Regulation

Classification society ABS has granted an Approval-in-Principle (AiP) to a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology developed by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

The loss of containers from vessels in bad weather was very much in the headlines at the end of last year with the ONE Apus, and incident also highlighted the hugely complex calculations and operations behind the safe loading of ultra-large vessels.

The world’s first ammonia fuel-ready vessel is under construction for Greek shipowner Avin International at a Chinese shipyard.

Cyprus is to offer tonnage tax discounts to ships that beat environmental targets.

Singapore is prioritising workers in the maritime and aviation sectors for Covid-19 vaccination.

After 47 years of mostly frictionless trade between the UK and European Community countries, an overnight transition to a new era of border controls and customs procedures was never a realistic prospect. Any more realistic, in fact, than the “oven...

A 32% rise in actual incidents of piracy and armed robbery last year could resulted from economic hardships caused by Covid-19 in coastal communities, according to ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC).