| News in Shipping |
Mar. 10, 2016
Training for marine casualty investigation
IMO is running a two-week national training course on marine casualty and incident investigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka (29 February - 11 March).
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Mar. 9, 2016
Promoting ship energy efficiency in Panama
An IMO workshop in Panama City (7-9 March) is raising awareness of the Organization’s regulations on energy efficiency and the control of GHG emissions from ships.
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Mar. 8, 2016
Lost Anchors a Growing Concern
Lost anchors are among the top five reasons for claims costs, and DNV GL, Gard and The Swedish Club have responded to a negative trend in loss of anchors and chains and associated costs with a study into root causes.
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Mar. 8, 2016
M/V "RUBIN S" 9175585 refused access to the Paris MoU region
The above named vessel was detained in Alicante (Spain) on February 181h, 2016.
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Mar. 8, 2016
Fiji accedes to key marine environment protection treaties
Fiji has today (8 March) acceded to six IMO treaties, including important conventions covering ballast water management and the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships.
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Mar. 7, 2016
Belgium ratifies ballast and recycling conventions
Belgium today (7 March) became the latest country to ratify a key international measure for environmental protection, the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, bringing the treaty within sight of meeting entry into force criteria.
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Mar. 4, 2016
Jamaica workshop promotes ship energy efficiency
IMO is raising awareness of its regulations on energy efficiency and the control of GHG emissions from ships at a national workshop in Kingston, Jamaica (2-4 March).
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Mar. 1, 2016
Case Study: Pirates Hack Cargo Management System
Pirates used hacked information from a global shipping company’s servers to target and capture cargo ships on the high seas.
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Feb. 24, 2016
Crew Stranded as Vessel Operator Goes Bankrupt
The Port Authority of Tampico, Mexico is holding the geared general cargo ship Yacu Kallpa on allegations that her crew have not been paid, says port manager Armando Mendez Reyes.
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Feb. 24, 2016
First Carbon Credits from Hull Coating
AkzoNobel has announced the issue of more than 126,000 carbon credits worth more than $500,000 – the first to be awarded under the company’s scheme which was developed in conjunction with the Gold Standard Foundation and the Fremco Group.
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