Regulation

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has clarified its position on the use of open-loop scrubbers whilst transiting the waterway to comply with the new IMO 2020 regulation.

The Nigerian authorities say they are seeing gains from renewed attempts to enforce the country’s Cabotage law.

The Chinese authorities have caught two vessels for low sulphur fuel violations, the first reported cases of breaches of IMO 2020.

The Liberian Registry has announced moves to further streamline and simplify the registration and re-registration of vessels in the registry.

With the implementation of International Maritime Organization Low Sulphur Regulation (or IMO 2020), concerns keep on growing amid recently announced bunker adjustment factors by carriers and the apparently far-from-enough low-sulphur output from...

With IMO 2020 less than 24 hours away from coming into force owners with scrubbers look likely to be quids up while, those needing to buy compliant fuel on the spot market face high prices, according to analysts.

The American chambers of commerce in Greece, Cyprus and Israel have hailed US President Donald Trump’s signing of the EastMed Act as a step toward promoting security and energy partnerships in the region.