The Posidonia 2018 conference and seminar programme have a truly international flavour being organised by companies and organisations from around the world from Brazil to France, Norway, Panama to Poland, from Mexico to Korea and Japan and from...

Intercargo is encouraging effective but pragamatic enforcement of the 0.5% sulphur cap from 2020 given the drastic step change that will take place for the industry.

Dry bulk ship operators are calling for the wider vetting of the shipping industry with the focus on stakeholders, including charterers, port terminal operators and port state control.

Under the weight of coping with a tsunami of regulations, more dry cargo ship owners are turning to Intercargo in record numbers for support.

Four major international shipping and maritime trade associations have made a joint proposal to the IMO on ambitious carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions by the global shipping industry.

Shipping groups – Bimco, ICS, Intercargo, Intertanko and World Shipping Council – have called on the IMO to adopt a global carbon dioxide (CO2) data collection system for international shipping.

Bimco has launched a set of guidelines to help the shipping industry secure itself against the threat of cyber-attackers.

Liquefaction is a major problem for dry bulk shipping. “Crew and owners are concerned and want to tackle the problem, but charterers and shippers must also do their share to deal with the problem," says John Platsidakis, Intercargo chairman.

Intercargo has repeated its concerns over the dangers liquefaction of bulk cargoes following the sinking of the Bulk Jupiter off Vietnam with the loss of 18 seafarers.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, Intercargo, Intertanko, World Shipping Council (WSC), CLIA and IPTA have criticised “serious implementation problems” in the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention), following the...