The IMO has made its compendium of data structures available as a tool for software developers to create systems for exchanging data electronically.
The aim is…
NEW YORK/LONDON - After strong profits in 2019, oil traders have been hit hard early in 2020, losing tens of millions of dollars on bets…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Seven months after the United Nations’ shipping agency brought in hotly anticipated new rules to curb emissions, the raft of technical issues…
As regulators, port authorities and lobby groups tighten their grip on emissions throughout 2020, there are legitimate fears of what one law firm described as…
As the travel restrictions and social distancing rules necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic continue, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that its original 2020…
Dubai became the latest state to join the ongoing calls for ports around the world to make accommodations to permit crew changes. In other locations,…
With a planned effective date of January 1, 2020, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new regulations (IMO 2020) limit the sulfur content in marine fuels that…
Maritime law is a body of laws, conventions and treaties that governs international private business or other matters involving ships, shipping or crimes occurring on…
Fuel oil blends produced to meet the IMO 2020 sulphur limit, referred to as very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), have had a lot of…
The international shipping industry will fail to tackle its global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions unless it puts in place rules that truly reflect the climate…