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- 11:04 - Study: Antifouling May be a Major Source of Microplastic Pollution
- 10:10 - Nigeria Plans to Add Boats and Aircraft to Combat Piracy
- 13:41 - CMA CGM to Deploy Six LNG-Powered Containerships on Transpacific
- 13:00 - Oil Benchmark Revamp Sees Surge in Trading of Opaque Swaps
- 12:10 - Wakashio Captain Confirms He Navigated Close to Shore to Pick Up Cell Signal, But Blames Chief Officer for Grounding
- 11:15 - Australia Launches Livestock Carrier Inspection Campaign
- 10:33 - Ship Owners Lock In Charter Rates at 13-Year Highs
- 09:45 - Germany and Belgium Seize a Record 23 Tonnes of Cocaine Found in Shipping Containers
- 13:44 - Samsung Heavy Industries Settles Petrobras Bribery Case for $150M
- 13:00 - Indonesian Navy Catches Five Pirates in the Act of Raiding a Barge
Imo Haberleri
- 01 Şubat 2021 00:38
IMO2020 fuel oil sulphur limit: Cleaner air, healthier planet
On 1 January 2020, new reduced limits on sulphur in fuel oil brought about a 70% cut in total sulphur oxide emissions from shipping, ushering in a new era of cleaner air in ports and coastal areas by using less polluting fuels.
- 23 Aralık 2020 10:00
IMO Calls Out Charterers’ Use of ‘No Crew Change’ Clauses
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is calling out charterers over the use of “no crew change” clauses and says the controversial practice is exacerbating the on-going crew change crisis.
- 18 Kasım 2020 17:00
IMO Plan to Curb Shipping’s Carbon Emissions Triggers Criticism
The organization responsible for setting global environmental standards for shipping approved rules designed to curb the industry’s carbon emissions, triggering criticism that its measures won’t do enough to help tackle climate change.
- 16 Kasım 2020 12:00
Contentious MEPC 75 kicks off
Topping the debate will be the short term measures to cut shipping’s carbon footprint. At last month’s intersessional a plan was agreed upon to reduce the carbon intensity of shipping by 40% compared with 2008 levels in the next 10 years.
- 12 Kasım 2020 10:00
IMO will list all ports where crew change is possible
Among the outcomes from the virtual meeting this week of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) delegates have approved plans to get the UN agency to include a public list of all ports where crew changes are possible, as well as highlighting crew change regulations in individual countries.
- 06 Kasım 2020 11:10
IMO and WTO Call for Resumption of Cruises to Support Islands and Crew
The two United Nations’ organizations said they were seeking to encourage the cruise industry and governments to continue their efforts to enable cruise ship operations to resume safely.
- 03 Kasım 2020 01:30
Methanol up for discussion at IMO this week
The Methanol Institute is calling on delegates to the International Maritime Organization’s upcoming Maritime Safety Committee meeting which starts on Wednesday to approve amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels Code (IGF Code) that will include guidance on the use of methanol as a marine fuel.
- 29 Ekim 2020 10:33
South Korea initiates programme with IMO to cut ships’ GHG emissions
The Republic of Korea and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have signed an agreement to establish a four-year training programme to support developing states to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping. The creation of a new training programme coincided with South Korea’s carbon neutrality pledge announcement.
- 26 Ekim 2020 12:00
Mixed reaction to IMO’s latest green deliberations
The proposed amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity.
- 24 Ekim 2020 09:52
IMO member states agree to unambitious green targets
The impact of the decision at this week’s Intersessional working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships will not cap, let alone reduce, shipping emissions this decade.
- 23 Ekim 2020 09:56
Up to 30 nations threaten to walk away from IMO’s emissions meet-up
It’s been an especially fractious week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as debate rages on how best to improve shipping’s carbon footprint.
- 16 Ekim 2020 11:30
IMO tech troubles continue as website goes down
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been fighting this morning to get its website back online with the portal of the United Nations agency suffering regular outages.
- 05 Ekim 2020 17:32
Nations forge hybrid compromise as GHG debate heats up ahead of MEPC
Chastened by the European Union forging ahead with its own plans to include shipping into the bloc’s carbon trading scheme, a host of leading maritime nations have ditched their differences and come up with a compromise, hybrid of short-term measures to cut the industry’s carbon footprint.
- 05 Ekim 2020 16:30
IMO site back up while CMA CGM struggles to get back online
CMA CGM’s eBusiness website remains down one week on from a ransomware attack, while the website of the United Nations agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), is back up and running, having been the victim of a cyber attack on Wednesday.
- 01 Ekim 2020 14:00
International Maritime Organization Hit By Cyber Attack
U.N. shipping agency the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said on Thursday its website and intranet had been disabled by a sophisticated cyber-attack and its IT specialists had shut down key systems to prevent further damage.
- 26 Eylül 2020 01:48
Trafigura proposes carbon levy introduction to IMO
Trafigura, one of the world’s largest ship charterers, has proposed that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) introduces a carbon levy to help boost competitiveness and uptake of alternative fuels.
- 24 Eylül 2020 07:22
Sustainability Takes Center Stage for World Maritime Day
This year, the IMO has selected sustainability as its focus for World Maritime Day, centering its message on "sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet." The day's online conference event will showcase industry leaders as they reflect on their work towards a sustainable shipping sector.
- 15 Eylül 2020 11:09
EU Parliament Votes to Make Ships Pay for Their Pollution
The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of including greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector in the European Union’s carbon market from 2022, throwing its weight behind EU plans to make ships pay for their pollution.
- 10 Eylül 2020 17:00
IMO FAIL – Forbes Drills Deep Into The Wakashio Salvage Efforts
According to a new report by Forbes, M/V Wakashio salvage and oil recovery efforts are failing on many fronts. These failures have resulted in deaths, environmental destruction, regulatory mission creep, gender imbalance, disregard for human health, and massive protests on the island of Mauritius and at embassies worldwide.
