operations

Members of the European Union(EU)-funded Poseidon Med II LNG-bunker port initiative have staged a series of simulation workshops to evaluate safety and operating issues for LNG […]

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New white paper informs on the current BW regulatory

Alfa Laval has published a white paper providing an overview of the most influential ballast water regulations and their enforcement, gudance and a few information about selecting a […]

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ICS Releases Latest Flag State Performance Table

ICS has published its latest Flag State Performance Table which can be downloaded free of charge. The Table provides an annual overview of the performance of […]

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