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Oct. 26, 2015
European Ports Backed Up
Unwanted diesel and jet fuel cargoes are backing up outside Europe's ports and taking longer, slower routes around the southern tip of Africa, traders say.
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Oct. 26, 2015
Shipping Back in COP21 Draft
Shipping and aviation emissions are back in the draft COP 21 agreement following a meeting of negotiators last week.
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Oct. 23, 2015
Washwater discharge requirements for Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS) units operating on ships within waters subject to the US EPA Vessel General Permit (VGP)
The 2013 VGP took effect on 19 December 2013, and regulates discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels covered under the scope of the VGP (non-recreational vessels greater than 79 feet in length, which are not vessels of the armed forces, operating in a capacity as a means of transportation).
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Oct. 22, 2015
Developing maritime transport policy in the Pacific
A four-day workshop is being held in Suva, Fiji (20-23 October), aimed at boosting the knowledge and skills needed to develop, adopt, implement and update national maritime transport policies in relation to IMO instruments and with respect to shipping engaged in international trade.
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Oct. 21, 2015
Ballast water bugs under scrutiny
Participants got up close and personal with some potentially invasive species in ballast water during a practical workshop on sampling and analysis of ballast water, held in Duluth, United States (19-21 October).
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Oct. 21, 2015
IMO at ballast water management conference
IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention is ready for implementation – that is the message delivered by IMO’s Markus Helavuori at the 13th Ballast Water Management Summit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (21 October).
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Oct. 19, 2015
Ban of M/V "MAXAL GITA” with IMO number 8109096 has been lifted
On 16th September 2014 M/V “MAXAL GITA” with IMO number 8109096 (flag of Belize) was detained in Larnaca by the Republic of Cyprus.
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Oct. 16, 2015
IMO: 37th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties (London Convention 1972) and 10th Meeting of Contracting Parties (London Protocol 1996), 12-16 October 2015
Revised guidance on de minimis concept for radioactive waste adopted
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Oct. 16, 2015
Port security training in the Caribbean
A regional ‘train the trainer’ workshop on maritime security is being held by IMO in Kingston, Jamaica (12-16 October).
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Oct. 15, 2015
Workshop addresses harmful anti-fouling systems
The control of harmful anti-fouling systems is on the agenda at a national workshop, led by IMO, in Dar es Salaam, the United Republic of Tanzania (14-15 October).
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