The vaccination of seafarers is now a key focus for the shipping industry as it looks to a long term resolution of the crew change crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

As world trade continues amidst the Covid-19 pandemic not only shipowners and seafarers need to be held accountable to international conventions, but also States need to honour their obligations as well.

London-based Greek shipowners have slammed governments and regulators for failing to recognise the key role seafarers and shipping staff play in ensuring global trade continues in the tumultuous circumstances now being experienced.

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76) meeting has agreed short term measures carbon intensity and efficiency ratings, but reached no conclusion on a proposed industry $100 per tonne C02 levy or industry R&D fund.

The remains of the Captain of Ital Libra, who died of Covid, have finally been repatriated after ports in Asia refused to accept the containership into port.

Maersk will never again order a ship that only runs on carbon-based fuels, AP Moller-Maersk’s CEO of Ocean & Logistics, Vincent Clerc told journalists.

Twenty-three companies from across the maritime industry have signed an MoU to study common issues around the use of ammonia as a marine fuel.

The Panama Ship Registry has grown 2.58% in tonnage to 23 6.5m gt and to 8,652 vessels, up 1.6%, during the months of January to April 2021, according to IHS Markit figures, compared to December 2020.

As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) MEPC 76 meeting started on Thursday Secretary-General Kitack Lim a blunt message on the need to adopt draft short-term measures on emissions.

Spain has acceded to the IMO treaty Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling which remains short of the required levels of ratification to come into force.