The influential Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee (GSCC) has attacked the plague “of new laws and legislation that, whilst well-meaning, do not actually better the lot of the seafarer, the environment or the shipping industry in general”.
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has adopted unified requirements to improve the safety of large boxships.
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) would like to advise of harmonized CSR for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers enforcement on 1 July 2015, which will supersede the current Common Structural Rules for Double Hull Oil Tankers and Common...
IACS has developed two new unified requirements (URs) for containerships in response to the MOL Comfort casualty.
Young classification society Tasneef will apply for International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) membership next year, despite the association's entry requirement dictating that companies must have been established for a decade.
Incoming chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies Philippe Donche-Gay outlined the priorities for IACS during his coming year in office at a press conference in London yesterday.
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has elected a new chairman, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore executive vp Philippe Donche-Gay.
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has completed a series of consequence assessments with all the major shipyards in Korea, China and Japan to help them speed the implementation of the IACS Harmonised Common Structural...
With a number of “headline catching” investigations now underway into ship casualties, technical managers of leading shipping companies in Greece and surrounding countries have united to reject IACS' unified interpretation on tank boundaries and...
The 26th Annual Seatrade Awards will be hosted this year by renowned journalist and broadcaster Justin Webb.