Seven IMO member states have nominated a candidate ahead of a vote on the agency’s new leader later this year.

The industry has welcomed the European Commission’s decision to continue to the certificates of some 50,000 Filipino seafarers serving on European-flagged ships.

The team that pushed the legislation that ultimately became the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022), have liner shipping in their sights again.

The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) and insurers have published guidance on safely carrying lithium-ion batteries in containers.

The latest IMO meeting on decarbonisation ended with plenty of unanswered questions, but there are ‘important clues’ as to the direction of regulation at the IMO.

The Greek controlled fleet decreased in number of vessels, DWT and GT in the 12 months to March 2023 for its biggest decline since 2008 as owners move to renew their fleets.

The Dutch government has designated an area to develop the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project at Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden - the North of the Wadden Islands.

A battle on the field of regulation will herald the arrival of the next generation of vessels, according to retired Teekay CEO Peter Evensen.

The European Parliament and Council have reached a deal on the use of cleaner maritime fuels with shipping cutting GHG content of fuel by 2% in 2025, and 80% by 2050.

The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry has set a new milestone by achieving 19 consecutive years on the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) QUALSHIP 21 programme.