DNV GL issues guidance on closed bus DP operation
APRIL 28, 2015 — With more and more operators asking drilling contractors to operate their dynamic positioning (DP) units in closed-bus mode, DNV GL is now issuing an Offshore Technical Guide to
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Marshall Islands calls for IMO action on ship GHG emissions
APRIL 20, 2015 — There are no global warming skeptics in the Marshall Islands. Lying just two meters above sea level, the atoll island nation has already suffered unprecedented droughts, massive tides
Russian candidate for IMO top job hits campaign trail
APRIL 16, 2015 — Vitaly Klyuev, the first Russian Federation candidate for the post of IMO Secretary-General is, as it were, hitting the campaign trail. He is will participate in Singapore Maritime
Six contend for IMO top job
APRIL 2, 2015 – Setting in the scene for all kinds of behind the scenes lobbying, IMO has announced the names of six contenders nominated by their governments to succeed Koji Sekimizu
Sekimizu welcomes change of ICS stance on ballast water
DECEMBER 22, 2014 — IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed a decision by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) to “no longer actively discourage” Governments from ratifying theInternational Convention for the Control
Denmark to nominate Nordseth for IMO top spot
OCTOBER 26, 2014 — When the election for the post as Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is announced later this year, the Danish Government will nominate Andreas Nordseth, Director
MEPC correspondence group will look at fuel quality
OCTOBER 22, 2014 — Intertanko is hailing a decision on fuel oil quality taken at the just ended session of IMO’s MEPC as progress. Regulation 18 of MARPOL Annex VI sets requirements
IMO Secretary General will not seek another term
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 — IMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu will not seek reappointment when his current term concludes at the end of 2015. He gave the news yesterday at a regular informal
Philippe Donche-Gay is new IACS Chairman
JUNE 30, 2014 — Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice-President and Head of the Marine & Offshore Division, Bureau Veritas, has been elected as Chairman of IACS, the International Association of Classification Society with
IMO MSC meets as Sewol recovery efforts continue
MAY 13, 2014 — As divers continued to recover bodies from the Sewol ferry in South Korea, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) got set for a session that will deal with many