Key recommendations proposed to improve Polar Code training : IMO
Argentina, along with co-sponsors Canada, Chile, Georgia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa and Türkiye, has tabled 14 recommendations with the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW), aimed at enhancing training programmes for seafarers
ABB and Wallenius Marine open the first OVERSEA Fleet Support Center to provide centralized services
STOCKHOLM : The first OVERSEA Fleet Support Center, developed in collaboration between ABB and Wallenius Marine, will provide digital offering and fleet support as a serviceThe site in Stockholm, Sweden brings together the OVERSEA
COP28 : India needs to flag misconception that exports, imports add to global carbon emissions, according to GTRI
DUBAI : This is a complete misconception that exports and imports contribute significantly to global carbon emissions and India needs to flag this issue in the discussions on global trade and climate change in
Shipping CEOs join forces to accelerate shipping industry decarbonization
DUBAI : The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of leading global shipping lines have issued a joint declaration at COP 28 calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds and urging the International Maritime
Arsenio Dominguez Velasco confirmed as next IMO Secretary-General
LONDON : IMO Assembly approves decision of Council to appoint Mr. Dominguez Velasco as Secretary-General with effect from 1 January 2024 Mr. Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco has been confirmed as the next Secretary-General of
Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou receives IMO’s Gender Equality Award
LONDON : Ms. Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou former President of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA International), has been selected as the recipient of the first-ever IMO Gender Equality Award. The IMO Council,
IMO opens 33rd Session of the IMO Assembly
LONDON : IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has opened the 33rd Session of the IMO Assembly (A 33), which is meeting at IMO Headquarters in London from 27 November – 6 December 2023. The Secretary-General
Bolloré Logistics launches SEAalternative,biofuel solution for ocean shipments
PUTEAUX (FRANCE): Bolloré Logistics launches SEAalternative, an offer to reduce carbon impact of ocean shipments thanks to the use of biofuel, aiming to meet International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations for a 70% reduction in ocean