Organisations
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IMO : The Marine Environment Protection of the South-East Asian Seas (MEPSEAS) project has been extended, by one year, to 2022.
Run by IMO and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the MEPSEAS project assists participating developing countries to address high-priority marine environment issues related to ships and shipping, in particular through implementing IMO’s key international environmental conventions. Norad announced its decision to extend its assistance at the…
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Breaking News : European Parliament adopts its position on the European hydrogen strategy PDF
Yesterday, on the 19th of May, the European Parliament approved the report of the Industry (ITRE) Committee on the European hydrogen strategy. The Dutch MEP Bart Groothuis negotiated this file on behalf of the liberal group in the European Parliament Europees parlement Straatsburg The Port Authority is very pleased to…
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IMO : Agrees on new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea
The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 103) meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held remotely from 5 to 14 May. One of the issues discussed at the meeting – among a very comprehensive list on the agenda, was new measures to mitigate for containers lost at sea, according to…
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IMO : Diversity and oil spill preparedness and response
The benefits of diversity were top of the agenda during the recent International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) 2021, held remotely from 10 to 14 May 2021. Under the theme: Prevent, Prepare, Respond, Restore, IOSC 2021 was attended by thousands of professionals from the international spill response community, private sector, government,…
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ITF : Police brutality won’t fix Panama Canal’s safety crisis
Panamanian authorities would rather unleash police violence on union activists and detain peaceful protesters than address the urgent safety concerns canal workers have been highlighting A good safety policy had to be based on good wages and working conditions; it was critical to prevent disasters like the Ever Given in…
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EMSA : COVID-19 Impact on Shipping PDF
The COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the lives and work of people in the EU and all across the globe. Since the start of the COVID19 crisis, the Commission, the Member States and the shipping industry have been taking measures to ensure the continuity of operations and thus the security of…
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Seafarers : ICS releases Vaccination Roadmap to quicken seafarer jab rollout
As the US, Netherlands and other nations begin to roll out vaccines to all seafarers, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has today published a Vaccination Roadmap framework to help establish vaccination hubs dedicated to seafarers across the world, alongside other major maritime NGOs. To date, 16 states in the…
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EVENTS : IPCSA CUSTOMS WEBINAR REGISTRATION
Increased Global competitiveness is the cause of the rise in digitalisation and automation. The Covid-19 Pandemic has reduced human intervention on the management and control of operations. The trend is to have availability of electronic data at the earliest point in time, which creates new opportunities for pre-arrival customs management…
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IMO : Energy efficient ship operation – free online course launched
IMO’s public-private partnership initiative to tackle GHG emissions, the Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (Low Carbon GIA), has launched a free to access E-Learning course aimed at seafarers and anyone interested in this aspect of shipping. The self-paced course, ‘An Introduction to Energy Efficient Ship Operation’ is…
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IMO : Autonomous shipping, Covid-19 impact, security and fuel safety in spotlight
The foundations for the future development of a regulatory framework for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) will be laid at the 103rd session of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), held in remote session from 5 to14 May 2021. The Committee will consider the outcome of a regulatory scoping exercise on MASS carried out over the last…
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