Any suggestion that there may be any form of delay to the 1 January 2020 implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit in 2020 was ruled out at the 71st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee last week, as a

Hong Kong will introduce their own regulation to require vessels plying Hong Kong waters to use cleaner fuel from January 2019 to complement the efforts under the PRC’s Ministry of Transport’s action plan for the Hong Kong, Macau and PRD

Although the IMO MEPC has recently agreed to delay the deadline for some vessels to retrofit ballast water treatment systems, certain requirements of the Ballast Water Management Convention must still be complied with by 8 September 2017.

On 7 July 2017,

With the global fuel sulphur limit of 0.5% entering into force in 2020, the interest towards LNG as a marine fuel is increasing. One of the main obstacles to the accelerated uptake of LNG, however, is the uncertainty regarding future

As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) concluded today, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the support from Member States for a proposal to identify measures which will mitigate the risks posed by the use of

The Panama Canal expansion not only brings new routing and transit opportunities to the global shipping community. Marking one year of the official inauguration of the new locks of the Panama Canal, Monjasa reports of increasing supply volumes.

Monjasa has been

ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the offshore and marine industries, has completed a monitoring plan assessment for the lead vessel in the Prime Tanker Management fleet.

“Completion of this assessment represents a significant milestone for Prime

The replacement of solvent based paints with environmentally friendlier waterborne paints will have a number of consequences to container owners.

The Chinese Government has introduced a new ‘self-discipline Convention’ covering air pollution, stipulating the responsibilities of coating enterprises and the penalties

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has highlighted the costly consequences of a shipping pool manager’s failure to accurately describe a tanker, leading to a substantial claim by charterers.

The pool manager misdescribed the tanker as being acceptable to a specific oil

The EU MRV regulation entered into force on 1 July 2015 as part of the European Commission (EC)'s effort to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping within the European Union (EU).

The EU MRV, short for monitoring, reporting and