Regulation, Insurance & Advisory Archives

20th June 20190160

Port efficiency relies on trust: IPCDMC

Ports and terminals wishing to be part of the push to improve transport chain efficiency need to engage with all businesses involved in vessel port c

25th February 20190558

Norway looking to expand UNESCO fjord environmental rules around the country

NEW environmental rules in Norway come into force on March 1st. They apply to vessels, mostly cruise ships, sailing into the country’s five protected

30th November 20180846

Singapore joins list of ports banning open loop scrubbers

The Port of Singapore has joined a growing list of ports that are taking a cautionary approach to open loop exhaust gas scrubbers. In a wide rangin

12th November 20180699

Can Ireland, France and UK agree on a new European ECA region to cap sulphur in fuel at 0.1%?

New proposals are emerging to create new emission control areas for sulphur emissions, while the number of ports and local waters refusing to let vess

15th July 20180979

Insight: is there a compelling case to turn the Mediterranean Sea into a sulphur ECA?

Can and should the Mediterranean Sea, or part of it, become an emission contorl area for shipping? If so, it could mean vessels in the Mediterranea

23rd June 20180669

Row over EU ship recycling capacity

A fresh row has broken out over the European ship recycling regulation which comes into force at the end of this year. European shipowners say ther

18th May 201801371

Talking autonomous

The IMO has begin the scoping exercise to determine how regulations may need to be adapted to allow for autonomous, unmanned ships. The headline write

24th April 201801328

ABB has just proposed that ships can sail without the crew on the bridge. Sometimes

ABB, the industrial technology company, believes it is time to discuss letting some of today’s ships occasionally sail the oceans with unmanned bridge

19th April 201801236

There are 132 class societies in shipping, 12 of them have 90% of the global fleet

THERE are as many as 132 classification societies in the shipping industry according to Robert Ashdown, secretary general of IACS as the body announce

18th April 20180589

IALA strengthens support for port messaging standards

IALA, The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, has backed the creation of a new data standard to support

15th April 20180412

Cyber Risks in shipping: Industry is ignoring next month’s NIS Directive

The maritime industry is in danger of ignoring the implication of the European Unions Network and Information Systems Directive which will be active o

9th March 20180222

Sweden should export shipping decarbonsation agenda says OECD report

THE OECD has published what it says is the first of several reports on national efforts to decarbonise maritime transport. While it praises the eff

31st January 20180172

PRESS RELEASE: US class society ABS achieves safety milestone

PRESS RELEASE: ABS Continues Safety Leadership in the Marine and Offshore Industries with No Lost Time Incidents during 2017 (Houston) ABS announc

20th January 20180173

The good and bad news for shipping from Brussels’ recent clean energy vote

Last week the European Parliament agreed proposals to boost energy efficiency by 35%, and to increase the share of renewables in the total energy mix

18th January 20180199

PRESS RELEASE: Boxship delivered with first Lloyd’s Register “Cyber AL3 Secure Perform” notation

PRESS RELEASE: First ever container ship to receive cyber enabled ship descriptive note ‘Cyber AL3 SECURE PERFORM (Energy Management System)’ has been