The entry into force of the Ballast Water Convention this September will not prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species (IAS) unless there is mandatory legislation in place to prevent biofouling on ships’ hulls.

Commenting on a presentation delivered at the

The IMO’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (the “Convention”) will enter into force on 8 September 2017. The Convention seeks to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms from one region

The European Commission recently published its first edition of the EU list of approved ship recycling facilities. At this stage, it only features yards situated in Europe and reaches under 30% of the EU’s own recycling capacity target. For ECSA,

INTERCARGO expresses its full support and total alignment with IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim’s concerns that including shipping in the European Union’s Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships on a global basis.

Adrian Tolson concluded: “Rationalisation is the by-word in today’s bunkering industry and major physical suppliers, just like major bunker traders will have to get used to this. Traders are seeing their share of the market shrink and physical suppliers are

Verifavia, the world's leading emissions verification company for the transport sector (aviation and shipping), today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with independent Greek ship classification society and certification organisation, INSB Class.

As part of the new

Neste and Polferries, a Polish company with a fleet of ferries operating on the Baltic Sea, have agreed on the delivery of low-sulfur marine fuel for the Nynäshamn-Gdansk route in 2017.

“Polferries is an important new customer for us. This cooperation

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has written to senior European officials expressing his concern that including shipping in the European Union’s Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping on a global basis.

In a

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. announced the launch of a new service center in Rostock, Germany that will serve all German Baltic Sea ports and Southern Scandinavian ports.

The operations at Rostock will be managed by the existing team at OBAST

The shipping industry will use a mixture of experience and innovation to navigate what is likely to be another volatile year for the industry in 2017.

Making predictions about the shipping industry is as volatile an undertaking as the business of