International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged further financial support for a UN-coordinated operational plan to address the threat of a major oil…
In March 2022, a rather unusual event took place in Athens. Co-organized by Panteion University and the Japanese Embassy in Greece, a hybrid workshop was successfully completed,…
With concrete action awaiting to lay out the path to decarbonize maritime emissions, Patrick Verhoeven, managing director of the IAPH, and Jutta Paulus, member of…
Set to usher in a new era for net-zero oceanography and advanced international marine research, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) has revealed designs for the world’s…
IMO’s MEPC has reiterated its commitment to review and strengthen the IMO Initial Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from shipping, with a view…
IMO will be hosting a seminar to share insights on regulatory barriers and uncertainties encountered by national Administrations and industry for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships…
ike many English words and phrases, the description of something reliable as “copper-bottomed” has a maritime origin.
It dates from the 18th century, when seafarers had…
In view of the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the maritime sector, MEPC. 76 adopted comprehensive short-term measures including the so-called Energy…
Nigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an indigenous firm, FREEE Recycle Limited, to recycle its…
At the spring meetings of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), we prepared international regulation, standardisation and guidelines. Global regulation ensures that ships, their systems and…