Regulation

Shipping lines have complained that a new law proposed by India’s Shipping Ministry that pushes for greater transparency on ocean pricing amounts to “government interference”.

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya to enable reciprocal recognition of STCW certificates for seafarers for their nationals.

The problems of attracting young people to take up a career as seafarers had been long debated, even before the Covid-19 pandemic and the crew change crisis left hundred of thousands of seafarers stranded onboard vessels.

Italian classification society, RINA has opened a Fleet Operating Centre (FOC) in newly expanded offices in Piraeus as it further strengthens its presence in Greece.

Practical solutions that can be implemented today and provide a pathway to low and zero carbon fuels were the focus of panellists discussing shipping’s clean energy transition.

Shanghai-headquartered ContiOcean Group has been awarded the first ship cyber security system solution Approval-in-Principle (AIP) certificate in Asia by Lloyd’s Register (LR).

International Maritime Organization (IMO) secretary general Kitack Lim has called on everyone in the maritime and shipping industry to work together for a “sustainable post-pandemic recovery and truly sustainable future”.

Singapore’s port authority and China’s Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support talent and academic exchange between the two countries in the maritime sector.

France-based BIO-UV Group reports that its ballast water treatment system BIO-SEA has successfully passed all land and shipboard testing and is now IMO G8 approved without any operational restrictions.

Sperry Marine has signed an agreement with DNV GL enabling vessels to securely share navigational data with the classification society.