The bunker fuel supply and availability landscape changed when the IMO’s regulation capping the global fuel sulphur limit at 0.50% was enforced from 1 January…
Chinese refiners have the capacity to produce 18.1 million tonnes of low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) this year, which would make the country self-sufficient in the…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced a changing of the tides, steering 2020 in a new direction, by implementing a regulation that limits the…
All regulations have their complexities and cost, but the catch with the 2020 sulphur cap is that any decision is essentially predicated on unknowns, such as…
IMO scoping study on autonomous ships unlikley to result in new regulations until the 2030's despite member states seeking to be technology market leaders, write…
During the course of the last decade or so, the shipping sector has been subjected to increased scrutiny & regulation related to its impact on…
Philip Roche and Utsav Mathur with law firm Norton Rose Fulbright advise ship owners and operators, banks, insurers and energy companies on the legal, commercial…
Many ships at sea today fly fraudulent flags. Some flag states do not seem particularly bothered that their national flags are being abused in this…
High sulfur fuel oil, once the cheap staple diet of the shipping industry, has been usurped by an abundance of low-cost, premium quality bunker fuel.…
On June 2nd, 2020, Rodolphe Saadé was a key speaker at the UN Global Compact. Other speakers participated including Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Prime…