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…
MOST of the international fleet appears to have complied with regulations regarding fuel consumption data collection, according to the first effort to compile a global…
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The international shipping industry will fail to tackle their global greenhouse gas emissions unless they put in place rules…
China’s new low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) futures contract made strong gains in its debut trade on Monday, rising as much as 16.7% on the Shanghai…
A significant step has been made to protect seafarers’ health and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim’s endorsement of a series…
A new report from Environmental Defense Fund and University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) has argued that the International Maritime Organization should follow the lead taken…
Recently the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the shipping agency of the United Nations, issued new rules aiming to reduce sulphur emissions, due to which ships…
Not for the first time in recent weeks shipping has been urged to take a leaf out of the aviation playbook in terms of how…