Regulation

A collaborative research project addressing ro-ro fire safety was implemented in September with European Union financial support, writes David Tinsley.

Amendments to the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention aimed at preventing the spread of potentially invasive species in ballast water are now in force.

Classification society, ClassNK, is participating in a working group aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from shipping.

A consortium of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) will this year carry out a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on emergency systems and procedures.

Germany has become the 13th state to become a party to the International Maritime Organizations (IMO) Hong Kong convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling.

With six months to go until the implementation of the Global Sulphur Cap the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued updated guidance to help shipowners comply with new UN International Maritime…

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved and adopted a comprehensive set of guidance and guidelines to support the consistent implementation of the lower 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships’ fuel oil,…

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) delivered a number of measures to support the IMO strategy on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships at the MEPC 74 session that met last…