ICS to IMO: Set hefty CO2 reduction targets
MAY 15, 2017 — At its Annual General Meeting, held in Istanbul, Turkey, May 9 through 11, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) agreed to urge the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to
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Shipping industry calls for HNS Convention ratification
APRIL 7, 2017 — The shipping industry, represented by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and BIMCO, is very supportive of the 2010 Protocol to the
LNG bunkering is an idea whose time hasn’t come (yet)
MARCH 28, 2017—With the the IMO Global Sulfur Cap of 0.5% looming on the horizon in 2020, Jack Jordan, Editorial Lead, S&P Global Platts, writes about whether shipowners will embrace burning Liquefied
Environmental regulations to shape tanker market
FEBRUARY 25, 2017—Over the next five years, international environmental regulations will have a major impact on the tanker market, according to a recent report by marine transport advisors McQuilling Services, LLC. In
ICS points to growing risk of regional action on shipping CO2
FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — Unless the IMO makes significant progress on reducing CO2 emissions from shipping, the industry could face regional action not only from the EU, but also from Canada or
EU Parliament votes to snag ships in emissions trading net
FEBRUARY 15, 2017 — The European Parliament has voted 379 to 263 approve a measure on carbon trading that, among other things, would drag shipping (including non EU-ships) into the EU Emission
Alfa Laval BWTS gets USCG type approval
DECEMBER 27, 2016 – Alfa Laval reports that it received U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval for the third generation of its ballast water treatment system (BWTS), PureBallast, on December 23. The
ICS slams Euro Parliament emissions move
DECEMBER 16, 2016 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), says that a unilateral decision by the European Union to incorporate international shipping into its regional Emissions Trading System (ETS) (see earlier
Dr. Frank Wiswall receives International Maritime Prize
DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Dr. Frank Lawrence Wiswall Junior, former Chair of the IMO Legal Committee and Vice President (Honoris Causa) of the Comité Maritime International (CMI), has received the prestigious International
IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee holds 97th session
NOVEMBER 28, 2016 — The 97th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 97) was held at IMO headquarters in London, November 21 to November 25. As ever it produced a