The adoption of the Polar Code and meeting the conditions of entry into force of the Ballast Water Management Code are two of the aims that the IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu has set for this year.
Recently-bought-out Helsinki-based shipyard Arctech has launched a new icebreaking multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel for the Russian Federal Agency of Sea and River Transport.
Despite issues such as labour supply and poor quality supply chains, Russia’s shipyards are eyeing a major boost from Arctic shipping and oil exploration.
Russia’s Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean Register (KR) for technical co-peration on icebreakers and LNG.
When Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) announced the buyout of the remainder of Finland’s Arctech Shipyards, USC’s head of communications Aleksei Kravchenko stated that it was not worried about the yard’s shaky finances. Kravchenko...
A ship operated by Russian state shipowner Sovcomflot has completed the company’s first east-west voyage through the Northern Sea Route, involving a convoy of icebreakers over 14 days.
The international conference “Arctic Shipping and Offshore Activities: Responding to Safety and Environmental Challenges” hosted by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) took place in St Petersburg on 17 October 2013. Among the participants...
On his five-day Arctic voyage onboard a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu has been describing hugely varied conditions from thick pack ice, to open seas.
There are not many shipping stories that capture the attention of the general media, but one that did in the last week or so was the first Chinese ship to set out on a voyage from Dalian to Rotterdam via the Arctic. The story neatly combined...
