ABS issues Marine Fuel Oil advisory to help owners prepare for 2020

JUNE 8, 2018 — A recent informal poll by ABS found 53 percent of shipowners and operators saying that their fleets were not yet ready to meet IMO’s upcoming 2020 global sulfur

Cutting maritime GHG emissions in focus at Jamaica workshop

JUNE 5, 2018 — Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from shipping and port operations were in sharp focus at a recent workshop hosted by the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) as part of

PODCAST: LR’s Nick Brown discusses impact of global sulfur cap

JUNE 1, 2018 — It is clearly a time of transformation in the maritime industry. One of the latest drivers of change is the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s global 0.5%

ICS warns of sulfur cap “chaos and confusion”

MAY 21, 2018 — Unless the International Maritime Organization (IMO) urgently resolves some serious issues on implementation of the 0.5 percent cap on sulfur in marine fuel cap, set to come into

With 2020 sulfur cap nearing, ExxonMobil to roll-out compliant fuels

APRIL 18, 2018 — The clock is ticking on IMO’s 0.5% Global Sulfur Cap, and one of the big concerns for ship operators is the availability of compliant fuel. ExxonMobil today announced

IMO’s MEPC agrees GHG reduction strategy for shipping

APRIL 13, 2018 — IMO’s Maritime Environment Protection Committee has agreed an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy that requires international shipping to reduce total annual GHG emissions by at least

IMO’s MEPC set for contentious session

APRIL 9, 2018 — IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) is meeting in London this week. The most prominent — and contentious — item on the agenda is setting a strategy

VIDEO: Report says shipping could be decarbonized by 2035

MARCH 28, 2018 — Ahead of critical meetings at IMO that start next month, there are divisions on just how ambitious a strategy on shipping CO2 emissions can be adopted that will

Canada resists move for total ban on HFO in Arctic by 2021

MARCH 22, 2018 — Radio Canada International reports that Canada is opposing a move at IMO, led by Finland, for an outright ban on the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in

New Inmarsat service set for GMDSS approval

MARCH 6, 2018 — Fleet Safety from Inmarsat, a new service incorporating FleetBroadband and a Maritime Safety Terminal (MST) is on track for Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) recognition at

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