JUNE 30, 2015 — Beating out five other candidates, Ki-tack Lim (Republic of Korea) has been elected as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from January 1, 2016,
JUNE 18, 2015—IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee adopted the new mandatory code for ships fuelled by gases or other low-flashpoint fuels when it met at its 95th session at IMO’s headquarters in London
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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