Strategic partnership to empower port women
More women are joining the maritime ranks in a variety of professions within the industry. To encourage this trend and with a view to continuing the momentum to
World Maritime theme 2022: New technologies for greener shipping
“New technologies for greener shipping” has been chosen as the World Maritime theme for 2022, reflecting the need to support a green transition of the maritime sector into a
Vietnamese rescuer to receive IMO Bravery Award
Mr. Tran Van Khoi, Search and Rescue Officer from Viet Nam, will receive the award for rescuing four survivors from a sunken vessel. A search and rescue officer
First steps for emission reduction project in Asia
LONDON : IMO and the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) have launched the preparatory phase for the Blue Solutions Project with a
Day of the Seafarer 2021 explores fair future
IMO envisages what a ‘fair future for seafarers’ will look like on Day of the Seafarer 2021 LONDON : The Day of the Seafarer, held on 25 June
Further shipping GHG emission reduction measures adopted
International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopts key mandatory measures to reduce ships’ carbon intensity; establishes ship rating system. New mandatory measures to cut the carbon intensity of international shipping
‘Failure Not an Option’ as IMO Opens MEPC 76 Climate Meeting
LONDON : The much anticipated meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), officially MEPC 76, kicked off its first two days of sessions this week
IMO working group agrees guidelines to support new GHG measures
LONDON : Guidelines to support new carbon intensity cutting measures agreed by working group ahead of MEPC. An International Maritime Organization (IMO) working group has agreed a set of draft
Autonomous Ships: Regulatory Scoping Exercise Completed
LONDON : The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at its 103rd session in May 2021, has completed a regulatory scoping exercise to analyze
New IMO measures to address containers lost at sea
LONDON : The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea, which may enhance