General News

The IMO has held two international workshops to raise awareness of its regulations on energy efficiency and the control of greenhouse gas emissions from ships.

Maersk Tankers will extend its trial use of drones to deliver small parcels including spare parts to vessels, and to conduct inspections, after a successful first test run.

The Motorship will present live blog coverage today from Immediaseas latest roundtable discussion, Disruptuve sustainability: The new leadership framework, taking place at the Baltic Exchange, London at 1500-1700 UK time.

Dutch chemical company, AkzoNobel, has issued more than 126,000 carbon credits worth over $500,000 – the first to be awarded under the company’s landmark scheme for the shipping industry.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is to launch a trial of onboard data transmission and accumulation for its operated vessels in cooperation with ClassNK’s recently opened Ship Data Center.

DNV GL and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have signed a bilateral framework agreement for cooperation between the two classification societies.