Decision on sulfur cap limit looms at IMO MEPC

OCTOBER 24, 2016—There will be a number of important environmental issues on the agenda at the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 70) this week at the London headquarters of the International Maritime

Liberia offers IMO a way out of a BWMS hole

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — The Liberian Maritime Administration will ask next week’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC70) to allow more time for some to install the ballast water management

Study eyes options for shipping’s low carbon future

OCTOBER 19, 2016 — A new study details a number of potential pathways for the shipping industry to transition to a low carbon future. Called “Low Carbon Pathways 2050” the study was

Alfa Laval shrinks its SOX scrubber

MAY 9, 2016 — Alfa Laval’s U-design PureSOx exhaust gas scrubber is now available with greatly reduced dimensions. “We have a strategy of continuous development for the Alfa Laval PureSOx platform,” says

IMO’s MEPC makes progress on CO2 measures

APRIL 22, 2016 — IMO’s Marine Environment Committee (MEPC) has apparently made some progress on CO2 reduction at its meeting in London this week, particularly on the adoption of a global CO2

MEPC meets and carbon limits are on the agenda

MARCH 18, 2016 — IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) is meeting in London for its 69th session this week and it could see IMO moving towards setting a sector-specific target for

ICS gears up for next MEPC meeting

APRIL 13, 2016 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has made a number of submissions to IMO’s Marine Environment Committee (MEPC) ahead of its next meeting, which will be held in

Scrubbers mean likely changes to bunker delivery notes

OCTOBER 22, 2014 — Here’s another example of how changes to regulations mean changes in the reams of paperwork confronting the marine industry. The text of the supplier’s declaration required on the

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

Ballast water convention inches closer to reality

OCTOBER 14, 2014—The Ballast Water Convention (BWM) 2004 inched closer to entry into force, after Turkey became the latest country to ratify the convention.  With Turkey’s assent combined with Japan’s on October

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