Regulation

In a surprising turn of events, President Donald Trump signed a Presidential order extending an existing oil drilling ban off the Florida Gulf coast, out 10 years, to 2032.

Investigations by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) say the Master of the Wakashio which grounded off Mauritius had deviated from its course to try and find an internet signal.

IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim has repeated a call for urgent action on crew change ahead of the UN General Assembly or face ships no longer being able to operate safely worsening the economic crisis.

After less than seven months in the job UK Maritime Minister Kelly moved on to fill the post vacated by the surprise resignation of Housing Minister Simon Clarke for “purely personal reasons”.

The Netherlands will soon disallow tankers to remove vapours from their holds while in transit, a move to mean that the sector will need to have access to sufficient safe and environmentally responsible alternatives.

The local governments of Ningbo and Zhoushan have jointly issued guideline to further promote Ningbo-Zhoushan port integration and development.

Cosco Shipping and DNV GL have signed a cooperation agreement to support the development of the Chinese shipping firm’s digital transformation.

Bureau Veritas (BV), in collaboration with Sembcorp Marine and Nokia, has completed a trial of remote surveys in Singapore in a move to embrace digitalisation, as Covid-19 has severely disrupted traditional manned surveys.

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has extended the use of remote vessel inspection to its Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID).

DNV GL has completed a series of ship surveys using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) carried out on three Wilson-managed vessels, claimed to be the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys.