MEPC makes progress on BWM systems, and more

MAY 21, 2013 — Shipowners may now have a little more clarity on the issue of when they will need to fit the Ballast Water Management systems called for by a new

Wärtsilä Aquarius EC BWMS gets Final Approval status

MAY 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä says its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System has received Final Approval status from IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Wärtsilä Aquarius EC Ballast Water

Survey: Seafarers fear facing criminal charges

APRIL 24, 2013 — As many as 85.04 percent of seafarers say that they are concerned about facing criminal charges. They feel they are scapegoated and that there are numerous regulations which

IMO panel looks at how to handle crime on board ship

APRIL 23, 2013 — IMO’s Legal Committee has approved draft guidelines on the preservation and collection of evidence after an allegation of a serious crime on board a ship, or after a

IACS unveils new draft of harmonized CSR

APRIL 2, 2013 — The question of to what structural standards ships should be built may seem pretty arcane, but having effective structural rules is fundamental to having a market in which

ICS issues position paper on Arctic shipping

DECEMBER 17, 2012 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has issued a new position paper on Arctic shipping. As the Arctic

Mitropoulos’s last IMO Assembly adopts a range of resolutions

A wide range of resolutions was adopted by the 27th Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which met at IMO’s London Headquarters November 21 to 30. Besides resolutions urging Governments to