Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), master developer and regulator of ports and industrial zones in Abu Dhabi, recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi Customs to simplify procedures at Khalifa Port and the new Khalifa...
The IMO Symposium on the Future of Ship Safety held last week in London has recommended that the IMO carry out a full review of the existing safety regulatory framework, in light of “the ever-increasing pace of change and technological...
The US Coast Guard has granted DNV “Independent Laboratory” status, authorising it to conduct Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) testing on the US’ behalf.
The recent nationalisation by the government of Belize of the Ship Registry (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize - IMMARBE) and the International Business Corporations Register, both concessions given by the government in 1991 to...
Brazil is to sell exploration rights to the Libra ultra-deepwater oil prospect on 22 October in Rio de Janeiro.
The national union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has called for corporate manslaughter charges in response to findings concerning the 2011 sinking of the Swanland, which resulted in the deaths of six crew.
The Asian Shipowners' Forum (ASF) and European Community Shipowers' Associations (ECSA) were officially recognised as regional partners of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) at its agm in Oslo last week.
Representatives from major shipping nations met with the secretary-general of the IMO and board members of the ICS to discuss Arctic shipping at a private ministerial-level summit held in Oslo this week.