Government Body (Maritime)

The Greek government has hit on the head suggestions it is considering an amendment to the Piraeus port concession agreement with Cosco Shipping to give a permit for the construction of a shipyard by PPA SA (Piraeus Port Authority), declared...

Kitack Lim, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has repeated his plea for governments around the world to allow safe seafarer crew changes as a matter of urgency.

Michael Grey examines issues around extreme weather, container lashings and "reasonable" expectations of the vessel's master.

Panama announced that it will “impose sanctions to all those Panamanian flagged vessels that deliberately deactivate, tamper or alter the operation of Long-Range Identification and Tracking System (LRIT) or the Automatic Identification System (AIS...

Last week, The Liberian Registry made a call for Flag States to join together in efforts for facilitating crew changes with international recognition of seafarers as “key workers”.

The Panama Ship Registry has introduced new digital services to enable it to give an immediate response to shipowners during the crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a joint letter from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to G20 leaders and ministers they have called on governments to identify ports and nearby airports where crew changes can be...